Which chemokines regulate the targeted migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to the injured site? Xiaoyu Yang and co-workers from the Second Hosptal of Jilin University, China, hypothesized that the dynamic equilibrium between microtubule-associated protein 1B and phosphorylated type I microtubule-associated protein 1B is associated with targeted migration to the injury site during bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation. They injected the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells through the ear vein into rabbit models of spinal cord contusion. The migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells towards the injured spinal cord was poorer in cells exposed to okadaic acid- and N-acetyl-D-erythro-sphingosine than in non-treated bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Finally, they blocked phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) pathways in rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells using the inhibitors LY294002 and U0126, respectively. LY294002 resulted in an elevated expression of phosphorylated type I microtubule-associated protein 1B, whereas U0126 caused a reduction in expression. The present data indicate that PI3K and ERK1/2 in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells modulate the phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 1B via a cross-signaling network, and affect the migratory effciency of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells towards injured spinal cord. The relevant study has been published in the Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 9, No. 18, 2014).
Article: " Factors affecting directional migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to the injured spinal cord," by Peng Xia1, Su Pan1, Jieping Cheng1, Maoguang Yang2, Zhiping Qi1, Tingting Hou1, Xiaoyu Yang1 (1 Department of Spine Surgery, Orthopedics Hospital, Second Hosptal, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China; 2 Department of Endocrinology, Second Hosptal, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China)
Xia P, Pan S, Cheng JP, Yang MG, Qi ZP, Hou TT, Yang XY. Factors affecting directional migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to the injured spinal cord. Neural Regen Res. 2014;9(18):1688-1695.
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