STEMdiff™ Ventral Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit

Cell culture medium kit for robust generation of ventral forebrain neural organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
概要
Robustly generate three-dimensional, patterned brain organoid cultures from human pluripotent stem cells without matrix embedding. STEMdiff™ Dorsal and Ventral Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kits are serum-free cell culture media that work with AggreWell™-generated embryoid bodies to prevent organoid fusion and enable the scalable generation of over 500 highly reproducible organoids per kit. Adapted from protocols by Sergiu Paşca (F Birey et al. Nature, 2017), these brain-region-specific organoids are three-dimensional in vitro models with a cellular composition and structural organization that is representative of the developing human forebrain. STEMdiff™ Dorsal Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit (Catalog #08620) generates tissue of the early developing dorsal pallium, while STEMdiff™ Ventral Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit (Catalog #08630) generates tissue of the early developing ventral subpallium. Organoids generated with these kits can also be co-cultured as assembloids to study brain region interactions (F Birey et al. Nature, 2017). For extended periods of organoid culture (> 50 days), the components required for organoid maintenance are available as STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Maintenance Kit (Catalog #100-0120).
Advantages
⦁ Reduce handling and media waste with fusion-free growth media
⦁ Obtain greater analytic sensitivity for disease phenotypes with reproducible morphology between lines and individual organoids
⦁ Generate over 500 organoids per kit using AggreWell™800 for higher-powered statistical replicates and more detailed longitudinal study
⦁ Eliminate matrix embedding steps with the matrix-free formulation and protocol
⦁ Easily process and section consistently sized organoids
⦁ Achieve long-term culture survival and reduced caspase-3 expression for neurotoxicity and neurodegenerative models
⦁ Combine modular region-patterned organoids to generate advanced assembloids for disease modeling and regenerative applications
Components
  • STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Basal Medium 1, 20 mL
  • STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Basal Medium 2, 500 mL
  • STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Supplement A, 10 mL
  • STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Supplement B, 0.25 mL
  • STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Supplement C, 0.25 mL
  • STEMdiff™ Neural Organoid Supplement D, 0.5 mL
Subtype
Specialized Media
Cell Type
Neural Cells, PSC-Derived, Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells, Pluripotent Stem Cells
Species
Human
Application
Cell Culture, Characterization, Differentiation, Functional Assay, Immunofluorescence, Organoid Culture, Phenotyping, Spheroid Culture
Brand
STEMdiff
Area of Interest
Disease Modeling, Drug Discovery and Toxicity Testing, Neuroscience, Organoids
Formulation
Serum-Free
数据及文献

Data

Schematic protocol diagram to generate patterned ventral forebrain organoids from iPSCs

Figure 1. Schematic for the STEMdiff™ Ventral Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit

Human ES or iPS cell-derived ventral forebrain organoids can be generated in 43 days. Embryoid bodies can be created in 6 days with AggreWell™800 plates. The EBs are then cultured in suspension, allowing growth and subsequent patterning to the ventral forebrain. For the long-term maintenance and further maturation of ventral forebrain organoids, see the PIS.

Figure 2. Fluorescent Imaging in BrainPhys™ Imaging Optimized Medium Improves Signal-to-Background Ratios of 3D Neural Cultures

GFP-labeled ventral forebrain organoids were co-cultured and fused with unlabeled dorsal forebrain organoids for one week prior to live imaging in Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Medium from STEMdiff™ Dorsal Forebrain Organoid Differentiation Kit (right) or BrainPhys™ Imaging Optimized Medium (BPI, left). Interneuron migration can be visualized more clearly in BPI. Adapted from Zabolocki et al. 2020, Nature Communications, available under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.

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