Co-culture of oligodendrocytes and neurons can be used to assess drugs for axon regeneration in the central nervous system

We present a novel in vitro model in which to investigate the efficacy of experimental drugs for the promotion of axon regeneration in the central nervous system. We co-cultured rat hippocampal neurons and cerebral cortical oligodendrocytes, and tested the co-culture system using a Nogo-66 receptor...

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Autores principales: Gang, Lin, Yao, Yu-chen, Liu, Ying-fu, Li, Yi-peng, Yang, Kai, Lu, Lei, Cheng, Yuan-chi, Chen, Xu-yi, Tu, Yue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692858
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.167759
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Sumario:We present a novel in vitro model in which to investigate the efficacy of experimental drugs for the promotion of axon regeneration in the central nervous system. We co-cultured rat hippocampal neurons and cerebral cortical oligodendrocytes, and tested the co-culture system using a Nogo-66 receptor antagonist peptide (NEP1–40), which promotes axonal growth. Primary cultured oligodendrocytes suppressed axonal growth in the rat hippocampus, but NEP1–40 stimulated axonal growth in the co-culture system. Our results confirm the validity of the neuron-oligodendrocyte co-culture system as an assay for the evaluation of drugs for axon regeneration in the central nervous system.

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