Abstract
The iPSC-derived 3D models are considered to be a connective link between 2D culture and in vivo studies. However, the sensitivity of such 3D models is yet to be established. We assessed the sensitivity of the hiPSC-derived 3D spheroids against 2D cultures of neural progenitor cells. The sub-toxic dose of Sodium Arsenite (SA) was used to investigate the alterations in miRNA-proteins in both systems. Though SA exposure induced significant alterations in the proteins in both 2D and 3D systems, these proteins were uncommon except for 20 proteins. The number and magnitude of altered proteins were higher in the 2D system compared to 3D. The association of dysregulated miRNAs with the target proteins showed their involvement primarily in mitochondrial bioenergetics, oxidative and ER stress, transcription and translation mechanism, cytostructure, etc., in both culture systems. Further, the impact of dysregulated miRNAs and associated proteins on these functions and ultrastructural changes was compared in both culture systems. The ultrastructural studies revealed a similar pattern of mitochondrial damage, while the cellular bioenergetics studies confirm a significantly higher energy failure in the 2D system than to 3D. Such a higher magnitude of changes could be correlated with a higher amount of internalization of SA in 2D cultures than in 3D spheroids. Our findings demonstrate that a 2D culture system seems better responsive than a 3D spheroid system against SA exposure.
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Dr Renu Negi is grateful to CSIR-UGC, New Delhi, for providing Research Fellowship. The authors are grateful to Ms Deepshikha Srivastava, Technical Officer, LC-MS/MS Laboratory, and Mr Jai Shankar, Technical Officer, Microscope Laboratory, Central Instrumentation Facility, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, for extending the operational support for LC-MS/MS during proteomics studies and Transmission Electron Microscopic study.
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Negi, R., Srivastava, A., Srivastava, A.K. et al. Proteomic-miRNA Biomics Profile Reveals 2D Cultures of Human iPSC-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells More Sensitive than 3D Spheroid System Against the Experimental Exposure to Arsenic. Mol Neurobiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-024-03924-z
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