A bioprinting approach for high-throughput production of micropatterned neuroepithelial tissues and modeling TSC2-deficient brain malformations
Farahani, N. I.; Wong, K. K. L.; Allen, G.; Minhas, A.; Lin, L.; Nazir, S.; Julian, L. M.
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In vitro human pluripotent stem cell-derived models have been crucial in advancing our understanding of the mechanisms underlying neurodevelopment, though knowledge of the earliest stages of brain formation is lacking. Micropatterning of cell populations as they transition from pluripotency through the process of neurulation can produce self-assembled neuroepithelial tissues (NETs) with precise spatio-temporal control, enhancing the fidelity of hPSC models to the early developing human brain and their use in phenotypic assessments. Here, we introduce an accessible, customizable and scalable method to produce self-assembled NETs using bioprinting to rapidly deposit reproducibly sized extracellular matrix droplets. Matrix addition to the media provides a scaffold that promotes 3D tissue folding, reflecting neural tube development. We demonstrate that these scaffolded NETs (scNETs) exhibit key architectural and biological features of the human brain during normal and abnormal development, notably hyperproliferation and structural malformations induced by TSC2-deficiency, and provide a robust drug screening tool.
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