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Tailoring Substrates for Long‐Term Organotypic Culture of Adult Neuronal Tissue
Author(s) -
Dallacasagrande Valentina,
Zink Mareike,
Huth Steven,
Jakob Alexander,
Müller Marcus,
Reichenbach Andreas,
Käs Josef A.,
Mayr S. G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201200816
Subject(s) - tissue culture , materials science , adhesion , in vivo , in vitro , nanotechnology , tissue engineering , superhydrophilicity , microbiology and biotechnology , biomedical engineering , neuroscience , biology , medicine , biochemistry , wetting , composite material
Organotypic tissue cultures are highly promising for performing in vivo type studies in vitro. Currently, however, very limited survival times of only a few days for adult tissue often severely limit their application. Here, superhydrophilic nanostructured substrates with ideal material properties ensure tissue adhesion, essential for organotypic culture, while migration of single cells out of the tissue is hampered. Tuning substrate properties, for the first time, adult neuronal tissue could be cultured for 14 days with no indications of degeneration.