Bone Marrow Cells Take On New Role In The Brain

韩雪娜

日期: 2003-02-05 今日/总浏览: 1/499& w. m+ N2 e: V
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ResearchersintheBaxterLaboratoryatStanfordUniversityMedicalCenterhavepublishednewevidenceshowingthatcellsfromthebonemarrowmighthelprepairormaintaincellsinothertissues.Inapaperinthisweek'sonlineeditionoftheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences,theresearchersdescribefindingchromosomesfromabonemarrowtransplantinthebraincellsoftransplantrecipients.6 h2 w) }0 M# a/ {* F) F0 I
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Whenpeoplereceiveabonemarrowtransplantafterhigh-dosechemotherapy,someofthetransplantedcellsregeneratetheblood-makingcellsthatweredestroyed.Inpastexperimentsinmice,HelenBlau,PhD,theDonaldE.andDeliaB.BaxterProfessorofPharmacologyattheSchoolofMedicine,foundthatcellsfromthetransplantcouldalsorelocatetotissuesthroughoutthebodyratherthanbeingrestrictedtothebonemarrowandblood.6 a. _: |" _9 p2 e$ o, k

7 @$ a3 c+ A" b' z+ t9 Z8 |* G9 HNowweknowthatitcanalsohappeninhumans,saidJamesWeimann,PhD,firstauthoronthepaperandaseniorresearchscientistinBlau'slab.
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' T7 a4 V! }$ P2 `BlauandWeimannlookedatbrainsamplestakenfromwomenwhounderwentchemotherapytotreattheirleukemiaandthenlaterreceivedbonemarrowtransplantsfrommaledonors.ThesesampleswereidealforthisexperimentbecausethedonorcellscontainedaYsexchromosomewhereascellsinthewomencontainedonlyXchromosomes.AnyYchromosomethatBlauandWeimannidentifiedmusthavecomefromthetransplantdonor.) D- c8 P% V7 W$ a) R, O7 ?

5 ~2 z, j& q9 D" O" V4 b" N" oTolookforthetelltaleYchromosome,theresearchersusedmoleculeswithadoubleidentity.OnepartofthemoleculecouldbindtoeithertheXorYchromosome,whiletheotherpartactedasafluorescentmolecularbeacon.ThemoleculethatboundtheXchromosomehadaredbeaconwhereastheY-recognizingmoleculehadagreenbeacon.Whentheyputthesestainsonthepreservedsamples,theXchromosomesglowedredandanyYchromosomesglowedgreen.Weimannthensearchedthesamplesunderamicroscopeforgreenchromosomesinthebraintissue.
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, D% W9 E8 Y, i0 }8 h+ f3 gAsexpected,bloodcellswithinthebraincontainedYchromosomesbecausetheyweremadebybonemarrowcellsfromthetransplant.TheresearchersalsofoundfivenervecellscalledPurkinjecells-involvedincontrollingbalanceandmovement-thatcontainedYchromosomesinadditiontotheiroriginalXchromosomes.Theseout-of-placechromosomescouldonlyhavecomefrommalecellsinthebonemarrowtransplant./ j0 i9 Y* |' n0 U8 W# j

$ m4 P) E$ X3 z0 {7 O" NBlaususpectsthePurkinjecellsmayhavegottentheirYchromosomefromagroupoftravelingbonemarrowcells.Ithinkthesecellsmayactasarepairsquad,Blausaid.Thecellstravelthebloodstream,respondtostressandrepairdamagedtissuessuchasbrain,muscleandpossiblyothersthroughoutthebody.Sheaddedthatinsomecasesthebonemarrowcellsmightfusewithdamagedcellswhileinotherinstancestheytransformtoreplacethecells.- f  V6 }7 H2 ^
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Shesaidthenextstepsaretolearnwhichcellsinthebonemarrowactastherepairsquad,howthesecellsareluredtotissuesandhowtheyrepairdamageoncetheygetthere.Ifwecanlearnwhatthesignalsare,wemaybeabletodirecttherepaircellstowheretheyareneeded,Blausaid.Wouldn'titbeterrificifwecouldenlistthebodytotreatitsowndisease?/ n$ c* G( o6 H

* Z0 f0 E" p* a2 y4 ?2 U# ]* [Blauaddedthatadultbonemarrowcellsmaybeparticularlyusefulfortreatingsomediseasesorsometissuesbutnotothers.Weneedtostudyalltypesofstemcells,shesaid.  v* d* w$ W( b

, c0 d# f1 L% D. _% t; bOtherStanfordresearcherswhocontributedtothisworkincludeCarolCharlton,PhD,aresearchassociate,andgraduatestudentTimothyBrazelton,PhD.
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; v7 t  {5 f* g  ~8 @/ d/ L来源: Stanford University Medical Center  c/ ?4 Y$ X# M( V7 C
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