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As the foundation of the land grant mission at Montana State University, the College of Agriculture and the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station provide instruction in traditional and innovative degree programs and conduct research on old and new challenges for Montana’s agricultural community. This integration creates opportunities for students and faculty to excel through hands-on learning, to serve through campus and community engagement, to explore unique solutions to distinct and interesting questions and to connect Montanans with the global community through research discoveries and outreach.

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    Profiling Luminal pH in Three-Dimensional Gastrointestinal Organoids Using Microelectrodes
    (MyJove Corporation, 2024-07) Lyon, Katrina; Bansil, Rama; Bimczok, Diane
    The optimization and detailed characterization of gastrointestinal organoid models require advanced methods for analyzing their luminal environments. This paper presents a highly reproducible method for the precise measurement of pH within the lumina of 3D human gastric organoids via micromanipulator-controlled microelectrodes. The pH microelectrodes are commercially available and consist of beveled glass tips of 25 µm in diameter. For measurements, the pH microelectrode is advanced into the lumen of an organoid (>200 µm) that is suspended in Matrigel, while a reference electrode rests submerged in the surrounding medium in the culture plate. Using such microelectrodes to profile organoids derived from the human gastric body, we demonstrate that luminal pH is relatively consistent within each culture well at ~7.7 ± 0.037 and that continuous measurements can be obtained for a minimum of 15 min. In some larger organoids, the measurements revealed a pH gradient between the epithelial surface and the lumen, suggesting that pH measurements in organoids can be achieved with high spatial resolution. In a previous study, microelectrodes were successfully used to measure luminal oxygen concentrations in organoids, demonstrating the versatility of this method for organoid analyses. In summary, this protocol describes an important tool for the functional characterization of the complex luminal space within 3D organoids.
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