Effective Cryopreservation of Human Brain Tissue and Neural Organoids
CELL REPORTS METHODS(2024)
摘要
Human brain tissue models and organoids are vital for studying and modeling human neurological disease. However, the high cost of long-term cultured organoids inhibits their wide-ranging application. It is therefore urgent to develop methods for the cryopreservation of brain tissue and organoids. Here, we establish a method using methylcellulose, ethylene glycol, DMSO, and Y27632 (termed MEDY) for the cryopreservation of cortical organoids without disrupting the neural cytoarchitecture or functional activity. MEDY can be applied to multiple brain-region-specific organoids, including the dorsal/ventral forebrain, spinal cord, optic vesicle brain, and epilepsy patient-derived brain organoids. Additionally, MEDY enables the cryopreservation of human brain tissue samples, and pathological features are retained after thawing. Transcriptomic analysis shows that MEDY can protect synaptic function and inhibit the endoplasmic reticulum-mediated apoptosis pathway. MEDY will enable the large-scale and reliable storage of diverse neural organoids and living brain tissue and will facilitate wide-ranging research, medical applications, and drug screening.
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neural organoid,cryopreservation,living brain tissue,brain,brain diseases,methylcellulose,ethylene glycol
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