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Microglia-like Cells Promote Neuronal Functions in Cerebral Organoids.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Fagerlund I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8750120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microglia-like Cells Promote Neuronal Functions in Cerebral Organoids.

Fagerlund Ilkka I Dougalis Antonios A Shakirzyanova Anastasia A Gómez-Budia Mireia M Pelkonen Anssi A Konttinen Henna H Ohtonen Sohvi S Fazaludeen Mohammad Feroze MF Koskuvi Marja M Kuusisto Johanna J Hernández Damián D Pebay Alice A Koistinaho Jari J Rauramaa Tuomas T Lehtonen Šárka Š Korhonen Paula P Malm Tarja T

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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 electrophysiolog ...[more]

PMID: 35011686

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Microglia-like Cells Promote Neuronal Functions in Cerebral Organoids.

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