1. [Different effects of long-term and short-term repeated restraints on the hematopoietic stem cells in mice]
- Author
-
Chen-Ke, Ma, Xian, Wu, Zhe, Xu, Jian, Liu, Ji-Yan, Zhang, and Tao-Xing, Shi
- Subjects
Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Restraint, Physical ,Mice ,CD11b Antigen ,Animals ,Antigens, Ly ,Bone Marrow Cells ,Hematopoietic Stem Cells ,Stress, Psychological ,Cell Proliferation - Abstract
Humans with chronic psychological stress are prone to develop multiple disorders of body function including impairment of immune system. Chronic psychological stress has been reported to have negative effects on body immune system. However, the underlying mechanisms have not been clearly demonstrated. All immune cells are derived from hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in the bone marrow, including myeloid cells which comprise the innate immunity as a pivotal component. In this study, to explore the effects of chronic psychological stress on HSC and myeloid cells, different repeated restraint sessions were applied, including long-term mild restraint in which mice were individually subjected to a 2 h restraint session twice daily (morning and afternoon/between 9:00 and 17:00) for 4 weeks, and short-term vigorous restraint in which mice were individually subjected to a 16 h restraint session (from 17:00 to 9:00 next day) for 5 days. At the end of restraint, mice were sacrificed and the total cell numbers in the bone marrow and peripheral blood were measured by cell counting. The proportions and absolute numbers of HSC (Lin
- Published
- 2020