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ArticleCells2023

Treating Hyperexcitability in Human Cerebral Organoids Resulting from Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation.

Alexandra C Santos, George Nader, Dana El Soufi El Sabbagh, Karolina Urban, Liliana Attisano, Peter L Carlen

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Article in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexandra C SantosKrembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 0T8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7381-043X
George NaderKrembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 0T8, Canada.
Dana El Soufi El SabbaghKrembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 0T8, Canada.
Karolina UrbanAvicanna Inc., Toronto, ON M5G 1V2, Canada.
Liliana AttisanoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
Peter L CarlenKrembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5S 0T8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3339-8102

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cerebral organoids resemble the 3D complexity of the human brain and have the potential to augment current drug development pipelines for neurological disease. Epilepsy is a complex neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures. A third of people with epilepsy do not respond to currently available pharmaceutical drugs, and there is not one drug that treats all subtypes; thus, better models of epilepsy are needed for drug development. Cerebral organoids may be used to address this unmet need. In the present work, human cerebral organoids are used along with electrophysiological methods to explore oxygen-glucose deprivation as a hyperexcitability agent. This activity is investigated in its response to current antiseizure drugs. Furthermore, the mechanism of action of the drug candidates is probed with qPCR and immunofluorescence. The findings demonstrate OGD-induced hyperexcitable changes in the cerebral organoid tissue, which is treated with cannabidiol and bumetanide. There is evidence for NKCC1 and KCC2 gene expression, as well as other genes and proteins involved in the complex development of GABAergic signaling. This study supports the use of organoids as a platform for modelling cerebral cortical hyperexcitability that could be extended to modelling epilepsy and used for drug discovery.

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EpilepsyGlucoseBrainHumansOrganoidsSolute Carrier Family 12, Member 2GlucoseSolute Carrier Family 12, Member 2brainelectrophysiologyepilepsyGABAorganoids

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PMID37566028
PMCPMC10416870

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