Compartmentalization of Human Stem Cell-Derived Neurons within Pre-Assembled Plastic Microfluidic Chips

Use of microfluidic devices to compartmentalize cultured neurons has become a standard method in neuroscience. This protocol shows how to use a pre-assembled multi-compartment chip made in a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) to compartmentalize neurons differentiated from human stem cells. The footprint of these COC chips are the same as a standard microscope slide and are equally compatible with high resolution microscopy. Neurons are differentiated from human neural stem cells (NSCs) into glutamatergic neurons within the chip and maintained for 5 weeks, allowing sufficient time for these neurons to develop synapses and dendritic spines. Further, we demonstrate multiple common experimental procedures using these multi-compartment chips, including viral labeling, establishing microenvironments, axotomy, and immunocytochemistry.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2019

Enthalten in:

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - (2019), 147 vom: 03. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paranjape, Smita R [VerfasserIn]
Nagendran, Tharkika [VerfasserIn]
Poole, Valerie [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Anne Marion [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Plastics
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Video-Audio Media

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Date Completed 30.03.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3791/59250

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM297259245