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Title: | Secretome of Undifferentiated Neural Progenitor Cells Induces Histological and Motor Improvements in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease | Authors: | Mendes-Pinheiro, Bárbara Teixeira, Fábio G. Anjo, Sandra I. Manadas, Bruno Behie, Leo A. Salgado, António J. |
Keywords: | Dopaminergic neurons; Human neural progenitor cells; Parkinson's disease; Secretome | Issue Date: | Nov-2018 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Project: | SFRH/BD/81495/2011 PTDC/NEU-NMC/0205/2012 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/UID/NEU/04539/2013 |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Stem Cells Translational Medicine | Volume: | 7 | Issue: | 11 | Abstract: | Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder that results from the death of dopamine (DA) neurons. Over recent years, differentiated or undifferentiated neural stem cells (NSCs) transplantation has been widely used as a means of cell replacement therapy. However, compelling evidence has brought attention to the array of bioactive molecules produced by stem cells, defined as secretome. As described in the literature, other cell populations have a high-neurotrophic activity, but little is known about NSCs. Moreover, the exploration of the stem cell secretome is only in its initial stages, particularly as applied to neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, we have characterized the secretome of human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs) through proteomic analysis and investigated its effects in a 6-hydroxidopamine (6-OHDA) rat model of PD in comparison with undifferentiated hNPCs transplantation. Results revealed that the injection of hNPCs secretome potentiated the histological recovery of DA neurons when compared to the untreated group 6-OHDA and those transplanted with cells (hNPCs), thereby supporting the functional motor amelioration of 6-OHDA PD animals. Additionally, hNPCs secretome proteomic characterization has revealed that these cells have the capacity to secrete a wide range of important molecules with neuroregulatory actions, which are most likely support the effects observed. Overall, we have concluded that the use of hNPCs secretome partially modulate DA neurons cell survival and ameliorate PD animals' motor deficits, disclosing improved results when compared to cell transplantation approaches, indicating that the secretome itself could represent a route for new therapeutic options for PD regenerative medicine. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2018;7:829-838. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/108063 | ISSN: | 2157-6564 | DOI: | 10.1002/sctm.18-0009 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais I&D CNC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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