High-throughput optical action potential recordings in hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes with a genetically encoded voltage indicator in the AAVS1 locus.

Autor: Zhang F; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany., Meier AB; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany., Poch CM; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany., Tian Q; Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany., Engelhardt S; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany., Sinnecker D; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany., Lipp P; Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany., Laugwitz KL; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany., Moretti A; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany., Dorn T; First Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in cell and developmental biology [Front Cell Dev Biol] 2022 Oct 07; Vol. 10, pp. 1038867. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 07 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1038867
Abstrakt: Cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) represent an excellent in vitro model in cardiovascular research. Changes in their action potential (AP) dynamics convey information that is essential for disease modeling, drug screening and toxicity evaluation. High-throughput optical AP recordings utilizing intramolecular Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) of the voltage-sensitive fluorescent protein (VSFP) have emerged as a substitute or complement to the resource-intensive patch clamp technique. Here, we functionally validated our recently generated voltage indicator hiPSC lines stably expressing CAG-promoter-driven VSFP in the AAVS1 safe harbor locus. By combining subtype-specific cardiomyocyte differentiation protocols, we established optical AP recordings in ventricular, atrial, and nodal CMs in 2D monolayers using fluorescence microscopy. Moreover, we achieved high-throughput optical AP measurements in single hiPSC-derived CMs in a 3D context. Overall, this system greatly expands the spectrum of possibilities for high-throughput, non-invasive and long-term AP analyses in cardiovascular research and drug discovery.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2022 Zhang, Meier, Poch, Tian, Engelhardt, Sinnecker, Lipp, Laugwitz, Moretti and Dorn.)
Databáze: MEDLINE