Journal: Advanced Healthcare Materials
Article Title: Smart Polymeric 3D Microscaffolds Hosting Spheroids for Neuronal Research via Quantum Metrology
doi: 10.1002/adhm.202403875
Figure Lengend Snippet: Orientation distribution analysis of neuron alignment with the scaffold. a) Two‐color confocal image of an embryoid body (EB) in interaction with 3D Block Spiderweb microscaffold. b) Distribution of neuron orientations in degrees, comparing different gradient methods: Cubic spline, Fourier, Gaussian, and Hessian. All methods produced similar results with similar peak positions for scaffold and cell orientations. c) Three‐color confocal image of an EB in interaction with 3D Block Spiderweb microscaffold. d) The orientation distribution profile is derived from the image. c) The alignment of dopaminergic neurons (red) and the other neurons (green). Dopaminergic neurons align with both −45 °and 45 °peaks, while other neurons here primarily align with −45°. The analysis confirms that neurons consistently tend to align with scaffold orientation peaks, validating the scaffold's effectiveness in influencing the growth of 3D culture models. Blue channel: scaffold. Green channel and red channel in a): β ‐III marker – neurons. Red channel in c): Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) marker – dopaminergic neurons. The scale bar represents 50 µm.
Article Snippet: EBs were then incubated overnight at 4 °C with a single pair of primary antibodies, mouse polyclonal β ‐III tubulin antibody (1:1000; Promega) and rabbit polyclonal TH antibody (1:500; Abcam), diluted in blocking buffer.
Techniques: Blocking Assay, Produced, Derivative Assay, Marker