Engineering the Physical Microenvironment into Neural Organoids for Neurogenesis and Neurodevelopment

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Understanding the signals from the physical microenvironment is critical for deciphering the processes of neurogenesis and neurodevelopment. The discovery of how surrounding physical signals shape human developing neurons is hindered by the bottleneck of conventional cell culture and animal models. Notwithstanding neural organoids provide a promising platform for recapitulating human neurogenesis and neurodevelopment, building neuronal physical microenvironment that accurately mimics the native neurophysical features is largely ignored in current organoid technologies. Here, it is discussed how the physical microenvironment modulates critical events during the periods of neurogenesis and neurodevelopment, such as neural stem cell fates, neural tube closure, neuronal migration, axonal guidance, optic cup formation, and cortical folding. Although animal models are widely used to investigate the impacts of physical factors on neurodevelopment and neuropathy, the important roles of human stem cell-derived neural organoids in this field are particularly highlighted. Considering the great promise of human organoids, building neural organoid microenvironments with mechanical forces, electrophysiological microsystems, and light manipulation will help to fully understand the physical cues in neurodevelopmental processes. Neural organoids combined with cutting-edge techniques, such as advanced atomic force microscopes, microrobots, and structural color biomaterials might promote the development of neural organoid-based research and neuroscience.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 20(2024), 6 vom: 12. Feb., Seite e2306451

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Minghui [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Heng [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Zongkun [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Shilei [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bochu [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Neural organoids
Neurodevelopment
Neurogenesis
Physical microenvironment
Review

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smll.202306451

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362673853