title: Survival and differentiation of embryonic neural explants on different biomaterials.
abstract: Biomaterials prepared from polyacrylamide, ethyl acrylate (EA), and hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) in various blend ratios, methyl acrylate and chitosan, were tested in vitro as culture substrates and compared for their ability to be colonized by the cells migrating from embryonic brain explants. Neural explants were isolated from proliferative areas of the medial ganglionic eminence and the cortical ventricular zone of embryonic rat brains and cultured in vitro on the different biomaterials. Chitosan, poly(methyl acrylate), and the 50% wt copolymer of EA and HEA were the most suitable substrates to promote cell attachment and differentiation of the neural cells among those tested. Immunofluorescence microscopy analysis showed that progenitor cells had undergone differentiation and that the resulting glial and neuronal cells expressed their intrinsic morphological characteristics in culture.
authors.affiliation: Fundación Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Avda Tres Cruces s/n, 46014 Valencia, Spain. soria_jos@gva.es
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Soria
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez Ramos
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salmerón Sánchez
authors.forename: Veronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benavent
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campillo Fernández
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez Ribelles
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García Verdugo
authors.forename: Manuel Monleón
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pradas
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Barcia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002465:Cell Movement; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008422:Materials Testing; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials