Microglia-like Cells Promote Neuronal Functions in Cerebral Organoids

Autor: Malm, Ilkka Fagerlund, Antonios Dougalis, Anastasia Shakirzyanova, Mireia Gómez-Budia, Anssi Pelkonen, Henna Konttinen, Sohvi Ohtonen, Mohammad Feroze Fazaludeen, Marja Koskuvi, Johanna Kuusisto, Damián Hernández, Alice Pebay, Jari Koistinaho, Tuomas Rauramaa, Šárka Lehtonen, Paula Korhonen, Tarja
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cells; Volume 11; Issue 1; Pages: 124
ISSN: 2073-4409
DOI: 10.3390/cells11010124
Popis: Human cerebral organoids, derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, offer a unique in vitro research window to the development of the cerebral cortex. However, a key player in the developing brain, the microglia, do not natively emerge in cerebral organoids. Here we show that erythromyeloid progenitors (EMPs), differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells, migrate to cerebral organoids, and mature into microglia-like cells and interact with synaptic material. Patch-clamp electrophysiological recordings show that the microglia-like population supported the emergence of more mature and diversified neuronal phenotypes displaying repetitive firing of action potentials, low-threshold spikes and synaptic activity, while multielectrode array recordings revealed spontaneous bursting activity and increased power of gamma-band oscillations upon pharmacological challenge with NMDA. To conclude, microglia-like cells within the organoids promote neuronal and network maturation and recapitulate some aspects of microglia-neuron co-development in vivo, indicating that cerebral organoids could be a useful biorealistic human in vitro platform for studying microglia-neuron interactions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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