Review Article

Three-Dimensional Organoid System Transplantation Technologies in Future Treatment of Central Nervous System Diseases

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Related research.

AuthorPublished yearOrganoid induction designsOrganoid typeInduction condition factorsCulture mediumSFEBq procedure

Approach 1: Stepwise, direct organization of region-specific or population-enriched organoids
Lakshmi Subramanian2017Neural tissue samples between GW8 and GW10; coronal vibratome sections were transferred to culture medium.ForebrainWnt inhibitor; TGF-β inhibitor; high O2 penetration; concentration of matrigelCortical slice culture mediumNo
Marina Bershteyn2017hIPSCs were cultured in using cortical differentiation medium.Cerebral organoidsRho kinase inhibitor; Wnt inhibitor; TGF-β inhibitorCortical differentiation medium; N2 culture mediumNo
Adrian Ranga2016ESCs were cultured in high-throughput combinatorial screening of 3D microenvironments; stepwise induced.Cyst-like structure neural tube with apical-basal polarityRA; sonic hedgehog; synthetic nondegradable materialsNeurobasal mediumNo
Lixiong Gao2016hESCs were cultured with SFEBq procedure; H1 cells were selected to induce organoids.Neural retinal tissueWnt signal inhibitor; SAG; CHIR99021; N2; retinoic acid; high oxygen concentrate (40%)N2 culture mediumYes (3 days)
Hideya Sakaguchi2015hESCs were cultured in SFEBq culture for 73–84 days and dissociated with neural tissue dissociation kit and then cultured in neurobasal medium.Hippocampal tissueWnt inhibitor; TGF-β inhibitor; N2 supplement; chemically defined lipid; neurobasal medium; bone morphogenetic protein; WntN2; neurobasal mediumYes (3 days)
Anca M. Paşca2015hCSs were dissociated to culture to induce organoids.Cortical tissue with functional neural networkBMP inhibitor and TGF-β inhibitor; NT3; BDNF; FGF2; EGF; neurobasal; dorsomorphin; SB-431542Neural mediumNo
Atsushi Kuwahara2015Elective NR differentiation from hESCs.Neural retinaBMP4-inhibiting GSK3 and FGFR; Y-27632; gfCDM; CHIR99021; SU5402N2; neural retina medium; retinosphere mediumNo
Karl R. Koehler2013ESCs were dissociated to induce organoids.Inner ear sensory epithelial tissueBMP4; TGF-β inhibitor FGF2 and LDN; N2B27 medium; N2 medium; SU5402; SB-431542N2B27 mediumYes (3 days)
Taisuke Kadoshima2013Stepwise induction of neocortex with high numbers of pyramidal neurons.NeocortexRho kinase inhibitor, TGF-β inhibitor, and Wnt inhibitor; B27, N2, and chemically defined lipid concentration; hedgehog signalsN2 and chemically defined lipid concentrationYes (3 days)
Lucy A. Crompton2013Neurospheres were dissociated cholinergic neurons to culture in NEM.Forebrain cholinergic neuronsNodal/TGF-β signaling inhibitor, ROCK inhibitor Y-27632, FGF2, and EGFModified chemically defined media, NEMYes (4 days)
Yichen Shi2012Neuroepithelial cells were dissociated to induce organoids.Cerebral cortex with projection neurons and neural networksSB431542, FGF2, noggin, neurobasal, Y-27632N2B27 (N3) medium; N2No
Jessica Mariani2012Undifferentiated PGP1-1 and colonies were dissociated into single cells to induce organoids.Early forebrainN2 supplement, Y-27632, FGF2, Wnt inhibitor DKK1, BMP inhibitor BMPRIA-Fc, TGF-β/activin/nodal inhibitor SB431542N2Yes (3 days)
Teruko Danjo2011Foxg1: venus+ cells were sorted to stepwise, induce to ventral telencephalic tissues.Ventral telencephalic tissuesBDNF, vibratome, ShhNeuron culture medium; NT3; neurobasal/B27Yes (3 days)
Mototsugu Eiraku2008ESCs were sorted to induce of polarized cortical neuroepithelia.Cortical tissuesFGF, Wnt, and BMP; N2 medium, KSRCortical slice culture mediumNo
Kiichi Watanabe2005Stepwise induction of neocortex with high number of telencephalic precursors.Cortical organoids with high number of telencephalic precursorsDkk1, Bf1. LeftyA, Wnt3at, Wnt, and nodalCortical slice culture mediumYes (3 days)
Approach 2: Assemble and direct disctinct organ-specific progenitor cells or stem cells to form specific morphogenesis organ
Chikafumi Ozone2016Coculture specific ventral hypothalamic NE tissue and nonneural ectoderm formation.Anterior pituitaryKSR; FGF2; BMP4gfCDMYes (3 days)
Keiko Muguruma2015hESCs were cultured to form neural tube-like NE structures and dissociated with anti-KIRREL2 antibody and then cocultured with RL tissues to generate Purkinje cells.Polarized cerebellar tissue and Purkinje cellsSDF1 and FGF19; FGF2gfCDM; N2Yes (3 days)
Andrea Meinhardt2014Assembled R1 mESCs, IB10 mESCs, and 46C in 3D matrigel matrix and cocultured to induce the formation of neuroepithelial cyst.Neuroepithelial cystRA, SAG, cyclopamineN2B27 mediumNo
Hidetaka Suga2011Assembled nonneural ectoderm and hypothalamic neuroectoderm cells in three-dimensional culture and cocultured to induce of adenohypophysis like tissue.AdenohypophysisSAG, DAPT, BIO, Wnt4, and Wnt5, FGF8, Nodal, IWP2, FGF10CDM medium; DAPT-free mediumYes (10 days)
Mototsugu Eiraku2011Assembled neuroectodermal epithelium tissue and nonretinal neuroectodermal epithelium in three-dimensional culture and cocultured to induce of optic cup.Optic cup40%-O2/5%-CO2, N2, RA, CUY21 generatorN2Yes (3 days)
Xue-Jun Li2008Cultured neuroepithelial cells to generate motoneurons and then coculture of motoneurons and myocytes.Ventral spinal tissueRA and Shh, BDNF, GDNF, IGF1, Shh, B27Neural differentiation medium; N2B27No
Approach 2: 2.3 Assemble embryoid bodies for induction of multilayer organoids
Yun Li2017Differentiation of hESCs to EBs. EBs were embedded in droplets of matrigel. Embedded EBs were subsequently cultured to induce cerebral organoids.Cerebral organoidsbFGF; ROCK inhibitor; orbital shaker; WIBR3; BDNFNeurobasal; N2Yes (6 days)
Madeline A. Lancaster2013Assembled EBs in the droplets of matrigel and cocultured to induce the formation of cerebral organoids.Cerebral organoidsRetinoic acid, protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, neurobasal, N2, insulin, B27N2B27Yes (6 days)