Defining Cardiomyocyte Repolarization Response to Pharmacotherapy in Long-QT Syndrome Type 3.

Autor: Ge N; Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine University of Galway Galway Ireland.; Department of Pharmacology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago IL USA., Li R; Lambe Institute for Translational Research University of Galway Galway Ireland., Liu M; Department of Physiology, College of Life Science Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang China., Xia W; Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine University of Galway Galway Ireland., O'Brien ST; Department of Paediatrics Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin Dublin Ireland., McInerney V; HRB Clinical Research Facility University of Galway Galway Ireland., Galvin J; Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin Ireland., Ward D; Tallaght University Hospital Tallaght, Dublin Ireland., McGorrian C; Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin Ireland., O'Brien T; Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine University of Galway Galway Ireland., Shen S; Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine University of Galway Galway Ireland., Prendiville TW; Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine University of Galway Galway Ireland.; National Children's Research Centre Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin Dublin Ireland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association [J Am Heart Assoc] 2024 Oct 15; Vol. 13 (20), pp. e034690. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 08.
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.034690
Abstrakt: Background: Long-QT syndrome is a primary cardiac ion channelopathy predisposing a patient to ventricular arrhythmia through delayed repolarization on the resting ECG. We aimed to establish a patient-specific, human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes model of long-QT syndrome type 3 (LQT3) using clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR/Cas9), for disease modeling and drug challenge.
Methods and Results: HiPSCs were generated from a patient with LQT3 harboring an SCN5A pathogenic variant (c.1231G>A; p.Val411Met), and an unrelated healthy control. The same SCN5A pathogenic variant was engineered into the background healthy control hiPSCs via CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to generate a second disease model of LQT3 for comparison with an isogenic control. All 3 hiPSC lines were differentiated into cardiomyocytes. Both the patient-derived LQT3 ( SCN5A +/- ) and genetically engineered LQT3 ( SCN5A +/- ) hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes showed significantly prolonged cardiomyocyte repolarization compared with the healthy control. Mexiletine, a cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel (Na V 1.5) blocker, shortened repolarization in both patient-derived LQT3 and genetically engineered LQT3 hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, but had no effect in the control. Notably, calcium channel blockers nifedipine and verapamil showed a dose-dependent shortening of repolarization, rescuing the phenotype. Additionally, therapeutic drugs known to prolong the corrected QT in humans (ondansetron, clarithromycin, and sotalol) demonstrated this effect in vitro, but the LQT3 clones were not more disproportionately affected compared with the control.
Conclusions: We demonstrated that patient-derived and genetically engineered LQT3 hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes faithfully recapitulate pathologic characteristics of LQT3. The clinical significance of such an in vitro model is in the exploration of novel therapeutic strategies, stratifying drug adverse reaction risk and potentially facilitating a more targeted, patient-specific approach in high-risk patients with LQT3.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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