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Isolation, culture and analysis of adult subependymal neural stem cells

Jose Manuel Morante-redolatIsabel FariñasAna Domingo-muelasGerman BelenguerSacri R. Ferrón

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0301 basic medicineCancer ResearchNeurogenesisCellular differentiationBasic fibroblast growth factorPopulationCell Culture TechniquesBiologyMice03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundNeural Stem CellsEpendymaNeurosphereSubependymal zoneAnimalsHumanseducationMolecular BiologyNeuronseducation.field_of_studyNeurogenesisCell DifferentiationCell BiologyNeural stem cellCell biologyAdult Stem Cells030104 developmental biologychemistryImmunologyDevelopmental BiologyAdult stem cell

description

Individual cells dissected from the subependymal neurogenic niche of the adult mouse brain proliferate in medium containing basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and/or epidermal growth factor (EGF) as mitogens, to produce multipotent clonal aggregates called neurospheres. These cultures constitute a powerful tool for the study of neural stem cells (NSCs) provided that they allow the analysis of their features and potential capacity in a controlled environment that can be modulated and monitored more accurately than in vivo. Clonogenic and population analyses under mitogen addition or withdrawal allow the quantification of the self-renewing and multilineage potency of these cells and the identification of the mechanisms involved in these properties. Here, we describe a set of procedures developed and/or modified by our group including several experimental options that can be used either independently or in combination for the ex vivo assessment of cell properties of NSCs obtained from the adult subependymal niche.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-19Differentiation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2016.01.005