Abnormal postoperative neurobehavioral performance(APNP)is a common phenomenon in the early postoperative period.The disturbed homeostatic status of metabolites in the brain after anesthesia and surgery might make a s...Abnormal postoperative neurobehavioral performance(APNP)is a common phenomenon in the early postoperative period.The disturbed homeostatic status of metabolites in the brain after anesthesia and surgery might make a significant contribution to APNP.The dynamic changes of metabolites in different brain regions after anesthesia and surgery,as well as their potential association with APNP are still not well understood.Here,we used a battery of behavioral tests to assess the effects of laparotomy under isoflurane anesthesia in aged mice,and investigated the metabolites in 12 different sub-regions of the brain at different time points using proton nuclear magnetic resonance('H-NMR)spectroscopy.The abnormal neurobehavioral performance occurred at 6 h and/or 9 h,and recovered at 24 h after anesthesia/surgery.Compared with the control group,the altered metabolite of the model group at 6 h was aspartate(Asp),and the difference was mainly displayed in the cortex;while significant changes at 9 h occurred predominantly in the cortex and hippocampus,and the corresponding metabolites were Asp and glutamate(Glu).All changes returned to baseline at 24 h.The altered metabolic changes could have occurred as a result of the acute APNP,and the metabolites Asp and Glu in the cortex and hippocampus could provide preliminary evidence for understanding the APNP process.展开更多
Neural progenitor cells(NPC)are those that are the source of neural cells for cell transplantation and gene therapy.The shortage in quantity and the limited life spans of primary cultured cells limit its widespread us...Neural progenitor cells(NPC)are those that are the source of neural cells for cell transplantation and gene therapy.The shortage in quantity and the limited life spans of primary cultured cells limit its widespread use in basic research.Immortalized NPC,which also possess the capacity of self-renewal and can proliferate infinitely,can produce a large number of NPCs with stable phenotype and genotype.Here we report that an immortalized neural progenitor cell strain,which we named as INPC,was suc-cessfully established by gene-transfer of simian virus 40 large T antigen gene mediated by liposomes.The INPC retained the biological characteristics of its original cells and provided a safe and reliable cell platform for the treat-ment of central nervous system diseases and transgenic cell transplantation.INPC could express low levels of MHC antigens which was down-regulated after differentiation.This indicates that INPC possesses poor immunogenicity.The immortalized cells may show good long-term survival and do not elicit an acute immunological response follow-ing transplantation.展开更多
基金We would like to express our gratitude to Mrs.Pingping An(Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics,Chinese Academy of Sciences)for her help in housing the animals.This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(8187051484,8157050329,81600933)the Interdisciplinary Medicine Seed Fund of Peking University(BMU2017MC006)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,China(Y6Y0021004).
文摘Abnormal postoperative neurobehavioral performance(APNP)is a common phenomenon in the early postoperative period.The disturbed homeostatic status of metabolites in the brain after anesthesia and surgery might make a significant contribution to APNP.The dynamic changes of metabolites in different brain regions after anesthesia and surgery,as well as their potential association with APNP are still not well understood.Here,we used a battery of behavioral tests to assess the effects of laparotomy under isoflurane anesthesia in aged mice,and investigated the metabolites in 12 different sub-regions of the brain at different time points using proton nuclear magnetic resonance('H-NMR)spectroscopy.The abnormal neurobehavioral performance occurred at 6 h and/or 9 h,and recovered at 24 h after anesthesia/surgery.Compared with the control group,the altered metabolite of the model group at 6 h was aspartate(Asp),and the difference was mainly displayed in the cortex;while significant changes at 9 h occurred predominantly in the cortex and hippocampus,and the corresponding metabolites were Asp and glutamate(Glu).All changes returned to baseline at 24 h.The altered metabolic changes could have occurred as a result of the acute APNP,and the metabolites Asp and Glu in the cortex and hippocampus could provide preliminary evidence for understanding the APNP process.
基金The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30170905).
文摘Neural progenitor cells(NPC)are those that are the source of neural cells for cell transplantation and gene therapy.The shortage in quantity and the limited life spans of primary cultured cells limit its widespread use in basic research.Immortalized NPC,which also possess the capacity of self-renewal and can proliferate infinitely,can produce a large number of NPCs with stable phenotype and genotype.Here we report that an immortalized neural progenitor cell strain,which we named as INPC,was suc-cessfully established by gene-transfer of simian virus 40 large T antigen gene mediated by liposomes.The INPC retained the biological characteristics of its original cells and provided a safe and reliable cell platform for the treat-ment of central nervous system diseases and transgenic cell transplantation.INPC could express low levels of MHC antigens which was down-regulated after differentiation.This indicates that INPC possesses poor immunogenicity.The immortalized cells may show good long-term survival and do not elicit an acute immunological response follow-ing transplantation.
