This project is designed to investigate the effects of intravenous transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells on the rat brain after traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury continues to be an important cause of human morbidity and as many as 50,000 Americans are killed and an equal number are disabled by head trauma each year. Currently, we have no therapeutic intervention to repair the biostructural neuronal damage and treatment consists of evacuating mass lesions and providing an optimal milieu for the brain to recover. In this application, we will transplant marrow stromal cells intravenously in the adult female Wistar rat after head injury with the intention of improving brain function. Adult female Wistar rats will be injured using the controlled cortical impact model of head trauma. After injury, bone marrow stromal cells harvested from the tibia and femur of normal male adult rats will be injected into the tail vein of the female rat. The marrow stromal cells will be identified by Y chromosomes. Following transplantation, the animals will be sacrificed at different time points and brain sections will be stained for immunohistochemistry to examine for proliferation of the marrow stromal cells and the phenotypes of newly generated cells. Using immunohistochemistry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the expression of neurotrophic factors following marrow stromal cell transplantation will also be studied. The safety of marrow stromal cell treatment of traumatic brain injury will be evaluated and a battery of functional outcome measurements will be performed to test for enhanced recovery resulting from treatment. If intravenous transplantation of marrow stromal cells succeeds in improving functional outcome, a new avenue will be opened for further development of therapeutic interventions to improve outcome of traumatic brain injury.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01NS042259-02
Application #
6625598
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BDCN-1 (01))
Project Start
2002-03-01
Project End
2006-02-28
Budget Start
2003-03-01
Budget End
2004-02-29
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$271,700
Indirect Cost
Name
Henry Ford Health System
Department
Neurosurgery
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
073134603
City
Detroit
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48202
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Mahmood, Asim; Lu, Dunyue; Qu, Changsheng et al. (2005) Human marrow stromal cell treatment provides long-lasting benefit after traumatic brain injury in rats. Neurosurgery 57:1026-31; discussion 1026-31

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