Neuronal network-based biomimetic chip for long-term detection of olfactory dysfunction model in early-stage Alzheimer's disease

Olfactory dysfunction is an early symptom of neurodegenerative disease. Amyloid-beta oligomers (A??Os), the pathologic protein of Alzheimer???s disease (AD), have been confirmed to be firstly deposited in olfactory bulb (OB), causing smell to malfunction. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying pathogenic nature of A??Os-induced olfactory neuronal degeneration in AD are not completely realized. Here, an early-stage olfactory dysfunction pathological model of AD in vitro based on biomimetic OB neuronal network chip was established for dynamic multi-site detection of neuronal electrical activity and network connection. We found both spike firing and correlation of overall neuronal network change regularly displayed gradually active state and then rapidly decay state after A??Os induction. Moreover, MK-801 and memantine were administrated at early-stage to detect alteration of OB neurons simulating nasal administration for AD treatment, which showed an almost recovery through the intermittent firing pattern. Together, this neuronal network-on-chip has revealed synaptic impair-ment and network neurodegeneration of olfactory dysfunction in AD, providing potential mechanisms infor-mation for early-stage progressive olfactory amyloidogenic pathology.