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Kemppainen S, Huber N, Willman RM, Zamora A, Mäkinen P, Martiskainen H, Takalo M, Haapasalo A, Sobrino T, González Gómez MA, Piñeiro Y, Rivas J, Himmelreich U, Hiltunen M. Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures from Adult Tauopathy Mice and Theragnostic Evaluation of Nanomaterial Phospho-TAU Antibody-Conjugates. Cells 2023; 12:1422. [PMID: 37408256 DOI: 10.3390/cells12101422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Organotypic slice culture models surpass conventional in vitro methods in many aspects. They retain all tissue-resident cell types and tissue hierarchy. For studying multifactorial neurodegenerative diseases such as tauopathies, it is crucial to maintain cellular crosstalk in an accessible model system. Organotypic slice cultures from postnatal tissue are an established research tool, but adult tissue-originating systems are missing, yet necessary, as young tissue-originating systems cannot fully model adult or senescent brains. To establish an adult-originating slice culture system for tauopathy studies, we made hippocampal slice cultures from transgenic 5-month-old hTau.P301S mice. In addition to the comprehensive characterization, we set out to test a novel antibody for hyperphosphorylated TAU (pTAU, B6), with and without a nanomaterial conjugate. Adult hippocampal slices retained intact hippocampal layers, astrocytes, and functional microglia during culturing. The P301S-slice neurons expressed pTAU throughout the granular cell layer and secreted pTAU to the culture medium, whereas the wildtype slices did not. Additionally, cytotoxicity and inflammation-related determinants were increased in the P301S slices. Using fluorescence microscopy, we showed target engagement of the B6 antibody to pTAU-expressing neurons and a subtle but consistent decrease in intracellular pTAU with the B6 treatment. Collectively, this tauopathy slice culture model enables measuring the extracellular and intracellular effects of different mechanistic or therapeutic manipulations on TAU pathology in adult tissue without the hindrance of the blood-brain barrier.
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- Susanna Kemppainen
- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Biomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- NeuroAging Group (NEURAL), Clinical Neurosciences Research Laboratory (LINC), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institute of Materials, Applied Physics Department, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institute of Materials, Applied Physics Department, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institute of Materials, Applied Physics Department, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Biomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Muellerleile J, Vnencak M, Sethi MVA, Jungenitz T, Schwarzacher SW, Jedlicka P. Increased Network Inhibition in the Dentate Gyrus of Adult Neuroligin-4 Knock-Out Mice. eNeuro 2023; 10:10/4/ENEURO.0471-22.2023. [PMID: 37080762 PMCID: PMC10121080 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0471-22.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Loss-of-function mutations in neuroligin-4 (Nlgn4), a member of the neuroligin family of postsynaptic adhesion proteins, cause autism spectrum disorder in humans. Nlgn4 knockout (KO) in mice leads to social behavior deficits and complex alterations of synaptic inhibition or excitation, depending on the brain region. In the present work, we comprehensively analyzed synaptic function and plasticity at the cellular and network levels in hippocampal dentate gyrus of Nlgn4 KO mice. Compared with wild-type littermates, adult Nlgn4 KO mice exhibited increased paired-pulse inhibition of dentate granule cell population spikes, but no impairments in excitatory synaptic transmission or short-term and long-term plasticity in vivo In vitro patch-clamp recordings in neonatal organotypic entorhino-hippocampal slice cultures from Nlgn4 KO and wild-type littermates revealed no significant differences in excitatory or inhibitory synaptic transmission, homeostatic synaptic plasticity, and passive electrotonic properties in dentate granule cells, suggesting that the increased inhibition in vivo is the result of altered network activity in the adult Nlgn4 KO. A comparison with prior studies on Nlgn 1-3 knock-out mice reveals that each of the four neuroligins exerts a characteristic effect on both intrinsic cellular and network activity in the dentate gyrus in vivo.
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- Julia Muellerleile
- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Faculty of Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Zahn I, Garreis F, Schicht M, Rötzer V, Waschke J, Liu Y, Altersberger VL, Paulsen F, Dietrich J. A New Organotypic 3D Slice Culture of Mouse Meibomian Glands Reveals Impact of Melanocortins. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314947. [PMID: 36499274 PMCID: PMC9737810 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The meibomian glands (MGs) within the eyelids produce a lipid-rich secretion that forms the superficial layer of the tear film. Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) results in excessive evaporation of the tear film, which is the leading cause of dry eye disease (DED). To develop a research model similar to the physiological situation of MGs, we established a new 3D organotypic slice culture (OSC) of mouse MGs (mMGs) and investigated the effects of melanocortins on exocrine secretion. Tissue viability, lipid production and morphological changes were analyzed during a 21-day cultivation period. Subsequently, the effects on lipid production and gene expression were examined after stimulation with a melanocortin receptor (MCR) agonist, α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), and/or an MCR antagonist, JNJ-10229570. The cultivation of mMGs OSCs was possible without impairment for at least seven days. Stimulation with the MCR agonists induced lipid production in a dose-dependent manner, whereas this effect was tapered with the simultaneous incubation of the MCR antagonist. The new 3D OSC model is a promising approach to study the (patho-) physiological properties of MG/MGD while reducing animal studies. Therefore, it may accelerate the search for new treatments for MGD/DED and lead to new insights, such as that melanocortins likely stimulate meibum production.
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- Ingrid Zahn
- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Correspondence: (I.Z.); (F.P.); Tel.: +49-9131-85-26734 (I.Z.); +49-9131-85-22865 (F.P.)
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Correspondence: (I.Z.); (F.P.); Tel.: +49-9131-85-26734 (I.Z.); +49-9131-85-22865 (F.P.)
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Huo Z, Bilang R, Supuran CT, von der Weid N, Bruder E, Holland-Cunz S, Martin I, Muraro MG, Gros SJ. Perfusion-Based Bioreactor Culture and Isothermal Microcalorimetry for Preclinical Drug Testing with the Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor SLC-0111 in Patient-Derived Neuroblastoma. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23063128. [PMID: 35328549 PMCID: PMC8955558 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuroblastoma is a rare disease. Rare are also the possibilities to test new therapeutic options for neuroblastoma in clinical trials. Despite the constant need to improve therapy and outcomes for patients with advanced neuroblastoma, clinical trials currently only allow for testing few substances in even fewer patients. This increases the need to improve and advance preclinical models for neuroblastoma to preselect favorable candidates for novel therapeutics. Here we propose the use of a new patient-derived 3D slice-culture perfusion-based 3D model in combination with rapid treatment evaluation using isothermal microcalorimetry exemplified with treatment with the novel carbonic anhydrase IX and XII (CAIX/CAXII) inhibitor SLC-0111. Patient samples showed a CAIX expression of 18% and a CAXII expression of 30%. Corresponding with their respective CAIX expression patterns, the viability of SH-EP cells was significantly reduced upon treatment with SLC-0111, while LAN1 cells were not affected. The inhibitory effect on SH-SY5Y cells was dependent on the induction of CAIX expression under hypoxia. These findings corresponded to thermogenesis of the cells. Patient-derived organotypic slice cultures were treated with SLC-0111, which was highly effective despite heterogeneity of CAIX/CAXII expression. Thermogenesis, in congruence with the findings of the histological observations, was significantly reduced in SLC-0111-treated samples. In order to extend the evaluation time, we established a perfusion-based approach for neuroblastoma tissue in a 3D perfusion-based bioreactor system. Using this system, excellent tissue quality with intact tumor cells and stromal structure in neuroblastoma tumors can be maintained for 7 days. The system was successfully used for consecutive drug response monitoring with isothermal microcalorimetry. The described approach for drug testing, relying on an advanced 3D culture system combined with a rapid and highly sensitive metabolic assessment, can facilitate development of personalized treatment strategies for neuroblastoma.
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- Zihe Huo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children’s Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (Z.H.); (R.B.); (S.H.-C.)
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children’s Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (Z.H.); (R.B.); (S.H.-C.)
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy;
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- Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland;
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children’s Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (Z.H.); (R.B.); (S.H.-C.)
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Tissue Engineering, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (I.M.); (M.G.M.)
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- Tissue Engineering, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (I.M.); (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children’s Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (Z.H.); (R.B.); (S.H.-C.)
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland;
- Correspondence:
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Michaelson SD, Müller TM, Bompolaki M, Miranda Tapia AP, Villarroel HS, Mackay JP, Balogun PJ, Urban JH, Colmers WF. Long-Lived Organotypic Slice Culture Model of the Rat Basolateral Amygdala. Curr Protoc 2021; 1:e267. [PMID: 34670009 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Organotypic slice cultures (OTCs) have been employed in the laboratory since the early 1980s and have proved to be useful for the study of a number of neural systems. Our recent work focuses on the development of behavioral stress resilience induced by repeated daily injections of neuropeptide Y into the basolateral amygdala (BLA). Resilience develops over weeks, persisting to 8 weeks. To unravel the cellular mechanisms underlying neuropeptide Y-induced stress resilience we developed in vitro OTCs of the BLA. Here, we provide an optimized protocol that consistently yields viable and healthy OTCs containing the BLA and surrounding tissue using the interface method, prepared with slices taken from postnatal (P) day 14 rats. We explain key points to optimizing tissue viability and discuss mitigation or avoidance of pitfalls that can arise to aid in successful implementation of this technique. We show that principal neurons in BLA OTCs (8 weeks in vitro = equivalent postnatal day 70) develop into networks that are electrophysiologically very similar to those from acute slices obtained from older rats (P70) and respond to pharmacological treatments in a comparable way. Furthermore, we highlight how these cultures be used to further understand the molecular, cellular, and circuit-level neuropathophysiological changes underlying stress disorders. BLA OTCs provide long-term physiological and pharmacological results whose predictions were borne out in vivo, supporting the validity of the BLA OTC as a model to unravel BLA neurocircuitry. Recent preliminary results also support the successful application of this approach to preparing long-lived OTCs of BLA and neocortex from mice. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Organotypic slice culture Support Protocol 1: Changing medium Support Protocol 2: Drug incubations Basic Protocol 2: Excision of OTC slices from inserts Support Protocol 3: Fixation of slices.
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- Sheldon D Michaelson
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Center for the Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders, Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, North Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Center for the Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders, Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, North Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Pineau H, Sim VL. From Cell Culture to Organoids-Model Systems for Investigating Prion Strain Characteristics. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11010106. [PMID: 33466947 PMCID: PMC7830147 DOI: 10.3390/biom11010106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Prion diseases are the hallmark protein folding neurodegenerative disease. Their transmissible nature has allowed for the development of many different cellular models of disease where prion propagation and sometimes pathology can be induced. This review examines the range of simple cell cultures to more complex neurospheres, organoid, and organotypic slice cultures that have been used to study prion disease pathogenesis and to test therapeutics. We highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each system, giving special consideration to the importance of strains when choosing a model and when interpreting results, as not all systems propagate all strains, and in some cases, the technique used, or treatment applied, can alter the very strain properties being studied.
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- Hailey Pineau
- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada;
- Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada;
- Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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Pineau H, Sim V. POSCAbilities: The Application of the Prion Organotypic Slice Culture Assay to Neurodegenerative Disease Research. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1079. [PMID: 32698402 DOI: 10.3390/biom10071079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Prion diseases are fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative disorders whose pathogenesis is driven by the misfolding, self-templating and cell-to-cell spread of the prion protein. Other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington’s disease, share some of these prion-like features, with different aggregation-prone proteins. Consequently, researchers have begun to apply prion-specific techniques, like the prion organotypic slice culture assay (POSCA), to these disorders. In this review we explore the ways in which the prion phenomenon has been used in organotypic cultures to study neurodegenerative diseases from the perspective of protein aggregation and spreading, strain propagation, the role of glia in pathogenesis, and efficacy of drug treatments. We also present an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of this culture system compared to in vivo and in vitro models and provide suggestions for new directions.
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Patar A, Dockery P, McMahon S, Howard L. Ex Vivo Rat Transected Spinal Cord Slices as a Model to Assess Lentiviral Vector Delivery of Neurotrophin-3 and Short Hairpin RNA against NG2. Biology (Basel) 2020; 9:biology9030054. [PMID: 32183469 PMCID: PMC7150802 DOI: 10.3390/biology9030054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
The failure of the spinal cord to regenerate can be attributed both to a lack of trophic support for regenerating axons and to upregulation of inhibitory factors such as chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans including NG2 following injury. Lentiviral vector-mediated gene therapy is a possible strategy for treating spinal cord injury (SCI). This study investigated the effect of lentiviral vectors expressing Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and short-hairpin RNA against NG2 (NG2 sh) to enhance neurite outgrowth in in vitro and ex vivo transection injury models. Conditioned medium from cells transduced with NT-3 or shNG2 lentiviruses caused a significant increase in neurite length of primary dorsal root ganglia neurons compared to the control group in vitro. In an ex vivo organotypic slice culture (OSC) transduction with Lenti-NT-3 promoted axonal growth. Transducing OSCs with a combination of Lenti-NT-3/NG2 sh lead to a further increase in axonal growth but only in injured slices and only within the region adjacent to the site of injury. These findings suggest that the combination of lentiviral NT-3 and NG2 sh reduced NG2 levels and provided a more favourable microenvironment for neuronal regeneration after SCI. This study also shows that OSCs may be a useful platform for studying glial scarring and potential SCI treatments.
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- Azim Patar
- Discipline of Anatomy, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland; (A.P.); (P.D.)
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
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- Discipline of Anatomy, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland; (A.P.); (P.D.)
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- Discipline of Anatomy, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland; (A.P.); (P.D.)
- Correspondence: (S.M.); (L.H.); Tel.: +353-91495268 (L.H.)
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- Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland
- Correspondence: (S.M.); (L.H.); Tel.: +353-91495268 (L.H.)
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Lee K, Park TIH, Heppner P, Schweder P, Mee EW, Dragunow M, Montgomery JM. Human in vitro systems for examining synaptic function and plasticity in the brain. J Neurophysiol 2020; 123:945-965. [PMID: 31995449 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00411.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The human brain shows remarkable complexity in its cellular makeup and function, which are distinct from nonhuman species, signifying the need for human-based research platforms for the study of human cellular neurophysiology and neuropathology. However, the use of adult human brain tissue for research purposes is hampered by technical, methodological, and accessibility challenges. One of the major problems is the limited number of in vitro systems that, in contrast, are readily available from rodent brain tissue. With recent advances in the optimization of protocols for adult human brain preparations, there is a significant opportunity for neuroscientists to validate their findings in human-based systems. This review addresses the methodological aspects, advantages, and disadvantages of human neuron in vitro systems, focusing on the unique properties of human neurons and synapses in neocortical microcircuits. These in vitro models provide the incomparable advantage of being a direct representation of the neurons that have formed part of the human brain until the point of recording, which cannot be replicated by animal models nor human stem-cell systems. Important distinct cellular mechanisms are observed in human neurons that may underlie the higher order cognitive abilities of the human brain. The use of human brain tissue in neuroscience research also raises important ethical, diversity, and control tissue limitations that need to be considered. Undoubtedly however, these human neuron systems provide critical information to increase the potential of translation of treatments from the laboratory to the clinic in a way animal models are failing to provide.
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- Kevin Lee
- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Neurosurgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Neurosurgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Neurosurgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Gros SJ, Holland-Cunz SG, Supuran CT, Braissant O. Personalized Treatment Response Assessment for Rare Childhood Tumors Using Microcalorimetry-Exemplified by Use of Carbonic Anhydrase IX and Aquaporin 1 Inhibitors. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20204984. [PMID: 31600976 PMCID: PMC6834116 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20204984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We present a novel approach to a personalized therapeutic concept for solid tumors. We illustrate this on a rare childhood tumor for which only a generalized treatment concept exists using carbonic anhydrase IX and aquaporin 1 inhibitors. The use of microcalorimetry as a refined in vitro method for evaluation of drug susceptibility in organotypic slice culture has not previously been established. Rapid microcalorimetric drug response assessment can refine a general treatment concept when it is applied in cases in which tumors do not respond to conventional chemo-radiation treatment. For solid tumors, which do not respond to classical treatment, and especially for rare tumors without an established protocol rapid microcalorimetric drug response testing presents an elegant novel approach to test alternative therapeutic approaches. While improved treatment concepts have led to improved outcome over the past decades, the prognosis of high risk disease is still poor and rethinking of clinical trial design is necessary. A small patient population combined with the necessity to assess experimental therapies for rare solid tumors rather at the time of diagnosis than in relapsed or refractory patients provides great challenges. The possibility to rapidly compare established protocols with innovative therapeutics presents an elegant novel approach to refine and personalize treatment.
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- Stephanie J Gros
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze farmaceutiche, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
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- Biological Calorimetry Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, 4123 Allschwil, Basel, Switzerland.
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Büttner C, Heer M, Traichel J, Schwemmle M, Heimrich B. Zika Virus-Mediated Death of Hippocampal Neurons Is Independent From Maturation State. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:389. [PMID: 31551711 PMCID: PMC6736629 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection of pregnant women and diaplazental transmission to the fetus is linked to the congenital syndrome of microcephaly in newborns. This neuropathology is believed to result from significant death of neuronal progenitor cells (NPC). Here, we examined the fate of neurons in the developing hippocampus, a brain structure which houses neuronal populations of different maturation states. For this purpose, we infected hippocampal slice cultures from immunocompetent newborn mice with ZIKV and monitored changes in hippocampal architecture. In neurons of all hippocampal subfields ZIKV was detected by immunofluorescence labeling and electron microscopy. This includes pyramidal neurons that maturate during the embryonic phase. In the dentate gyrus, ZIKV could be found in the Cajal-Retzius (CR) cells which belong to the earliest born cortical neurons, but also in granule cells that are predominantly generated postnatally. Intriguingly, virus particles were also present in the correctly outgrowing mossy fiber axons of juvenile granule cells, suggesting that viral infection does not impair region- and layer-specific formation of this projection. ZIKV infection of hippocampal tissue was accompanied by both a profound astrocyte reaction indicating tissue injury and a microglia response suggesting phagocytotic activity. Furthermore, depending on the viral load and incubation time, we observed extensive overall neuronal loss in the cultured hippocampal slice cultures. Thus, we conclude ZIKV can replicate in various neuronal populations and trigger neuronal death independent of the maturation state of infected cells.
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- Caroline Büttner
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Center for Basics in NeuroModulation, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Center for Basics in NeuroModulation, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Center for Basics in NeuroModulation, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Institute of Virology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Center for Basics in NeuroModulation, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Introduction: Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide. Neurodegeneration is gradual over time, characterized by neuronal death that causes deterioration of cognitive or motor functions, ultimately leading to the patient's death. Currently, there are no treatments that effectively slow the progression of any neurodegenerative disease, but improved microscopy assays and models for neurodegeneration could lead the way to the discovery of disease-modifying therapeutics. Areas covered: Herein, the authors describe cell-based assays used to discover drugs with the potential to slow neurodegeneration, and their associated disease models. They focus on microscopy technologies that can be adapted to a high-throughput screening format that both detect cell death and monitor early signs of neurodegeneration and functional changes to identify drugs that the block early stages of neurodegeneration. Expert opinion: Many different phenotypes have been used in screens for the development of therapeutics towards neurodegenerative disease. The context of each phenotype in relation to neurodegeneration must be established to identify therapeutics likely to successfully target and treat disease. The use of improved models of neurodegeneration, statistical analyses, computational models, and improved markers of neuronal death will help in this pursuit and lead to better screening methods to identify therapeutic compounds against neurodegenerative disease.
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- Jeremy W Linsley
- a Gladstone Center for Systems and Therapeutics , San Francisco , CA , USA
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- b Independent scientific consultant , Santa Cruz , CA , USA
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- a Gladstone Center for Systems and Therapeutics , San Francisco , CA , USA.,c Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA.,d Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA.,e Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Gladstone Institutes , San Francisco , CA , USA.,f Department of Neurology, University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA.,g Department of Physiology, University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA
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Yang C, Li X, Li S, Chai X, Guan L, Qiao L, Li H, Lin J. Organotypic slice culture based on in ovo electroporation for chicken embryonic central nervous system. J Cell Mol Med 2018; 23:1813-1826. [PMID: 30565384 PMCID: PMC6378233 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Organotypic slice culture is a living cell research technique which blends features of both in vivo and in vitro techniques. While organotypic brain slice culture techniques have been well established in rodents, there are few reports on the study of organotypic slice culture, especially of the central nervous system (CNS), in chicken embryos. We established a combined in ovo electroporation and organotypic slice culture method to study exogenous genes functions in the CNS during chicken embryo development. We performed in ovo electroporation in the spinal cord or optic tectum prior to slice culture. When embryonic development reached a specific stage, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-positive embryos were selected and fluorescent expression sites were cut under stereo fluorescence microscopy. Selected tissues were embedded in 4% agar. Tissues were sectioned on a vibratory microtome and 300 μm thick sections were mounted on a membrane of millicell cell culture insert. The insert was placed in a 30-mm culture dish and 1 ml of slice culture media was added. We show that during serum-free medium culture, the slice loses its original structure and propensity to be strictly regulated, which are the characteristics of the CNS. However, after adding serum, the histological structure of cultured-tissue slices was able to be well maintained and neuronal axons were significantly longer than that those of serum-free medium cultured-tissue slices. As the structure of a complete single neuron can be observed from a slice culture, this is a suitable way of studying single neuronal dynamics. As such, we present an effective method to study axon formation and migration of single neurons in vitro.
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- Ciqing Yang
- Stem Cells & Biotherapy Engineering Research Center of Henan, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Regeneration, Xinxiang, China
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- Stem Cells & Biotherapy Engineering Research Center of Henan, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Stem Cells & Biotherapy Engineering Research Center of Henan, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Stem Cells & Biotherapy Engineering Research Center of Henan, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Stem Cells & Biotherapy Engineering Research Center of Henan, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, University Sains Malaysia, Bertam, Penang, Malaysia
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- Stem Cells & Biotherapy Engineering Research Center of Henan, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Regeneration, Xinxiang, China.,College of Biomedical Engineering, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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Murtuza MI, Isokawa M. Endogenous ghrelin-O-acyltransferase (GOAT) acylates local ghrelin in the hippocampus. J Neurochem 2017; 144:58-67. [PMID: 29063591 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2017] [Revised: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulating peptide. Serine 3 on ghrelin must be acylated by octanoate via the enzyme ghrelin-O-acyltransferase (GOAT) for the peptide to bind and activate the cognate receptor, growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a (GHSR1a). Interest in GHSR1a increased dramatically when GHSR1a mRNA was demonstrated to be widespread in the brain, including the cortex and hippocampus, indicating that it has multifaceted functions beyond the regulation of metabolism. However, the source of octanoylated ghrelin for GHSR1a in the brain, outside of the hypothalamus, is not well understood. Here, we report the presence of GOAT and its ability to acylate non-octanoylated ghrelin in the hippocampus. GOAT immunoreactivity is aggregated at the base of the dentate granule cell layer in the rat and wild-type mouse. This immunoreactivity was not affected by the pharmacological inhibition of GHSR1a or the metabolic state-dependent fluctuation of systemic ghrelin levels. However, it was absent in the GHSR1a knockout mouse hippocampus, pointing the possibility that the expression of GHSR1a may be a prerequisite for the production of GOAT. Application of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated non-octanoylated ghrelin in live hippocampal slice culture (but not in fixed culture or in the presence of GOAT inhibitors) mimicked the binding profile of FITC-conjugated octanoylated ghrelin, suggesting that extracellularly applied non-octanoylated ghrelin was acylated by endogenous GOAT in the live hippocampus while GOAT being mobilized out of neurons. Our results will advance the understanding for the role of endogenous GOAT in the hippocampus and facilitate the search for the source of ghrelin that is intrinsic to the brain.
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- Mohammad I Murtuza
- Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, USA
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- Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, USA
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Gilbride CJ. The hyperexcitability of dentate granule neurons in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures is due to reorganization of synaptic inputs in vitro. Physiol Rep 2017; 4:4/19/e12889. [PMID: 27707779 PMCID: PMC5064129 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) provide the experimental flexibility of cell culture while leaving much of the natural neuronal connectivity intact. Previously, it was shown that the functional and morphological features of CA1 pyramidal neurons in OHSCs resemble, to a surprising extent, those of CA1 neurons in the acute brain slice preparation. However, the extent to which the characteristics of other principle hippocampal neurons change or are preserved in cultured slices remains to be determined. In the present study, I initially sought to understand whether and how the synaptic inputs and morphology of cultured dentate granule neurons (GCs) differ from GCs that have developed in vivo. To this end, I compared GCs in OHSCs and GCs in acute slices at two equivalent developmental time points (P14 vs. DIV7 and P21 vs. DIV21). The findings suggest that there is considerable reorganization of synaptic input to the organotypic GCs, such that these cells are more susceptible to hyperexcitation than GCs in acute slices after 3 weeks. It appears that this hyperexcitability emerges through an increase in the proportion of mature synapses at proximal dendritic sites and is accompanied by an increase in inhibitory neuron activity. These alterations appear to arise in a coordinated manner such that the substantial increase in excitatory synaptic drive received by the DIV21 GCs in OHSCs remains local and is not translated into excessive output possibly leading to damage or major morphological alterations of downstream pyramidal neurons.
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- Charlie J Gilbride
- Depatment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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Minami N, Maeda Y, Shibao S, Arima Y, Ohka F, Kondo Y, Maruyama K, Kusuhara M, Sasayama T, Kohmura E, Saya H, Sampetrean O. Organotypic brain explant culture as a drug evaluation system for malignant brain tumors. Cancer Med 2017; 6:2635-2645. [PMID: 28980419 PMCID: PMC5673912 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Therapeutic options for malignant brain tumors are limited, with new drugs being continuously evaluated. Organotypic brain slice culture has been adopted for neuroscience studies as a system that preserves brain architecture, cellular function, and the vascular network. However, the suitability of brain explants for anticancer drug evaluation has been unclear. We here adopted a mouse model of malignant glioma based on expression of H‐RasV12 in Ink4a/Arf−/− neural stem/progenitor cells to establish tumor‐bearing brain explants from adult mice. We treated the slices with cisplatin, temozolomide, paclitaxel, or tranilast and investigated the minimal assays required to assess drug effects. Serial fluorescence‐based tumor imaging was sufficient for evaluation of cisplatin, a drug with a pronounced cytotoxic action, whereas immunostaining of cleaved caspase 3 (a marker of apoptosis) and of Ki67 (a marker of cell proliferation) was necessary for the assessment of temozolomide action and immunostaining for phosphorylated histone H3 (a marker of mitosis) allowed visualization of paclitaxel‐specific effects. Staining for cleaved caspase 3 was also informative in the assessment of drug toxicity for normal brain tissue. Incubation of explants with fluorescently labeled antibodies to CD31 allowed real‐time imaging of the microvascular network and complemented time‐lapse imaging of tumor cell invasion into surrounding tissue. Our results suggest that a combination of fluorescence imaging and immunohistological staining allows a unified assessment of the effects of various classes of drug on the survival, proliferation, and invasion of glioma cells, and that organotypic brain slice culture is therefore a useful tool for evaluation of antiglioma drugs.
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- Noriaki Minami
- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Experimental Animal Facility, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Regional Resources Division, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kristin Robin Ko
- a School of Biomedical Engineering , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada
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- a School of Biomedical Engineering , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada
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Wolf H, Hossinger A, Fehlinger A, Büttner S, Sim V, McKenzie D, Vorberg IM. Deposition pattern and subcellular distribution of disease-associated prion protein in cerebellar organotypic slice cultures infected with scrapie. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:410. [PMID: 26581229 PMCID: PMC4631830 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Organotypic cerebellar slices represent a suitable model for characterizing and manipulating prion replication in complex cell environments. Organotypic slices recapitulate prion pathology and are amenable to drug testing in the absence of a blood-brain-barrier. So far, the cellular and subcellular distribution of disease-specific prion protein in organotypic slices is unclear. Here we report the simultaneous detection of disease-specific prion protein and central nervous system markers in wild-type mouse cerebellar slices infected with mouse-adapted prion strain 22L. The disease-specific prion protein distribution profile in slices closely resembles that in vivo, demonstrating granular spot like deposition predominately in the molecular and Purkinje cell layers. Double immunostaining identified abnormal prion protein in the neuropil and associated with neurons, astrocytes and microglia, but absence in Purkinje cells. The established protocol for the simultaneous immunohistochemical detection of disease-specific prion protein and cellular markers enables detailed analysis of prion replication and drug efficacy in an ex vivo model of the central nervous system.
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- Hanna Wolf
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Bonn, Germany ; Department of Neurology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn Bonn, Germany
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Miller AP, Shah AS, Aperi BV, Budde MD, Pintar FA, Tarima S, Kurpad SN, Stemper BD, Glavaski-Joksimovic A. Effects of blast overpressure on neurons and glial cells in rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Front Neurol 2015; 6:20. [PMID: 25729377 PMCID: PMC4325926 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Due to recent involvement in military conflicts, and an increase in the use of explosives, there has been an escalation in the incidence of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) among US military personnel. Having a better understanding of the cellular and molecular cascade of events in bTBI is prerequisite for the development of an effective therapy that currently is unavailable. The present study utilized organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHCs) exposed to blast overpressures of 150 kPa (low) and 280 kPa (high) as an in vitro bTBI model. Using this model, we further characterized the cellular effects of the blast injury. Blast-evoked cell death was visualized by a propidium iodide (PI) uptake assay as early as 2 h post-injury. Quantification of PI staining in the cornu Ammonis 1 and 3 (CA1 and CA3) and the dentate gyrus regions of the hippocampus at 2, 24, 48, and 72 h following blast exposure revealed significant time dependent effects. OHCs exposed to 150 kPa demonstrated a slow increase in cell death plateauing between 24 and 48 h, while OHCs from the high-blast group exhibited a rapid increase in cell death already at 2 h, peaking at ~24 h post-injury. Measurements of lactate dehydrogenase release into the culture medium also revealed a significant increase in cell lysis in both low- and high-blast groups compared to sham controls. OHCs were fixed at 72 h post-injury and immunostained for markers against neurons, astrocytes, and microglia. Labeling OHCs with PI, neuronal, and glial markers revealed that the blast-evoked extensive neuronal death and to a lesser extent loss of glial cells. Furthermore, our data demonstrated activation of astrocytes and microglial cells in low- and high-blasted OHCs, which reached a statistically significant difference in the high-blast group. These data confirmed that our in vitro bTBI model is a useful tool for studying cellular and molecular changes after blast exposure.
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- Anna P Miller
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Society, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, WI , USA ; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, WI , USA
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Lachance-Touchette P, Choudhury M, Stoica A, Di Cristo G, Cossette P. Single-cell genetic expression of mutant GABAA receptors causing Human genetic epilepsy alters dendritic spine and GABAergic bouton formation in a mutation-specific manner. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:317. [PMID: 25352779 PMCID: PMC4196543 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutations in genes encoding for GABAA receptor subunits is a well-established cause of genetic generalized epilepsy. GABA neurotransmission is implicated in several developmental processes including neurite outgrowth and synapse formation. Alteration in excitatory/inhibitory synaptic activities plays a critical role in epilepsy, thus here we investigated whether mutations in α1 subunit of GABAA receptor may affect dendritic spine and GABAergic bouton formation. In particular, we examined the effects of three mutations of the GABRA1 gene (D219N, A322D and K353delins18X) that were found in a cohort of French Canadian families with genetic generalized epilepsy. We used a novel single-cell genetic approach, by preparing cortical organotypic cultures from GABRA1flox/flox mice and simultaneously inactivating endogenous GABRA1 and transfecting mutant α1 subunits in single glutamatergic pyramidal cells and basket GABAergic interneurons by biolistic transfection. We found that GABRA1−/− GABAergic cells showed reduced innervation field, which was rescued by co-expressing α1-A322D and α1-WT but not α1-D219N. We further found that the expression of the most severe GABRA1 missense mutation (α1-A322D) induced a striking increase of spine density in pyramidal cells along with an increase in the number of mushroom-like spines. In addition, α1-A322D expression in GABAergic cells slightly increased perisomatic bouton density, whereas other mutations did not alter bouton formation. All together, these results suggest that the effects of different GABAAR mutations on GABAergic bouton and dendritic spine formation are specific to the mutation and cannot be always explained by a simple loss-of-function gene model. The use of single cell genetic manipulation in organotypic cultures may provide a better understanding of the specific and distinct neural circuit alterations caused by different GABAA receptor subunit mutations and will help define the pathophysiology of genetic generalized epilepsy syndromes.
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- Pamela Lachance-Touchette
- Centre d'Excellence en Neuromique de l'Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre d'Excellence en Neuromique de l'Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre d'Excellence en Neuromique de l'Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada
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Pakan JMP, McDermott KW. A method to investigate radial glia cell behavior using two-photon time-lapse microscopy in an ex vivo model of spinal cord development. Front Neuroanat 2014; 8:22. [PMID: 24782718 PMCID: PMC3989586 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) develops from multipotent progenitor cells, which proliferate and differentiate into the various cell types of the brain and spinal cord. Despite the wealth of knowledge from progenitor cell culture studies, there is a significant lack of understanding regarding dynamic progenitor cell behavior over the course of development. This is in part due to shortcomings in the techniques available to study these processes in living tissues as they are occurring. In order to investigate cell behavior under physiologically relevant conditions we established an ex vivo model of the developing rat spinal cord. This method allows us to directly observe specific populations of cells ex vivo in real time and over extended developmental periods as they undergo proliferation, migration, and differentiation in the CNS. Previous investigations of progenitor cell behavior have been limited in either spatial or temporal resolution (or both) due to the necessity of preserving tissue viability and avoiding phototoxic effects of fluorescent imaging. The method described here overcomes these obstacles. Using two-photon and confocal microscopy and transfected organotypic spinal cord slice cultures we have undertaken detailed imaging of a unique population of neural progenitors, radial glial cells. This method uniquely enables analysis of large populations as well as individual cells; ultimately resulting in a 4D dataset of progenitor cell behavior for up to 7 days during embryonic development. This approach can be adapted to study a variety of cell populations at different stages of development using appropriate promoter driven fluorescent protein expression. The ability to control the tissue micro-environment makes this ex vivo method a powerful tool to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms regulating cell behavior during embryonic development.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College CorkCork, Ireland
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Merz F, Gaunitz F, Dehghani F, Renner C, Meixensberger J, Gutenberg A, Giese A, Schopow K, Hellwig C, Schäfer M, Bauer M, Stöcker H, Taucher-Scholz G, Durante M, Bechmann I. Organotypic slice cultures of human glioblastoma reveal different susceptibilities to treatments. Neuro Oncol 2013; 15:670-81. [PMID: 23576601 PMCID: PMC3661091 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common lethal brain tumor in human adults, with no major therapeutic breakthroughs in recent decades. Research is based mostly on human tumor cell lines deprived of their organotypic environment or inserted into immune-deficient animals required for graft survival. Here, we describe how glioblastoma specimens obtained from surgical biopsy material can be sectioned and transferred into cultures within minutes. METHODS Slices were kept in 6-well plates, allowing direct observation, application of temozolomide, and irradiation. At the end of experiments, slice cultures were processed for histological analysis including hematoxylin-eosin staining, detection of proliferation (Ki67), apoptosis/cell death (cleaved caspase 3, propidium iodide), DNA double-strand breaks (γH2AX), and neural subpopulations. First clinical trials employed irradiation with the heavy ion carbon for the treatment of glioblastoma patients, but the biological effects and most effective dose regimens remain to be established. Therefore, we developed an approach to expose glioblastoma slice cultures to (12)C and X-rays. RESULTS We found preservation of the individual histopathology over at least 16 days. Treatments resulted in activation of caspase 3, inhibition of proliferation, and cell loss. Irradiation induced γH2AX. In line with clinical observations, individual tumors differed significantly in their susceptibility to temozolomide (0.4%-2.5% apoptosis and 1%-15% cell loss). CONCLUSION Glioblastoma multiforme slice cultures provide a unique tool to explore susceptibility of individual tumors for specific therapies including heavy ions, thus potentially allowing more personalized treatments plus exploration of mechanisms of (and strategies to overcome) tumor resistance.
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- Felicitas Merz
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 13, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Leuner K, Li W, Amaral MD, Rudolph S, Calfa G, Schuwald AM, Harteneck C, Inoue T, Pozzo-Miller L. Hyperforin modulates dendritic spine morphology in hippocampal pyramidal neurons by activating Ca(2+) -permeable TRPC6 channels. Hippocampus 2013; 23:40-52. [PMID: 22815087 PMCID: PMC3538039 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The standardized extract of the St. John's wort plant (Hypericum perforatum) is commonly used to treat mild to moderate depression. Its active constituent is hyperforin, a phloroglucinol derivative that reduces the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine by increasing intracellular Na(+) concentration through the activation of nonselective cationic TRPC6 channels. TRPC6 channels are also Ca(2+) -permeable, resulting in intracellular Ca(2+) elevations. Indeed, hyperforin activates TRPC6-mediated currents and Ca(2+) transients in rat PC12 cells, which induce their differentiation, mimicking the neurotrophic effect of nerve growth factor. Here, we show that hyperforin modulates dendritic spine morphology in CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons of hippocampal slice cultures through the activation of TRPC6 channels. Hyperforin also evoked intracellular Ca(2+) transients and depolarizing inward currents sensitive to the TRPC channel blocker La(3+) , thus resembling the actions of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in hippocampal pyramidal neurons. These results suggest that the antidepressant actions of St. John's wort are mediated by a mechanism similar to that engaged by BDNF.
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- Kristina Leuner
- Department of Neurobiology, Civitan International Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
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Vlachos A, Reddy-Alla S, Papadopoulos T, Deller T, Betz H. Homeostatic regulation of gephyrin scaffolds and synaptic strength at mature hippocampal GABAergic postsynapses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 23:2700-11. [PMID: 22918984 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Gephyrin is a scaffolding protein important for the postsynaptic clustering of inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors. Here, we investigated the properties of gephyrin scaffolds at γ-aminobutyric acid- (GABA-)ergic synapses in organotypic entorhino-hippocampal cultures prepared from a transgenic mouse line, which expresses green fluorescent protein-tagged gephyrin under the control of the Thy1.2 promoter. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching revealed a developmental stabilization of postsynaptic gephyrin clusters concomitant with an increase in cluster size and synaptic strength between 1 and 4 weeks in vitro. Prolonged treatment of the slice cultures with diazepam or a GABAA receptor antagonist disclosed a homeostatic regulation of both inhibitory synaptic strength and gephyrin cluster size and stability in 4-weeks-old cultures, whereas at 1 week in vitro, the same drug treatments modulated GABAergic postsynapse and gephyrin cluster properties following a Hebbian mode of synaptic plasticity. Our data are consistent with a model in which the postnatal maturation of the hippocampal network endows CA1 pyramidal neurons with the ability to homeostatically adjust the strength of their inhibitory postsynapses to afferent GABAergic drive by regulating gephyrin scaffold properties.
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- Andreas Vlachos
- Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Center, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany and
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Effgen GB, Hue CD, Vogel E, Panzer MB, Meaney DF, Bass CR, Morrison B. A Multiscale Approach to Blast Neurotrauma Modeling: Part II: Methodology for Inducing Blast Injury to in vitro Models. Front Neurol 2012; 3:23. [PMID: 22375134 PMCID: PMC3285773 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Due to the prominent role of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in wounding patterns of U.S. war-fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan, blast injury has risen to a new level of importance and is recognized to be a major cause of injuries to the brain. However, an injury risk-function for microscopic, macroscopic, behavioral, and neurological deficits has yet to be defined. While operational blast injuries can be very complex and thus difficult to analyze, a simplified blast injury model would facilitate studies correlating biological outcomes with blast biomechanics to define tolerance criteria. Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) results from the translation of a shock wave in-air, such as that produced by an IED, into a pressure wave within the skull-brain complex. Our blast injury methodology recapitulates this phenomenon in vitro, allowing for control of the injury biomechanics via a compressed-gas shock tube used in conjunction with a custom-designed, fluid-filled receiver that contains the living culture. The receiver converts the air shock wave into a fast-rising pressure transient with minimal reflections, mimicking the intracranial pressure history in blast. We have developed an organotypic hippocampal slice culture model that exhibits cell death when exposed to a 530 ± 17.7-kPa peak overpressure with a 1.026 ± 0.017-ms duration and 190 ± 10.7 kPa-ms impulse in-air. We have also injured a simplified in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier, which exhibits disrupted integrity immediately following exposure to 581 ± 10.0 kPa peak overpressure with a 1.067 ± 0.006-ms duration and 222 ± 6.9 kPa-ms impulse in-air. To better prevent and treat bTBI, both the initiating biomechanics and the ensuing pathobiology must be understood in greater detail. A well-characterized, in vitro model of bTBI, in conjunction with animal models, will be a powerful tool for developing strategies to mitigate the risks of bTBI.
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- Gwen B Effgen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University New York, NY, USA
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Kim HM, Lee HJ, Lee MY, Kim SU, Kim BG. Organotypic spinal cord slice culture to study neural stem/progenitor cell microenvironment in the injured spinal cord. Exp Neurobiol 2010; 19:106-13. [PMID: 22110349 PMCID: PMC3214779 DOI: 10.5607/en.2010.19.2.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The molecular microenvironment of the injured spinal cord does not support survival and differentiation of either grafted or endogenous NSCs, restricting the effectiveness of the NSC-based cell replacement strategy. Studying the biology of NSCs in in vivo usually requires a considerable amount of time and cost, and the complexity of the in vivo system makes it difficult to identify individual environmental factors. The present study sought to establish the organotypic spinal cord slice culture that closely mimics the in vivo environment. The cultured spinal cord slices preserved the cytoarchitecture consisting of neurons in the gray matter and interspersed glial cells. The majority of focally applied exogenous NSCs survived up to 4 weeks. Pre-exposure of the cultured slices to a hypoxic chamber markedly reduced the survival of seeded NSCs on the slices. Differentiation into mature neurons was severely limited in this co-culture system. Endogenous neural progenitor cells were marked by BrdU incorporation, and applying an inflammatory cytokine IL-1β significantly increased the extent of endogenous neural progenitors with the oligodendrocytic lineage. The present study shows that the organotypic spinal cord slice culture can be properly utilized to study molecular factors from the post-injury microenvironment affecting NSCs in the injured spinal cord.
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- Hyuk Min Kim
- Brain Disease Research Center, Institute for Medical Sciences, and Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 442-721, Korea
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Richichi C, Brewster AL, Bender RA, Simeone TA, Zha Q, Yin HZ, Weiss JH, Baram TZ. Mechanisms of seizure-induced 'transcriptional channelopathy' of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated (HCN) channels. Neurobiol Dis 2008; 29:297-305. [PMID: 17964174 PMCID: PMC2292123 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2007] [Revised: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 09/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Epilepsy may result from abnormal function of ion channels, such as those caused by genetic mutations. Recently, pathological alterations of the expression or localization of normal channels have been implicated in epilepsy generation, and termed 'acquired channelopathies'. Altered expression levels of the HCN channels - that conduct the hyperpolarization-activated current, I(h) - have been demonstrated in hippocampus of patients with severe temporal lobe epilepsy as well as in animal models of temporal lobe and absence epilepsies. Here we probe the mechanisms for the altered expression of HCN channels which is provoked by seizures. In organotypic hippocampal slice cultures, seizure-like events selectively reduced HCN type 1 channel expression and increased HCN2 mRNA levels, as occurs in vivo. The mechanisms for HCN1 reduction involved Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptor-mediated Ca(2+) influx, and subsequent activation of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. In contrast, upregulation of HCN2 expression was independent of these processes. The data demonstrate an orchestrated program for seizure-evoked transcriptional channelopathy involving the HCN channels that may contribute to certain epilepsies.
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- Cristina Richichi
- Dept. Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
- Dept. Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
- Dept. Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
- Dept. Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4475
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Tanaka M, Maeda N, Noda M, Marunouchi T. A chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan PTPzeta /RPTPbeta regulates the morphogenesis of Purkinje cell dendrites in the developing cerebellum. J Neurosci 2003; 23:2804-14. [PMID: 12684467 PMCID: PMC6742081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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PTPzeta/RPTPbeta, a receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase synthesized as a chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycan, uses a heparin-binding growth factor pleiotrophin (PTN) as a ligand, in which the CS portion plays an essential role in ligand binding. Using an organotypic slice culture system, we tested the hypothesis that PTN-PTPzeta signaling is involved in the morphogenesis of Purkinje cell dendrites. An aberrant morphology of Purkinje cell dendrites such as multiple and disoriented primary dendrites was induced in slice cultures by (1) addition of a polyclonal antibody against the extracellular domain of PTPzeta, (2) inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase activity, (3) enzymatic removal of the CS chains, (4) addition of exogenous CS chains, and (5) addition of exogenous PTN, all of which disturb PTN-PTPzeta signaling. These treatments also reduced the immunoreactivity to GLAST, a glial glutamate transporter, on Bergmann glial processes. Furthermore, a glutamate transporter inhibitor also induced the abnormal morphogenesis of Purkinje cell dendrites. Altogether, these findings suggest that PTN-PTPzeta signaling regulates the morphogenesis of Purkinje cell dendrites and that the mechanisms underlying that regulation involve the GLAST activity in Bergmann glial processes.
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- Masahiko Tanaka
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
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Wetts R, Vaughn JE. Peripheral and central target requirements for survival of embryonic rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in slice cultures. J Neurosci 1998; 18:6905-13. [PMID: 9712660 PMCID: PMC6792961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Developmental cell death in the nervous system usually is controlled by the availability of target-derived trophic factors. It is well established that dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons require the presence of their peripheral target for survival, but because of their central projections, it is possible that the spinal cord also may be required. Before examining this possibility in rat embryos, we first used terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated UTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) to determine that thoracic DRG cell death occurred from embryonic day 15 (E15) to E18. To determine the target requirements of DRG neurons, we used organotypic slice cultures of E15 thoracic trunk segments. After peripheral target removal, essentially all DRG neurons disappeared within 5 d. In contrast, after removal of the spinal cord, approximately half of the DRG neurons survived for at least 8 d. Hence, some E15 DRG neurons could survive without the spinal cord. However, those DRG neurons that died after spinal cord ablation apparently required trophic factors from both central and peripheral targets, because the presence of only one of these tissues was not adequate by itself to support this cell group. Addition of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) to the culture medium rescued some DRG neurons after CNS removal, suggesting a possible role for NT-3 in vivo. In other experiments, cultures were established from older (E16) embryos, and essentially all neurons survived after spinal cord ablation, even without added factors. These and other experiments indicated that approximately 65% of DRG neurons are transiently dependent on the CNS early in development.
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- R Wetts
- Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010, USA
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Dantzker JL, Callaway EM. The development of local, layer-specific visual cortical axons in the absence of extrinsic influences and intrinsic activity. J Neurosci 1998; 18:4145-54. [PMID: 9592094 PMCID: PMC6792791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The laminar specificity of vertical connections in the primary visual cortex (area 17) develops precisely from the outset, leading to the hypothesis that layer-specific axonal targeting is attributable to molecular cues intrinsic to the cortex (Lund et al., 1977; Katz and Callaway, 1992). However, alternative factors that could influence axonal development have not been investigated. This study examines the roles of intrinsic cortical activity and extrinsic influences that could arise from earlier-formed connections with outside cortical and subcortical areas. Organotypic slice cultures were prepared from ferret area 17 before the formation of local axonal connections and were incubated for 5-7 d to allow initial, local axonal arbors to form in the absence of extrinsic influences. Additionally, some slices were cultured in the presence of the Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin to block spontaneous action potentials within the slice. Individual neurons were labeled intracellularly with biocytin, and their patterns of local axonal arborizations were reconstructed. This study focuses on the development of layer 6 pyramidal neurons, the axons of which in vivo bypass an incorrect target, layer 5, before specifically arborizing in their local target, layer 4. We found that axonal arbors developing in vitro preferentially arborized in layer 4 versus layer 5. However, inhibition of spontaneous activity within the cortical slice decreased this specificity, resulting in similar numbers of axonal branches in layers 4 and 5. Thus, although cortical axons do not require influences from outside areas, intrinsic spontaneous activity is required for specific axonal arborization in correct laminar targets.
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- J L Dantzker
- Systems Neurobiology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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