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AGATHISFLAVONE AS A SINGLE THERAPY OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IMPROVES TISSUE REPAIR IN A SPINAL CORD INJURY MODEL IN RATS
Células-tronco mesenquimais
Agatisflavona
Lesão medular aguda
Neurotrofinas
Regeneração
Mesenchymal stem cells
Agathisflavone
Acute spinal cord injury
Neurotrophins
Regeneration
Células madre mesenquimales
Agathisflavona
Lesión aguda de la médula espinal
Neurotrofinas
Regeneración
Author
Affilliation
Abstract
Agathisflavone is a flavonoid with anti-neuroinflammatory and myelinogenic properties, being also capable to induce neurogenesis. This study evaluated the therapeutic effects of agathisflavone—both as a pharmacological therapy administered in vivo and as an in vitro pre-treatment aiming to enhance rat mesenchymal stem cells (r)MSCs properties–in a rat model of acute spinal cord injury (SCI). Adult male Wistar rats (n = 6/group) underwent acute SCI with an F-2 Fogarty catheter and after 4 h were treated daily with agathisflavone (10 mg/kg ip, for 7 days), or administered with a single i.v. dose of 1 × 106 rMSCs either unstimulated cells (control) or pretreated with agathisflavone (1 µM, every 2 days, for 21 days in vitro). Control rats (n = 6/group) were treated with a single dose methylprednisolone (MP, 60 mg/kg ip). BBB scale was used to evaluate the motor functions of the animals; after 7 days of treatment, the SCI area was analyzed after H&E staining, and RT-qPCR was performed to analyze the expression of neurotrophins and arginase. Treatment with agathisflavone alone or with of 21-day agathisflavone–treated rMSCs was able to protect the injured spinal cord tissue, being associated with increased expression of NGF, GDNF and arginase, and reduced macrophage infiltrate. In addition, treatment of animals with agathisflavone alone was able to protect injured spinal cord tissue and to increase expression of neurotrophins, modulating the inflammatory response. These results support a pro-regenerative effect of agathisflavone that holds developmental potential for clinical applications in the future.
Keywords in Portuguese
MSCsCélulas-tronco mesenquimais
Agatisflavona
Lesão medular aguda
Neurotrofinas
Regeneração
Keywords
MSCsMesenchymal stem cells
Agathisflavone
Acute spinal cord injury
Neurotrophins
Regeneration
Keywords in Spanish
MSCCélulas madre mesenquimales
Agathisflavona
Lesión aguda de la médula espinal
Neurotrofinas
Regeneración
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