Kato T, Honmou O, Uede T, Hashi K, Kocsis J D
Department of Neurosurgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Glia. 2000 May;30(3):209-18. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(200005)30:3<209::aid-glia1>3.0.co;2-8.
Human olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) were prepared from adult human olfactory nerves, which were removed during surgery for frontal base tumors, and were transplanted into the demyelinated spinal cord of immunosuppressed adult rats. Extensive remyelination was observed in the lesion site: In situ hybridization using a human DNA probe (COT-1) indicated a similar number of COT-1-positive cells and OEC nuclei within the repaired lesion. The myelination was of a peripheral type with large nuclei and cytoplasmic regions surrounding the axons, characteristic of Schwann cell and OEC remyelination. These results provide evidence that adult human OECs are able to produce Schwann cell-like myelin sheaths around demyelinated axons in the adult mammalian CNS in vivo.
人嗅鞘细胞(OECs)取自成人嗅神经,这些嗅神经是在额叶底部肿瘤手术过程中被切除的,然后被移植到免疫抑制的成年大鼠的脱髓鞘脊髓中。在损伤部位观察到广泛的髓鞘再生:使用人类DNA探针(COT-1)进行的原位杂交表明,修复损伤部位内COT-1阳性细胞和OEC细胞核的数量相似。髓鞘形成属于外周型,有大细胞核和围绕轴突的细胞质区域,这是雪旺细胞和OEC髓鞘再生的特征。这些结果证明,成人OECs能够在成年哺乳动物中枢神经系统的体内脱髓鞘轴突周围产生类似雪旺细胞的髓鞘。