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Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor
Adult neurogenesis is restricted to specific brain regions. Although involved in the continuous supply of interneurons for the olfactory function, the role of neural precursors in brain damage-repair remains an open question. Aiming to in vivo identify endogenous neural precursor cells migrating tow...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044466 |
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author | Elvira, Gema García, Isabel Benito, Marina Gallo, Juan Desco, Manuel Penadés, Soledad Garcia-Sanz, Jose A. Silva, Augusto |
author_facet | Elvira, Gema García, Isabel Benito, Marina Gallo, Juan Desco, Manuel Penadés, Soledad Garcia-Sanz, Jose A. Silva, Augusto |
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description | Adult neurogenesis is restricted to specific brain regions. Although involved in the continuous supply of interneurons for the olfactory function, the role of neural precursors in brain damage-repair remains an open question. Aiming to in vivo identify endogenous neural precursor cells migrating towards a brain damage site, the monoclonal antibody Nilo2 recognizing cell surface antigens on neuroblasts, was coupled to magnetic glyconanoparticles (mGNPs). The Nilo2-mGNP complexes allowed, by magnetic resonance imaging in living animals, the in vivo identification of endogenous neural precursors at their niche, as well as their migration to a lesion site (induced brain tumor), which was fast (within hours) and orderly. Interestingly, the rapid migration of neuroblasts towards a damage site is a characteristic that might be exploited to precisely localize early damage events in neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, it might facilitate the study of regenerative mechanisms through the activation of endogenous neural cell precursors. A similar approach, combining magnetic glyconanoparticles linked to appropriate antibodies could be applied to flag other small cell subpopulations within the organism, track their migration, localize stem cell niches, cancer stem cells or even track metastatic cells. |
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spelling | pubmed-34341382012-09-06 Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor Elvira, Gema García, Isabel Benito, Marina Gallo, Juan Desco, Manuel Penadés, Soledad Garcia-Sanz, Jose A. Silva, Augusto PLoS One Research Article Adult neurogenesis is restricted to specific brain regions. Although involved in the continuous supply of interneurons for the olfactory function, the role of neural precursors in brain damage-repair remains an open question. Aiming to in vivo identify endogenous neural precursor cells migrating towards a brain damage site, the monoclonal antibody Nilo2 recognizing cell surface antigens on neuroblasts, was coupled to magnetic glyconanoparticles (mGNPs). The Nilo2-mGNP complexes allowed, by magnetic resonance imaging in living animals, the in vivo identification of endogenous neural precursors at their niche, as well as their migration to a lesion site (induced brain tumor), which was fast (within hours) and orderly. Interestingly, the rapid migration of neuroblasts towards a damage site is a characteristic that might be exploited to precisely localize early damage events in neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, it might facilitate the study of regenerative mechanisms through the activation of endogenous neural cell precursors. A similar approach, combining magnetic glyconanoparticles linked to appropriate antibodies could be applied to flag other small cell subpopulations within the organism, track their migration, localize stem cell niches, cancer stem cells or even track metastatic cells. Public Library of Science 2012-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3434138/ /pubmed/22957072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044466 Text en © 2012 Elvira et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Elvira, Gema García, Isabel Benito, Marina Gallo, Juan Desco, Manuel Penadés, Soledad Garcia-Sanz, Jose A. Silva, Augusto Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor |
title | Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor |
title_full | Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor |
title_fullStr | Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor |
title_full_unstemmed | Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor |
title_short | Live Imaging of Mouse Endogenous Neural Progenitors Migrating in Response to an Induced Tumor |
title_sort | live imaging of mouse endogenous neural progenitors migrating in response to an induced tumor |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044466 |
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