3-D multi-electrode arrays detect early spontaneous electrophysiological activity in 3-D neuronal-astrocytic co-cultures.

Biomedical Engineering Letters
Varadraj N Vernekar, Michelle C LaPlaca

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3-D) neural cultures represent a promising platform for studying disease and drug screening. Tools and methodologies for measuring the electrophysiological function in these cultures are needed. Therefore, the purpose of this work was primarily to develop a methodology to interface engineered 3-D dissociated neural cultures with commercially available 3-D multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) reliably over 3 weeks to enable the recording of their electrophysiological activity. We further compared the functional output of these cultures to their structural and synaptic network development over time. We reliably interfaced a primary rodent neuron-astrocyte (2:1) 3-D co-culture (2500 cells/mm3 plating cell density) in Matrigel™ (7.5 mg/mL) that was up to 750 µm thick (30-40 cell-layers) with spiked 3-D MEAs while maintaining high viability. Using these MEAs we successfully recorded the spontaneous development of neural network-level electrophysiological activity and measured the development of putative synapses and neuronal maturation in these co-cultures using immunocytochemistry over 3 weeks in vitro. Planar (2-D) MEAs interfaced with these cultures served as recording controls. Neurons within this interfaced 3-D cult...Continue Reading

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