| 1 | Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals Nestin+active neural stem cells outside the central canal after spinal cord injury显示文摘Neural stem cells(NSCs)in the spinal cord hold great potential for repair after spinal cord injury(SCI).The ependyma in the central canal(CC)region has been considered as the NSCs source in the spinal cord.However,the ependyma function as NSCs after SCI is still under debate.We used Nestin as a marker to isolate potential NSCs and their immediate progeny,and characterized the cells before and after SCI by single-cell RNA-sequencing(scRNA-seq).We identified two subgroups of NSCs:the subgroup located within the CC cannot prime to active NSCs after SCI,while the subgroup located outside the CC were activated and exhibited the active NSCs properties after SCI.We demonstrated the comprehensive dynamic transcriptome of NSCs from quiescent to active NSCs after SCI.This study reveals that Nestin+cells outside CC were NSCs that activated upon SCI and may thus serve as endogenous NSCs for regenerative treatment of SCI in the future. | Muya Shu Xiaoyu Xue Hu Nie Xianming Wu Minghan Sun Lianyong Qiao Xing Li Bai Xu Zhifeng Xiao Yannan Zhao Yongheng Fan Bing Chen Jixiang Zhang Ya Shi Yaming Yang Falong Lu Jianwu Dai | 2022 | Science China(Life Sciences)2022，65，2： | 2 |
| 2 | Lineage tracing reveals the origin of Nestin-positive cells are heterogeneous and rarely from ependymal cells after spinal cord injury显示文摘Nestin is expressed extensively in neural stem/progenitor cells during neural development, but its expression is mainly restricted to the ependymal cells in the adult spinal cord. After spinal cord injury(SCI), Nestin expression is reactivated and Nestinpositive(Nestin;) cells aggregate at the injury site. However, the derivation of Nestin;cells is not clearly defined. Here, we found that Nestin expression was substantially increased in the lesion edge and lesion core after SCI. Using a tamoxifen inducible CreER(T2)-loxP system, we verified that ependymal cells contribute few Nestin;cells either to the lesion core or the lesion edge after SCI. In the lesion edge, GFAP+astrocytes were the main cell type that expressed Nestin;they then formed an astrocyte scar.In the lesion core, Nestin;cells expressed αSMA or Desmin, indicating that they might be derived from pericytes. Our results reveal that Nestin;cells in the lesion core and edge came from various cell types and rarely from ependymal cells after complete transected SCI, which may provide new insights into SCI repair. | Xiaoyu Xue Muya Shu Zhifeng Xiao Yannan Zhao Xing Li Haipeng Zhang Yongheng Fan Xianming Wu Bing Chen Bai Xu Yaming Yang Weiyuan Liu Sumei Liu Jianwu Dai | 2022 | Science China(Life Sciences)2022，65，4： | 2 |
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