Microfabricated dynamic brain organoid cocultures to assess the effects of surface geometry on assembloid formation

Abstract: Organoids have emerged as valuable tools for the study of development and disease. Assembloids are formed by integrating multiple organoid types to create more complex models. However, the process by which organoids integrate to form assembloids remains unclear and may play an important role in the resulting organoid structure. Here, a microfluidic platform is developed that allows separate culture of distinct organoid types and provides the capacity to partially control the geometry of the resulting organoid surfaces. Removal of a microfabricated barrier then allows the shaped and positioned organoids to interact and form an assembloid. When midbrain and unguided brain organoids were allowed to assemble with a defined spacing between them, axonal projections from midbrain organoids and cell migration out of unguided organoids were observed and quantitatively measured as the two types of organoids fused together. Axonal projection directions were statistically biased toward other midbrain organoids, and unguided organoid surface geometry was found to affect cell invasion. This platform provides a tool to observe cellular interactions between organoid surfaces that are spaced apart in a controlled manner, and may ultimately have value in exploring neuronal migration, axon targeting, and assembloid formation mechanisms.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Microfabricated dynamic brain organoid cocultures to assess the effects of surface geometry on assembloid formation ; volume:19 ; number:8 ; year:2024 ; extent:11
Biotechnology journal ; 19, Heft 8 (2024) (gesamt 11)

Creator
Cassel de Camps, Camille
Rostami, Sabra
Xu, Vanessa
Li, Chen
Lépine, Paula
Durcan, Thomas M.
Moraes, Christopher

DOI
10.1002/biot.202400070
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408221414153.373712452674
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Cassel de Camps, Camille
  • Rostami, Sabra
  • Xu, Vanessa
  • Li, Chen
  • Lépine, Paula
  • Durcan, Thomas M.
  • Moraes, Christopher

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