Effect and mechanism of conditioned medium from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells on the survival of cortical neurons followed oxygen-glucose deprivation injury
Objective:To explore the effect and mechanism of conditioned medium from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs) on the survival of neurons after oxygen-glucose deprivation(OGD) injury. Methods:BMSCs and neurons were respectively cultured from 6 to 8 weeks(60 to 80 g) or pregnant 16 to 18 days Sprague-Dawley rats. After culturing for 5 days,primary cultured neurons were collected to build the model of OGD. Then experiments were randomly divided into four groups,including OGD group,OGD+CM group(the medium of neuron was replaced by culture medium of BMSCs after oxygen-glucose deprivation),OGD+CM+LY294002 group,OGD+LY294002 group(inhibitor LY294002 of PI3K/AKT signaling pathways were added to the above of two groups). Morphology of neurons were observed by electron and light microscope after culturing for 12 h later in 4 groups. All the groups of neurons were cultured for 2 h later,and the protein levels of active Casepase-3 and pAKT(Ser473) were detected by Western bolt. After 48 h later,the survival rate of neurons was analyzed. Results:The neurite of neurons followed OGD injury were destructive and partially disappeared. Organelle of neurons,such as endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrion,were swelled. In OGD+LY294002 group,the survival rate of neurons and expression level of pAKT(Ser473) were decreased(t=3.679,P=0.021;t=2.938,P=0.042),while the level of active Casepase-3 was increased(t=4.733,P=0.009) compared with those in OGD+CM group. The survival rate of neurons and expression level of pAKT(Ser473) were increased(t=6.630,P=0.003;t=3.288,P=0.030),while the level of active Casepase-3 was decreased(t=3.454,P=0.026) in OGD+CM group than in OGD+LY294002 group. In comparison with OGD+CM,the survival rate and level of pAKT(Ser473) were decreased(t=14.255,P=0.000;t=3.872,P=0.018) in OGD+CM+LY294002 group,while level of active Casepase-3 was increased(t=6.699,P=0.003). Conclusion:BMSCs promote the survival of neurons after OGD damage,and its mechanisms may be related to the activation of PI3K/AKT protein signaling pathway.