Review Article

The Effects of Different Factors on the Behavior of Neural Stem Cells

Table 1

Effects of drugs or active ingredients on the proliferation and differentiation of NSCs.

Drugs or active ingredientsCellsThe role of proliferationThe role of differentiationMechanism

Salvianolic acid B [21]NSCs from cortex of E13.5 miceNestin-positive cells ↑The expression of tau ↑; the expression of GFAP ↓Cells in G2/S phase
Tetramethylpyrazine [23]NSCs from cortex of E15 SD fetal ratsBrdU-positive cells ↑β-Tubulin III-positive cells ↑; β-tubulin III/nestin-positive cells ↑; GFAP-positive cells ↓; GFAP/nestin-positive cells ↓The expression of cyclin D1 ↑; the expression of P-ERK ↑; the expression of P-JNK with little change; the phosphorylation of P38 ↓
Epimedium flavonoids [24]NSCs from hippocampus of 1d neonatal ratsBrdU-positive cells ↑Tuj1-positive cells ↑; NF-200-positive cells ↑; GFAP-positive cells ↑
Panax notoginseng saponins [25]NSCs from hippocampus of 1d neonatal ratsNestin-positive cells ↑; BrdU-positive cells ↑Nestin/BrdU-positive cells ↑;
nestin/vimentin-positive cells ↑;
nestin/Tuj1-positive cells ↑
Tenuigenin [26]NSCs from hippocampus of E16 ratsBrdU-positive cells ↑β-Tubulin III-positive cells ↑;
GFAP-positive cells ↑
Gastrodiae rhizome [27]NSCs from human embryosViability ↑The expression of nestin ↓;
the expression of Tuj1 ↑;
the expression of MAP2 ↑;
dendrites ↑
The expression of Sox2 ↓
Astragaloside IV [28]NSCs from hippocampus of adult SD ratsBrdU-positive cells ↑BrdU/MAP2-positive cells ↑;
BrdU/GFAP-positive cells ↑
The expression of NGF ↑
Angelica [29]NSCs from embryonic ratsNestin ↓ compared with the hypoxia group; nestin ↑ compared with the control group
Ketamine [31]NSCs from the SVZ of 7d neonatal male SD ratsNestin/BrdU-positive cells ↓The expression of β-tubulin III ↑;
the expression of GFAP ↓; the expression of nestin ↓
Fingolimod [34]NSCs from E13.5 SD ratsCCK-8 ↑The expression of GFAP ↑
Simvastatin [36]NSCs from embryonic ratsNestin-positive cells ↑GFAP-positive cells ↑;
MAP2-positive cells ↑
The expression of Notch1 ↑