Single cell analysis of iPSC-derived cortical organoids in biofunctionalized gelatin hydrogels
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ABSTRACT: Human neural organoid models have become an important tool for studying neurobiology. In this work, we compared Matrigel to an N-cadherin peptide-functionalized gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel (termed GelMA-Cad) for culturing cortical neural organoids. Specifically, we compare five materials: (1) Matrigel, (2) GelMA-Cad with high crosslinker (HC), (3) GelMA-Cad with low crosslinker (LC), (4) GelMA HC and (5) GelMA LC. We determined that both mechanical properties and peptide presentation can tune cell fate and diversity in gelatin-based matrices during differentiation. Of particular note, cortical organoids cultured in GelMA-Cad produce higher numbers of neurogenic and ciliated radial glia and upper-layer excitatory neurons—an important population for modeling neurodegenerative disease—compared to GelMA and Matrigel controls.
INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina NovaSeq 6000
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Andrew Kjar
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-13828 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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