Abstract: Replacing cells lost during the progression of neurodegenerative disorders holds potential as a therapeutic strategy. Unfortunately, the majority of cells die post-transplantation, which creates logistical and biological challenges for cell therapy approaches. The cause of cell death is likely to be multifactorial in nature but has previously been correlated with hypoxia in the graft core. Here we use mathematical modelling to highlight that grafted cells experiencing hypoxia will also face a rapid decline in glucose availability. Interestingly, three neuron progenitor types derived from stem cell sources, and primary human fetal ventral mesencephalic (VM) cells all remained highly viable in severe hypoxia (0.1 % oxygen), countering the idea of rapid hypoxia-induced death in grafts. However, we demonstrate that glucose deprivation, not a paucity of oxygen, was a driver of rapid cell death, which was compounded in ischemic conditions of both oxygen and glucose deprivation. Supplementation of glucose to rat embryonic VM cells transplanted to the adult rat brain failed to improve survival at the dose administered and highlighted the problems of using osmotic minipumps in assisting neural grafting. The data shows that maintaining sufficient glucose in grafts is likely to be of critical importance for cell survival, but better means of achieving sustained glucose delivery is required.
Relation: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175418/1/Graft%20Ischemia%20Post%20Cell%20Transplantation%20to%20the%20brain%20Glucose%20Deprivation%20as%20the%20Primary%20Driver%20of%20Rapid%20Cell%20Death%20PUBLISHED%20VERSION.pdf; Hakami, Abrar https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2477245S.html, Rizzo, Sebastiano Antonio https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2387950A.html, Bartley, Oliver J.M. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A1631184O.html, Hills, Rachel https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2175559T.html, Precious, Sophie V. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A050727S.html, Ostler, Timothy https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2197436T.html, Fjodorova, Marija https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A154322O.html, Alghamdi, Majed, Rosser, Anne E. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A043007A.html orcid:0000-0002-4716-4753 orcid:0000-0002-4716-4753, Lane, Emma L. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0386655.html orcid:0000-0001-8800-3764 orcid:0000-0001-8800-3764, Woolley, Thomas E. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2332710N.html orcid:0000-0001-6225-5365 orcid:0000-0001-6225-5365, Lelos, Mariah J. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A043778P.html orcid:0000-0001-7102-055X orcid:0000-0001-7102-055X and Newland, Ben https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A1540701P.html orcid:0000-0002-5214-2604 orcid:0000-0002-5214-2604 2025. Graft ischemia post cell transplantation to the brain: Glucose deprivation as the primary driver of rapid cell death. Neurotherapeutics 22 (2) , e00518. 10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00518 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00518 file https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175418/1/Graft%20Ischemia%20Post%20Cell%20Transplantation%20to%20the%20brain%20Glucose%20Deprivation%20as%20the%20Primary%20Driver%20of%20Rapid%20Cell%20Death%20PUBLISHED%20VERSION.pdf
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