Primary Cultures of Pure Embryonic Dorsal Root Ganglia Sensory Neurons as a New Cellular Model for Friedreich’s Ataxia

Griso O., Puccio H. (2020). In: Richard GF. (eds) Trinucleotide Repeats. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2056. Humana, New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9784-8_15

We have established a model of primary cultures of DRG sensory neurons in which we induce the loss of the frataxin protein. With such a model we can alleviate the issues related to the complexity of DRG tissues and low amount of sensory neuron material in adult mouse. Hereby, we provide a protocol of detailed and optimized methods to obtain high yield of healthy mouse DRG sensory neuron in culture.

Primary Cultures of Pure Embryonic Dorsal Root Ganglia Sensory Neurons as a New Cellular Model for Friedreich’s Ataxia