Functional response to SDF1 alpha through over-expression of CXCR4 on adult subventricular zone progenitor cells.

Abstract

The chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its ligand, stromal cell derived factor-1 alpha (SDF1 alpha) regulate neuroblast migration towards the ischemic boundary after stroke. Using loss- and gain-function, we investigated the biological effect of CXCR4/SDF1 alpha on neural progenitor cells. Neural progenitor cells, from the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the adult rat, were transfected with rat CXCR4-pLEGFP-C1 and pSIREN-RetroQ-CXCR4-siRNA retroviral vectors. Migration assay analysis showed that inhibition of CXCR4 by siRNA significantly reduced cell migration compared to the empty vector, indicating that CXCR4 mediated neural progenitor cell motility. When neural progenitor cells were cultured in growth medium containing bFGF (20 ng/ml), over-expression of CXCR4 significantly reduced the cell proliferation as measured by the number of bromodeoxyuridine+ (BrdU+) cells (26.4%) compared with the number in the control group (54.0%). Addition of a high concentration of SDF1 alpha (500 ng/ml) into the progenitor cells with over-expression of CXCR4 reversed the cell proliferation back to the control levels (57.6%). Immunostaining analysis showed that neither over-expression nor inhibition of CXCR4 altered the population of neurons and astrocytes, when neural progenitor cells were cultured in differentiation medium. These in vitro results suggest that CXCR4/SDF1 alpha primarily regulates adult neural progenitor cell motility but not differentiation, while over-expression of CXCR4 in the absence of SDF1 alpha decreases neural progenitor cell proliferation.

• Authors: Xian Shuang Liu, Michael Chopp, Manoranjan Santra, Ann Hozeska-Solgot, Rui Lan Zhang, Lei Wang, Hua Teng, Mei Lu, Zheng Gang Zhang
• Journal: Brain research (Brain Res) Vol. 1226 Pg. 18-26 (Aug 21 2008) ISSN: 0006-8993 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 18598677 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)

Chemical References

• Bacterial Proteins
• Chemokine CXCL12
• Cxcr4 protein, rat
• Luminescent Proteins
• RNA, Small Interfering
• Receptors, CXCR4
• yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria
• Fibroblast Growth Factors
• Bromodeoxyuridine

Topics

• Adult Stem Cells (drug effects)
• Animals
• Bacterial Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Bromodeoxyuridine (metabolism)
• Cell Differentiation (drug effects, genetics)
• Cell Movement (drug effects, genetics)
• Cell Proliferation (drug effects)
• Cells, Cultured
• Cerebral Ventricles (cytology)
• Chemokine CXCL12 (pharmacology)
• Fibroblast Growth Factors (pharmacology)
• Gene Expression (drug effects, physiology)
• Gene Expression Profiling (methods)
• Luminescent Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Neurons (drug effects)
• Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis (methods)
• RNA, Small Interfering (metabolism)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Receptors, CXCR4 (genetics, metabolism)
• Transfection (methods)