Protective effect of brain derived neurotrophic factor on mesenchymal stem cells when transplanting to the surrounding issue of intracerebral hemorrhage stove

Objective To observe the migration ofmesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transfected with recombinant lentiviral vectors carried brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene from lateral ventricle to intracerebral hemorrhage stove in rats and to discuss the protective effect of BDNF on MSCs.Methods Intracerebral hemorrhagic models were constructed in 60 SD rats and randomly divided into 4 groups:phosphate buffer solution (PBS) group,BMSCs group,BMSCs-enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) group and BMSCs-EGFP-BDNF group (n=15); PBS,BMSCs,lentiviral vector (LV)carried EGFP and LV carried BDNF-EGFP were,respectively,injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle of each group; 7,14 and 21 d after the injection,BDNF protein expression in the BMSCs of each group was detected by Western blotting and immunofluorescence; the migration of BMSCs from lateral ventricle to intracerebral hemorrhage stove was observed by signal labeling immunofluorescent staining.Results Western blotting and immunofluorescence showed that the BDNF protein expression in the MSCs-EGFP-BDNF group was significantly higher than that in the MSCs group and MSCs-EGFP group (P＜0.05); signal labeling immunofluorescent staining of brain tissue section indicated that the MSCs-EGFP-BDNF group had significantly larger number of BMSCs-positive cells which migrated to the surrounding issues of intracerebral hemorrhage stove than MSCs group and MSCs-EGFP group (P＜0.05),while there were no significant differences between the latter two except on the 7th d of establishment of models.Conclusion BMSCs modified with recombinant LV carried BDNF gene have high expression level of BDNF,indicating that BDNF performs a protective effect on BMSCs. Key words: Mesenchymal stem cell;  Lentivirus ;  Brain-derived neurotrophic factor;  Cell migration