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Networked neural spheroid by neuro-bundle mimicking nervous system created by topology effect

Authors
Jeong, Gi SeokChang, Joon YoungPark, Ji SooLee, Seung-APark, DoYeunWoo, JunsungAn, HeeyoungLee, C. JustinLee, Sang-Hoon
Issue Date
22-3월-2015
Publisher
BMC
Keywords
Neurospheroid; Neural spheroid networking; Deep hemicylindrical channel; Neural bundle; Nerve-like structure
Citation
MOLECULAR BRAIN, v.8
Indexed
SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
MOLECULAR BRAIN
Volume
8
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/94098
DOI
10.1186/s13041-015-0109-y
ISSN
1756-6606
Abstract
In most animals, the nervous system consists of the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS), the latter of which connects the CNS to all parts of the body. Damage and/or malfunction of the nervous system causes serious pathologies, including neurodegenerative disorders, spinal cord injury, and Alzheimer's disease. Thus, not surprising, considerable research effort, both in vivo and in vitro, has been devoted to studying the nervous system and signal transmission through it. However, conventional in vitro cell culture systems do not enable control over diverse aspects of the neural microenvironment. Moreover, formation of certain nervous system growth patterns in vitro remains a challenge. In this study, we developed a deep hemispherical, microchannel-networked, concave array system and applied it to generate three-dimensional nerve-like neural bundles. The deep hemicylindrical channel network was easily fabricated by exploiting the meniscus induced by the surface tension of a liquid poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) prepolymer. Neurospheroids spontaneously aggregated in each deep concave microwell and were networked to neighboring spheroids through the deep hemicylindrical channel. Notably, two types of satellite spheroids also formed in deep hemispherical microchannels through self-aggregation and acted as an anchoring point to enhance formation of nerve-like networks with neighboring spheroids. During neural-network formation, neural progenitor cells successfully differentiated into glial and neuronal cells. These cells secreted laminin, forming an extracellular matrix around the host and satellite spheroids. Electrical stimuli were transmitted between networked neurospheroids in the resulting nerve-like neural bundle, as detected by imaging Ca2+ signals in responding cells.
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