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We have studied the behavior of Schwann cells transplanted at a distance from an induced myelin lesion of the adult mouse spinal cord. These transplanted cells were mouse Schwann cells arising from an immortalized cell line (MSC80) which expresses several Schwann cell phenotypes including the ability to produce myelin. The behavior of MSC80 cells was compared to that of purified rat Schwann cells transplanted in the same conditions. Schwann cells were labeled in vitro with the nuclear fluorochrome Hoechst 33342 and were transplanted at distances of 2-8 mm from a lysolecithin-induced myelin lesion in the spinal cord of shiverer and normal mice. Our results show that transplanted MSC80 cells migrated toward the lesion, in both shiverer and normal mouse spinal cord, preferentially along the ependyma, meninges, and blood vessels. They also migrated along white matter tracts but traveled a longer distance in shiverer (8 mm) than in normal (2-3 mm) white matter. Using these different pathways, MSC80 cells arrived within the lesion of shiverer and normal mouse spinal cord at the average speed of 166 microns/hr (8 mm/48 hr). Migration was most efficient along the ependyma and the meninges where it attained up to 250 microns/hr. Migration was much slower in white matter tracts (95 microns/hr +/- 54 in the shiverer and only 38 microns/hr +/- 3 in the normal mouse). We also provide evidence for the specific attraction of MSC80 cells by the lysolecithin-induced lesion since 1) their number increased progressively with time in the lesion, and 2) MSC80 cells left their preferential pathways of migration specifically at the level of the lesion. Finally, combining the Hoechst Schwann cell labeling method with the immunohistochemical detection of the peripheral myelin protein, P0, we show that some of the MSC80 cells which have reached the lesion participate in myelin repair in both shiverer and normal lesioned mouse spinal cord. A series of control experiments performed with rat Schwann cells indicate that the migrating behavior of transplanted MSC80 cells was identical to that of purified but non-immortalized rat Schwann cells.
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