期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
卷 211, 期 2, 页码 280-288出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.09.004
关键词
Spinal cord; Neurodegeneration; Neurodegenerative disease; Axon length; FluoroJadeC; Resveratrol
资金
- departments of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, and Neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University
- Spinal Cord Injury Division at Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Department of Veterans Affairs [B6904W, B6344W, B7122R]
- Case School of Engineering (Capadona Start-Up Funds)
Activated microglia cells have been implicated in the neurodegenerative process of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis: however, the precise roles of microglia in disease progression are unclear. Despite these diseases having been described for more than a century, current FDA approved therapeutics are symptomatic in nature with little evidence to supporting a neuroprotective effect. Furthermore, identifying novel therapeutics remains challenging due to undetermined etiology, a variable disease course, and the paucity of validated targets. Here, we describe the use of a novel ex vivo spinal cord culture system that offers the ability to screen potential neuroprotective agents, while maintaining the complexity of the in vivo environment. To this end, we treated spinal cord slice cultures with lipopolysaccharide and quantified neuron viability in culture using measurements of axon length and FluoroJadeC intensity. To simulate a microglia-mediated response to cellular debris, antigens, or implanted materials/devices, we supplemented the culture media with increasing densities of microspheres, facilitating microglia-mediated phagocytosis of the particles, which demonstrated a direct correlation between the phagocytic activities of microglia and neuronal health. To validate our model's capacity to accurately depict neuroprotection, cultures were treated with resveratrol, which demonstrated enhanced neuronal health. Our results successfully demonstrate the use of this model to reproducibly quantify the extent of neurodegeneration through the measurement of axon length and FluoroJadeC intensity, and we suggest this model will allow for accurate, high-throughput screening, which could result in expedited success in translational efficacy of therapeutic agents to clinical trials. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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