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Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids

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  • Fikri Birey

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Jimena Andersen

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Christopher D. Makinson

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Saiful Islam

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Wu Wei

    (Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University)

  • Nina Huber

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • H. Christina Fan

    (BD Genomics)

  • Kimberly R. Cordes Metzler

    (BD Genomics)

  • Georgia Panagiotakos

    (The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California)

  • Nicholas Thom

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Nancy A. O’Rourke

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Lars M. Steinmetz

    (Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University
    European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit)

  • Jonathan A. Bernstein

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Joachim Hallmayer

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • John R. Huguenard

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Sergiu P. Paşca

    (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

Abstract

The development of the nervous system involves a coordinated succession of events including the migration of GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric-acid-releasing) neurons from ventral to dorsal forebrain and their integration into cortical circuits. However, these interregional interactions have not yet been modelled with human cells. Here we generate three-dimensional spheroids from human pluripotent stem cells that resemble either the dorsal or ventral forebrain and contain cortical glutamatergic or GABAergic neurons. These subdomain-specific forebrain spheroids can be assembled in vitro to recapitulate the saltatory migration of interneurons observed in the fetal forebrain. Using this system, we find that in Timothy syndrome—a neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused by mutations in the CaV1.2 calcium channel—interneurons display abnormal migratory saltations. We also show that after migration, interneurons functionally integrate with glutamatergic neurons to form a microphysiological system. We anticipate that this approach will be useful for studying neural development and disease, and for deriving spheroids that resemble other brain regions to assemble circuits in vitro.

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  • Fikri Birey & Jimena Andersen & Christopher D. Makinson & Saiful Islam & Wu Wei & Nina Huber & H. Christina Fan & Kimberly R. Cordes Metzler & Georgia Panagiotakos & Nicholas Thom & Nancy A. O’Rourke , 2017. "Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids," Nature, Nature, vol. 545(7652), pages 54-59, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:545:y:2017:i:7652:d:10.1038_nature22330
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22330
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