Research on human glioma stem cells began early in the 21st century and since then has become a rapidly growing research field with the number of publications increasing year by year. The research conducted by our div...Research on human glioma stem cells began early in the 21st century and since then has become a rapidly growing research field with the number of publications increasing year by year. The research conducted by our diverse group of investigators focused primarily on cell culture techniques, molecular regulation, signaling pathways, cancer treatment, the stem cell microenvironment and the cellular origin and function of glioma stem cells. In particular, we put forward our view that there are inverse or forward transformations among neural stem cells, glial cells and glioma stem cells in glioma tissues under certain conditions. Based on the background of the progress of international research on human glioma stem cells, we aim to share our progress and current findings of human glioma stem cell research in China with colleagues around the world.展开更多
Myelination of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system is an intricate process involving myelin protein trafficking. Recently, the role and mechanism of the endosomal/lysosomal system in myelin formation were e...Myelination of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system is an intricate process involving myelin protein trafficking. Recently, the role and mechanism of the endosomal/lysosomal system in myelin formation were emphasized. Our previous results demonstrated that a small GTPase Rab27a regulates lysosomal exocytosis and myelin protein trafficking in Schwann cells. In this present study, we established a dorsal root ganglion （DRG） neuron and Schwann cell co-culture model to identify the signals associated with Rab27a during myelination. First, Slp2-a, as the Rab27a effector, was endogenously expressed in Schwann cells. Second, Rab27a expression significantly increased during Schwann cell myelination. Finally, Rab27a and Slp2-a silencing in Schwann cells not only reduced myelin protein expression, but also impaired formation of myelin-like membranes in DRG neuron and Schwann cell co-cultures. Our findings suggest that the Rab27a/ Slp2-a complex affects Schwann cell myelination in vitro.展开更多
Myelination by oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system requires coordinated exocytosis and endocytosis of the major myelin protein, proteolipid protein （PLP）. Here, we demonstrated that a small GTPase, Rab27b...Myelination by oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system requires coordinated exocytosis and endocytosis of the major myelin protein, proteolipid protein （PLP）. Here, we demonstrated that a small GTPase, Rab27b, is involved in PLP trafficking in oligodendrocytes. We showed that PLP co-localized with Rab27b in late endosomes/lysosomes in oligodendrocytes. Short hairpin- mediated knockdown of Rab27b not only reduced lysosomal exocytosis but also greatly diminished the surface expression of PLP in oligodendrocytes. In addition, knockdown of Rab27b reduced the myelin-like membranes induced by co-culture of oligodendrocytes and neurons. Our data suggest that Rab27b is involved in myelin biogenesis by regulating PLP transport from late endosomes/ lysosomes to the cell membrane in oligodendrocytes.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81172400,81101909,81272793,81302180,81302196,81472739
文摘Research on human glioma stem cells began early in the 21st century and since then has become a rapidly growing research field with the number of publications increasing year by year. The research conducted by our diverse group of investigators focused primarily on cell culture techniques, molecular regulation, signaling pathways, cancer treatment, the stem cell microenvironment and the cellular origin and function of glioma stem cells. In particular, we put forward our view that there are inverse or forward transformations among neural stem cells, glial cells and glioma stem cells in glioma tissues under certain conditions. Based on the background of the progress of international research on human glioma stem cells, we aim to share our progress and current findings of human glioma stem cell research in China with colleagues around the world.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.31071251,81471255,and 81471259a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(973 Program),No.2014CB542202+2 种基金a grant from the Basic Research Program of Education Department of Jiangsu Province,China,No.14KJA310004a grant from the Natural Science Research Project of Nantong Science and Technology Bureau,China,No.HS2013014a grant from the Natural Science Research Project of Nantong University,China,No.13Z008
文摘Myelination of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system is an intricate process involving myelin protein trafficking. Recently, the role and mechanism of the endosomal/lysosomal system in myelin formation were emphasized. Our previous results demonstrated that a small GTPase Rab27a regulates lysosomal exocytosis and myelin protein trafficking in Schwann cells. In this present study, we established a dorsal root ganglion （DRG） neuron and Schwann cell co-culture model to identify the signals associated with Rab27a during myelination. First, Slp2-a, as the Rab27a effector, was endogenously expressed in Schwann cells. Second, Rab27a expression significantly increased during Schwann cell myelination. Finally, Rab27a and Slp2-a silencing in Schwann cells not only reduced myelin protein expression, but also impaired formation of myelin-like membranes in DRG neuron and Schwann cell co-cultures. Our findings suggest that the Rab27a/ Slp2-a complex affects Schwann cell myelination in vitro.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31071251 and 81471255)the National Basic Research Development Program of China(2014CB542202)+2 种基金the Basic Research Program of the Department of Education,Jiangsu Province,China(14KJA310004)a Natural Science Research Project of Nantong Science and Technology Bureau,Jiangsu Province,China(HS2013014)the Natural Science Research Project of Nantong University,Jiangsu Province,China(12Z045,13Z008)
文摘Myelination by oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system requires coordinated exocytosis and endocytosis of the major myelin protein, proteolipid protein （PLP）. Here, we demonstrated that a small GTPase, Rab27b, is involved in PLP trafficking in oligodendrocytes. We showed that PLP co-localized with Rab27b in late endosomes/lysosomes in oligodendrocytes. Short hairpin- mediated knockdown of Rab27b not only reduced lysosomal exocytosis but also greatly diminished the surface expression of PLP in oligodendrocytes. In addition, knockdown of Rab27b reduced the myelin-like membranes induced by co-culture of oligodendrocytes and neurons. Our data suggest that Rab27b is involved in myelin biogenesis by regulating PLP transport from late endosomes/ lysosomes to the cell membrane in oligodendrocytes.
