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Optimization and Delivery of Bioactive Coating for High Yield and Stable Neural Recording

用于高产量和稳定神经记录的生物活性涂层的优化和交付

基本信息

批准号：
10264798
负责人：
XINYAN Tracy CUI
金额：
$ 72.01万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-09-30 至 2023-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10264798
关键词：
Adopted Aging Animals Astrocytes Binding Proteins Biological Biomimetics Biosensor Brain Cell Count Cell Culture Techniques Cells Chronic Clinical Cognition Communities Development Devices Disease Progression Ensure Environment Enzymes Exposure to Foreign-Body Reaction Freeze Drying Health Immobilization Immunoassay Implant In Vitro Inflammatory Learning Light Location Longevity Manufacturer Name Maps Mediating Membrane Memory Michigan Microglia Modeling Monitor Movement Mus Nature Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 Neurites Neurons Neurosciences Neurosciences Research Noise Performance Population Procedures Protein Array Proteins Protocols documentation Rattus Reaction Resolution Rodent Route Shipping Signal Transduction Sterilization Surface Technology Testing Time Tissues Universities Work base brain computer interface brain machine interface brain tissue clinical translation crosslink density experimental study implantation improved in vivo interest medical implant microsystems multi-electrode arrays nanodevice nanoparticle neural prosthesis nonhuman primate preservation relating to nervous system response wound healing

项目摘要

Project Summary The ability to monitor activity of ensembles of neurons at single-cell resolution, chronically, over long time periods is greatly desired by neuroscientists. A variety of multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) have been developed for in vivo studies. These arrays are capable of revealing the activity of neuronal ensembles. Unfortunately, none of the devices on the market is fully capable of obtaining recordings that are simultaneously high-yield and high-quality, as well as stable and useful over months to years. This well-known challenge has greatly limited our ability to track the activity of populations of single neurons over a sufficient period of time to fully investigate circuit change during learning and memory, development and aging, or disease progression and wound healing. Additionally, the clinical use of brain machine interface (BMI), which utilize recorded neural activities to decode movement intent for controlling machine, has been hindered by the unstable and unreliable recording. We have developed a biomimetic coating composed of a brain-derived L1-cell adhesion molecule that mitigate the inflammatory host tissue reaction. In rodents, L1 coated NeuroNexas probes maintained high quality neural recording over the period of 16 weeks with significant higher single unit yield and signal to noise ratio than the uncoated control probes. Meanwhile, recordings in non-human primates (NHPs) with L1-coated Blackrock MEAs also demonstrated high quality performance in single unit yield and signal amplitude for at least 6 months. MEA manufacturers and users expressed strong interest in utilizing this technology. However, the coating made of biological protein is fragile and may lose bioactivity during the harsh environment of shipping, storage and sterilization. In order to make the L1 coating a technology that can be widely adopted by the neuroscience community, we propose to optimize the coating stability and develop practical protocols for coating preservation, storage, packaging, delivery and sterilization. The bioactivity of the coating prepared with different protocols will first be tested with cell cultures. Promising procedures will then be tested with implantation and recording in rodents at the University of Pittsburgh. Once optimum coating and procedures are determined, coated arrays will be delivered to users to evaluate the coating performance. Dr. Buzsaki (NYU) will test the L1 coated NeuroNexas arrays in freely moving rats. Dr. Schwartz (U. Pitt) and Dr. Chestek (U. Michigan) will test the L1 coated Blackrock arrays in NHPs for BMI studies. Users will work closely with us to define specific performance criteria in their recording applications, compare performance of coated and uncoated arrays, and provide user input for us to improve the packaging and delivery. Throughout the project, representatives from two MEA manufacturers, Blackrock Microsystems and NeuroNexus Technology, will serve as consultants to ensure compatibility of our procedures with their devices and guide us on the path to dissemination. The project will produce a coating technology that is both easy to adopt and generalizable to all types of state- of-art and emerging MEAs. Solving the practical issues of sterilization, packaging and delivery is a critical step toward commercial and clinical translation of the technology. High quality and stable of neural recording will greatly improve our ability to map brain activity in long-term experiments, and benefit brain-computer interfaces and other types of neural prostheses. In a broader sense, the protocols developed here for preserving immobilized protein during storage, delivery and sterilization should be applicable to other medical implants containing bioactive proteins, immunoassays, protein arrays, enzyme-based biosensors or any micro/nano devices that incorporate biological components.

项目总结