Ishibashi Y, Nagafuku N, Kinoshita K, Okamura A, Shirakawa T, Suzuki I
Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, 35-1 Yagiyama Kasumicho, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 982-8577, Japan.
Drug Safety Research Labs, Astellas Pharma Inc., 21 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8585, Japan.
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2023 Oct 1;476:116675. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2023.116675. Epub 2023 Sep 1.
Methodical screening of safe and efficient drug candidate compounds is crucial for drug development. A high-throughput and accurate compound evaluation method targeting the central nervous system can be developed using in vitro neural networks. In particular, an evaluation system based on a human-derived neural network that can act as an alternative to animal experiments is desirable to avoid interspecific differences. A microelectrode array (MEA) is one such evaluation system, and can measure in vitro neural activity; however, studies on compound evaluation criteria and in vitro to in vivo extrapolation are scarce. In this study, we identified the parameters that can eliminate the effects of solvents from neural activity data obtained using MEA allow for accurate compound evaluation. Additionally, we resolved the issue associated with compound evaluation criteria during MEA using principal component analysis by considering the neuronal activity exceeding standard deviation (SD) of the solvent as indicator of seizurogenic potential. Overall, 10 seizurogenic compounds and three negative controls were assessed using MEA-based co-cultured human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons and astrocytes, and primary rat cortical neurons. In addition, we determined rat cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations during tremor and convulsion in response to exposure to test compounds. To characterize the in vitro to in vivo extrapolation and species differences, we compared the concentrations at which neuronal activity exceeding the SD range of the solvent was detectable using the MEA system and rat CSF concentration.
系统筛选安全有效的候选药物化合物对药物开发至关重要。利用体外神经网络可以开发一种针对中枢神经系统的高通量且准确的化合物评估方法。特别是,一种基于人类衍生神经网络的评估系统有望避免种间差异,从而替代动物实验。微电极阵列(MEA)就是这样一种评估系统,它可以测量体外神经活动;然而,关于化合物评估标准以及体外到体内外推的研究却很少。在本研究中,我们确定了一些参数,这些参数可以从使用MEA获得的神经活动数据中消除溶剂的影响,从而实现准确的化合物评估。此外,我们通过将超过溶剂标准差(SD)的神经元活动作为致痫潜力的指标,利用主成分分析解决了MEA过程中与化合物评估标准相关的问题。总体而言,使用基于MEA的共培养人诱导多能干细胞衍生的神经元和星形胶质细胞以及原代大鼠皮质神经元,对10种致痫化合物和3种阴性对照进行了评估。此外,我们测定了大鼠在接触受试化合物后震颤和惊厥期间的脑脊液(CSF)浓度。为了表征体外到体内的外推以及种间差异,我们比较了使用MEA系统可检测到神经元活动超过溶剂SD范围时的浓度与大鼠CSF浓度。