15 results about "Oligodendroglia Cell" patented technology

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicine, and particularly relates to a single-domain antibody VHH-L1 targeting LINGO-1 protein, and the amino acid sequence of the single-domain antibody VHH-L1 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1. The single-domain antibody has nanomole-level high affinity and excellent specificity, can effectively block the interaction between LINGO-1 and ligands thereof, and remarkably promotes differentiation and myelination of oligodendroglia cells. The invention further provides a neural stem cell subjected to genetic engineering modification, and the neural stem cell can stably and continuously secrete the single-domain antibody VHH-L1. In a spinal cord injury animal model, the engineered stem cell shows an excellent treatment effect, can significantly promote motor function recovery, axon regeneration and myelin sheath repair, and effectively inhibits glial scar formation. The double advantages of cell therapy and long-acting protein delivery are fused, and a brand new efficient treatment strategy is provided for demyelination diseases such as multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of evaluating intercellular interactions in neuroinflammation using a co-culture containing human-derived neural cells capable of mimicking human brain functions. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of evaluating intercellular interactions in neuroinflammation, the method including a step of producing a co-culture containing at least two cells selected from the group consisting of human-derived astrocytes, human-derived neurons, human-derived microglia, and human-derived oligodendrocytes, a step of applying an inflammatory stimulation to a first cell contained in the co-culture, a step of detecting at least one selected from the group consisting of an inflammatory response marker in the cells contained in the co-culture, neural activity of the cells, and cell morphology, and a step of evaluating, over time, a change in at least one selected from the group consisting of the inflammatory response marker, the neural activity, and the cell morphology in the first cell and a second cell different from the first cell contained in the co-culture.

The invention provides a pathogenic factor for neurodegenerative diseases and application of the pathogenic factor. The pathogenic factor for the neurodegenerative diseases is a PASP-GPR37-IL-6 signal axis. According to the application, the action mechanism of the PASP-GPR37-IL-6 signal axis serving as a neurodegenerative disease (especially Parkinson's disease) pathogenic factor is defined for the first time, the molecular path of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases regulated and controlled by the oligodendroglia through the signal axis is disclosed, and the research blank of participation of the oligodendroglia in PD pathogenesis in the prior art is filled.

This invention describes artificial expression constructs for regulating gene expression in target types of central nervous system cells. By using the artificial expression constructs of this disclosure, it is possible to express or modify the expression of synthetic genes in spinal motor neurons, including SpP1 spinal motor neurons, Parg spinal motor neurons, Ogdh1 spinal motor neurons, and ChAT spinal motor neurons; α motor neurons, including Chodl spinal motor neurons; γ motor neurons; spinal excitatory motor neurons, including Mafa excitatory neurons, Esrrg Trhr excitatory neurons, and Slc17a6 spinal excitatory neurons; spinal inhibitory neurons, including Slc6a5 spinal inhibitory neurons; whole spinal neurons, including Esrrg spinal motor neurons and types of neurons found throughout the spinal cord; cerebrospinal fluid contact neurons, including Poln spinal motor neurons; and non-neuronal cells of the spinal cord, including astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

Provided is a differentiation agent consisting essentially of SOX9 for generating oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Also provided are methods of generating PSCs and methods of using PSCs to generate OPCs and oligodendrocytes.SOLUTION: A method comprising culturing pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to produce a population of cells comprising oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), wherein the PSCs express engineered nucleic acids encoding SOX9 at a level sufficient to differentiate the PSCs into OPCs in the absence of other transcription factors encoded by the engineered nucleic acids.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2C

Disclosed is a protein comprising no more than three human autoantigenic proteins, wherein a first human autoantigenic protein comprises a truncated myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) amino acid sequence, a second human autoantigenic protein comprises a myelin basic protein (MBP) amino acid sequence, and a third human autoantigenic protein comprises a truncated proteolipid protein (PLP) amino acid sequence. Also disclosed are related nucleic acids, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating a demyelinating disease, and methods of producing the proteins.

The present application relates to the technical field of gene detection, in particular to a gene panel, method, device and use for somatic cell variation detection of SLC35A2 gene. The present application provides a gene panel, which can target capture the entire SLC35A2 gene related region, including exons, introns, promoters and enhancers, and carry out somatic cell variation detection, including SNVs, small Indels and SVs. The panel is used for detection of refractory epilepsy surgical brain tissue specimens, and can genetically diagnose mild cortical dysplasia with oligodendrogliosis epilepsy (MOGHE). This kind of disease is a new subtype of focal cortical dysplasia newly included by the International League Against Epilepsy in 2022. The panel has high variation detection rate and more comprehensive variation detection types.

A method of differentiating nonhuman primate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to oligodendrocytes is provided. The method may include providing a modified vector comprising a piggyBac vector backbone that expresses one or more differentiation factor genes, including SOX10, OLIG2, and NKX6-2. The piggyBac vector backbone may comprise one or more terminal inverted repeats and one or more transposase recognition sites configured to interact with a piggyBac transposase to mediate genomic integration at TTAA or noncanonical target sequences. The vector may further include a selectable marker and a promoter for regulated expression. The modified vector may be introduced into nonhuman primate iPSCs, for example from Macaca fascicularis, by electroporation and used in a feeder-free differentiation workflow. The resulting differentiated cells may be identified by expression of oligodendrocyte-associated markers including O4, O1, PDGFRA, MOG, GALC, CNPase, and myelin basic protein (MBP).

A method of generating oligodendroglial progenitor cells and pre-myelinating oligodendrocytes is disclosed. Uses of the cell populations are further described.

A method of generating human mature oligodendrocytes is disclosed. The method comprises contacting a cell population which comprises human pre-oligodendrocytes with an inhibitor of the MAPK / ERK pathway under conditions that allow the pre-oligodendrocytes to differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes. Use of the MAPK / ERK pathway inhibitor for treating diseases is also disclosed.

The present application relates to nerve growth factor inducible protein or its gene in the preparation of treating spinal cord injury drug application. The present application proves that the lentivirus of overexpressing nerve growth factor inducible protein gene can promote the regeneration of oligodendrocytes, and then can effectively improve the recovery of motor function of spinal cord injury animal model through cell experiment and animal experiment.

Provided herein is a differentiation agent that consists essentially of SOX9 for the production of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Also provided herein are methods of producing the PSCs and methods of using the PSCs to produce OPCs and oligodendrocytes.

Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) is the most common form of multiple sclerosis, affecting more than 80% of MS patients. RRMS is comprised of two phases: the auto-inflammatory episodes, in which the immune system is actively destroying myelin, alternate with remission phases. Currently there is no cure for this devastating disease. The present disclosure provides compositions and methods useful for inducing remyelination. The methods are useful for promoting remyelination to treat diseases and disorders such as MS. The present disclosure describes compositions and methods useful for inhibiting LRP1 activity. In one aspect, a siRNA against LRP1 can be used. It is disclosed that myelination can be regulated by inhibiting the interaction of LRP1 and p75NTR and that it inhibits activation of Rho-A.

The invention relates to the technical field of neuroscience, in particular to a method for marking a new myelin sheath in a central nervous system, which comprises the following steps: constructing an ENPP6-P2A-CreERT2-T2A-CFP gene segment, and obtaining an ENPP6-CreERT2 knock-in mouse through a gene editing technology; the ENPP6-CreERT2 mouse and the mT / mG report mouse are subjected to mating, and ENPP6-CreERT is obtained; an mT / mG double transgenic mouse; carrying out tamoxifen induction treatment on the double transgenic mice in a target time period, and activating Cre recombinase; brain tissues are collected after induction, and marked middle-stage oligodendroglia cells and myelin sheath structures formed by the middle-stage oligodendroglia cells are observed through a fluorescence report system. According to the invention, the purpose of specifically marking new myelin sheath during tamoxifen induction is achieved. And a new research tool is provided for controlling new myelin sheath in a specific time period. The problems that all new myelin sheaths after induction start can be marked in an existing method, and the new myelin sheaths in the induction period cannot be specifically marked are solved.

A method is provided for producing oligodendrocyte-like cells, including (A) increasing abundances of oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2 (OLIG2) mutant and SRY-box transcription factor 10 (SOX10) in human pluripotent stein cells and (B) culturing the human pluripotent stem cells in which the abundances of the OLIG2 mutant and the SOX10 are increased and consequently differentiating the human pluripotent stem cells into oligodendrocyte-like cells, in which the OLIG2 mutant lacks a serine residue of wild-type OLIG2 at position 147, or the serine residue of the wild-type OLIG2 at position 147 is substituted with an amino acid other than serine.