Abstract：OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) administered at different pressures and different exposure time on the differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) in vitro. METHODS: The cerebral cortices from newborn rats (0-3 days old) were sterilely collected, digested, and centrifuged. After removal of the supernatant, the cells were re-suspended with DMEM/F12 medium containing B27, bFGF and EGF. The NSCs of 2-3 passages were randomly divided into seven groups: a control (untreated) and 6 HBO treatment groups that NSCs were subjected to HBO treatment of different pressures (1, 2 or 3 ATA) and different exposure time (30 or 60 minutes). The differentiated NSCs were examined by neuron-specific enolase (NSE) immunocytochemistry 24 hrs later. Percentage of NSE positive cells differentiated from NSCs was assessed by fluorescent microscopy. RESULTS: The percentage of NSE positive cells differentiated from NSCs was the highest in the HBO 2ATA-60min group (9.17±0.50%) (P<0.01), followed by the HBO 3ATA-60min (7.89±0.62%), HBO 2ATA-30min (6.72±0.76%), HBO 3ATA-30min (6.08±0.57%), HBO 1ATA-60min (5.45±0.52%), HBO 1ATA30min (3.85±0.44%) and control groups (3.72±0.88%). In addition to the HBO 1ATA-30min group, the other HBO treatment groups had increased significantly percentage of NSE positive cells compared with the control group (P<0.01). Under the same pressure, the 60 min treatment groups had increased significantly percentage of NSE positive cells compared with the 30 min treatment groups (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: HBO treatment (2 ATA, 60 minutes) produces a best effect in the differentiation of NSCs into neurons.［Chin J Contemp Pediatr, 2010, 12 (5):368-372］
CHEN Chong-Feng,YANG Yu-Jia,WANG Qing-Hong et al. Effect of hyperbaric oxygen administered at different pressures and different exposure time on differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro[J]. CJCP, 2010, 12(05): 368-372.
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