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Cryogel microcarriers loaded with glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor enhance the engraftment of primary dopaminergic neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. | LitMetric

Cryogel microcarriers made of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate and 3-sulfopropyl acrylate have the potential to act as delivery vehicles for long-term retention of neurotrophic factors (NTFs) in the brain. In addition, they can potentially enhance stem cell-derived dopaminergic (DAergic) cell replacement strategies for Parkinson's disease (PD), by addressing the limitations of variable survival and poor differentiation of the transplanted precursors due to neurotrophic deprivation post-transplantation in the brain. In this context, to develop a proof-of-concept, the aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of glial cell line-derived NTF (GDNF)-loaded cryogel microcarriers by assessing their impact on the survival of, and reinnervation by, primary DAergic grafts after intra-striatal delivery in Parkinsonian rat brains.Rat embryonic day 14 ventral midbrain cells were transplanted into the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned striatum either alone, or with GDNF, or with unloaded cryogel microcarriers, or with GDNF-loaded cryogel microcarriers., GDNF and tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining were used to identify retention of the delivered GDNF within the implanted cryogel microcarriers, and to identify the transplanted DAergic neuronal cell bodies and fibres in the brains, respectively.We found an intact presence of GDNF-stained cryogel microcarriers in graft sites, indicating their ability for long-term retention of the delivered GDNF up to 4 weeks in the brain. This resulted in an enhanced survival (1.9-fold) of, and striatal reinnervation (density & volume) by, the grafted DAergic neurons, in addition to an enhanced sprouting of fibres within graft sites.This data provides an important proof-of-principle for the beneficial effects of neurotrophin-loaded cryogel microcarriers on engraftment of cells in the context of cell replacement therapy in PD. For clinical translation, further studies will be needed to assess the impact of cryogel microcarriers on the survival and differentiation of stem cell-derived DAergic precursors in Parkinsonian rat brains.

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