RRC ID 78833
著者 Osaki T, Duenki T, Chow SYA, Ikegami Y, Beaubois R, Levi T, Nakagawa-Tamagawa N, Hirano Y, Ikeuchi Y.
タイトル Complex activity and short-term plasticity of human cerebral organoids reciprocally connected with axons.
ジャーナル Nat Commun
Abstract An inter-regional cortical tract is one of the most fundamental architectural motifs that integrates neural circuits to orchestrate and generate complex functions of the human brain. To understand the mechanistic significance of inter-regional projections on development of neural circuits, we investigated an in vitro neural tissue model for inter-regional connections, in which two cerebral organoids are connected with a bundle of reciprocally extended axons. The connected organoids produced more complex and intense oscillatory activity than conventional or directly fused cerebral organoids, suggesting the inter-organoid axonal connections enhance and support the complex network activity. In addition, optogenetic stimulation of the inter-organoid axon bundles could entrain the activity of the organoids and induce robust short-term plasticity of the macroscopic circuit. These results demonstrated that the projection axons could serve as a structural hub that boosts functionality of the organoid-circuits. This model could contribute to further investigation on development and functions of macroscopic neuronal circuits in vitro.
巻・号 15(1)
ページ 2945
公開日 2024-4-10
DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-46787-7
PII 10.1038/s41467-024-46787-7
PMID 38600094
PMC PMC11006899
MeSH Axons* / physiology Brain Humans Neurons* / physiology Organoids / physiology
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 409B2(HPS0076)