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Effect of magnesium on proliferation and NGF secretion in Schwann cells of rat

  

  1. Department of Orthopedics, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Online:2016-07-25 Published:2016-08-11

Abstract: [
Abstract ] Objective Toinvestigatetheeffectofmagnesium onproliferationandnerve
growthfactor ( NGF ) secretioninSchwanncells ( SCs ) .Methods 3~5daysoldSDratswere
used.TheSCswereisolatedfromsciaticnerves invitro .Thepositivecellswerecountedbyusing
S-100immunocytochemicalstaining.SCsweredividedintofourgroups.Theculturemediumwas
DMEMcontaining10% FBSanddifferentconcentrationsofMgCl 2 ( 0 , 0.5 , 1 , 2mmol
/ L ) .MTT
wasusedtodetectthecellproliferationoftheSchwanncellsat2 , 4 , 6 , 8d.Theexpressionof
NGFwasdetectedbyELISA.Results Mostcollagenoblastwereremovedbydifferentialadhesion
about30 minutes.Theprimary-culturedSCswereadherenttotheplasticsurfaceofthecell
culturedishandgrowed24hafterinoculation.Inthe72thhourofcultivation , thecellsshowed
thetrend ofparallelarrangement.Inthe7th day , wecouldseecellaggregation undera
microscope.Throughcountingbyimmunohistochemistrytest , thepurityofSCsreached91% 6
daysaftercultivation.ThepurityofSCs was91% by S-100immunocytochemicalstaining.
Comparedwithnormaltraininggroup , 0.5mmol
/ LMgCl
2 grouphadapromotingeffectonSCs
proliferationandNGFsecretion.Thereweresignificantdifferencesin4groups , indifferenttime
points , andintheinteractionofthegroups vs timepoints (
P <0.05 ) .Conclusion Appropriate concentrationofMgCl 2 canstimulatetheproliferationandNGFsecretionofSCsofrat.

Key words: magnesium, Schwann cells, nerve growth factor, rats