Modeling Reentry in the Short QT Syndrome With Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiac Cell Sheets
| Autor: | Irit Huber, Amira Gepstein, Nimer Ballan, Anke J. Tijsen, Gil Arbel, Naim Shaheen, Lior Gepstein, Noga Setter, Martin Borggrefe, Assad Shiti, Rami Shinnawi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
Patient-Specific Modeling
Quinidine ERG1 Potassium Channel Patch-Clamp Techniques Refractory period Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Action Potentials 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Sudden cardiac death 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Optical mapping Humans Medicine Myocytes Cardiac 030212 general & internal medicine Induced pluripotent stem cell Cells Cultured business.industry Sotalol Arrhythmias Cardiac Short QT syndrome medicine.disease 3. Good health Cell biology Mutation Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Disopyramide Anti-Arrhythmia Agents medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73(18):2310-2324 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.02.055 |
| Popis: | Background The short QT syndrome (SQTS) is an inherited arrhythmogenic syndrome characterized by abnormal ion channel function, life-threatening arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. Objectives The purpose of this study was to establish a patient-specific human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) model of the SQTS, and to provide mechanistic insights into its pathophysiology and therapy. Methods Patient-specific hiPSCs were generated from a symptomatic SQTS patient carrying the N588K mutation in the KCNH2 gene, differentiated into cardiomyocytes, and compared with healthy and isogenic (established by CRISPR/Cas9-based mutation correction) control hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). Patch-clamp was used to evaluate action-potential (AP) and IKr current properties at the cellular level. Conduction and arrhythmogenesis were studied at the tissue level using confluent 2-dimensional hiPSC-derived cardiac cell sheets (hiPSC-CCSs) and optical mapping. Results Intracellular recordings demonstrated shortened action-potential duration (APD) and abbreviated refractory period in the SQTS-hiPSC-CMs. Similarly, voltage- and AP-clamp recordings revealed increased IKr current density due to attenuated inactivation, primarily in the AP plateau phase. Optical mapping of the SQTS-hiPSC-CCSs revealed shortened APD, impaired APD-rate adaptation, abbreviated wavelength of excitation, and increased inducibility of sustained spiral waves. Phase-mapping analysis revealed accelerated and stabilized rotors manifested by increased rotor rotation frequency, increased rotor curvature, decreased core meandering, and increased rotor complexity. Application of quinidine and disopyramide, but not sotalol, normalized APD and suppressed arrhythmia induction. Conclusions A novel hiPSC-based model of the SQTS was established at both the cellular and tissue levels. This model recapitulated the disease phenotype in the culture dish and provided important mechanistic insights into arrhythmia mechanisms in the SQTS and its treatment. |
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