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Organotypic culture of human brain explants as a preclinical model for AI-driven antiviral studies

Emma Partiot
Barbara Gorda
Willy Lutz
Solène Lebrun
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Pierre Khalfi
Stéphan Mora
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Karim Majzoub
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Solange Desagher
Gowrishankar Ganesh
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Sophie Colomb
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Raphael Gaudin

Abstract

Abstract Viral neuroinfections represent a major health burden for which the development of antivirals is needed. Antiviral compounds that target the consequences of a brain infection (symptomatic treatment) rather than the cause (direct-acting antivirals) constitute a promising mitigation strategy that requires to be investigated in relevant models. However, physiological surrogates mimicking an adult human cortex are lacking, limiting our understanding of the mechanisms associated with viro-induced neurological disorders. Here, we optimized the Organotypic culture of Post-mortem Adult human cortical Brain explants (OPAB) as a preclinical platform for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven antiviral studies. OPAB shows robust viability over weeks, well-preserved 3D cytoarchitecture, viral permissiveness, and spontaneous local field potential (LFP). Using LFP as a surrogate for neurohealth, we developed a machine learning framework to predict with high confidence the infection status of OPAB. As a proof-of-concept, we showed that antiviral-treated OPAB could partially restore LFP-based electrical activity of infected OPAB in a donor-dependent manner. Together, we propose OPAB as a physiologically relevant and versatile model to study neuroinfections and beyond, providing a platform for preclinical drug discovery.

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hal-04539442 , version 1 (09-04-2024)

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Emma Partiot, Barbara Gorda, Willy Lutz, Solène Lebrun, Pierre Khalfi, et al.. Organotypic culture of human brain explants as a preclinical model for AI-driven antiviral studies. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2024, ⟨10.1038/s44321-024-00039-9⟩. ⟨hal-04539442⟩
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