A new paradigm for generating high-quality cardiac pacemaker cells from mouse pluripotent stem cells

Autor: Zheyi Lin, Bowen Lin, Chengwen Hang, Renhong Lu, Hui Xiong, Junyang Liu, Siyu Wang, Zheng Gong, Mingshuai Zhang, Desheng Li, Guojian Fang, Jie Ding, Xuling Su, Huixin Guo, Dan Shi, Duanyang Xie, Yi Liu, Dandan Liang, Jian Yang, Yi-Han Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2059-3635
DOI: 10.1038/s41392-024-01942-w
Popis: Abstract Cardiac biological pacing (BP) is one of the future directions for bradyarrhythmias intervention. Currently, cardiac pacemaker cells (PCs) used for cardiac BP are mainly derived from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). However, the production of high-quality cardiac PCs from PSCs remains a challenge. Here, we developed a cardiac PC differentiation strategy by adopting dual PC markers and simulating the developmental route of PCs. First, two PC markers, Shox2 and Hcn4, were selected to establish Shox2:EGFP; Hcn4:mCherry mouse PSC reporter line. Then, by stepwise guiding naïve PSCs to cardiac PCs following naïve to formative pluripotency transition and manipulating signaling pathways during cardiac PCs differentiation, we designed the FSK method that increased the yield of SHOX2+; HCN4+ cells with typical PC characteristics, which was 12 and 42 folds higher than that of the embryoid body (EB) and the monolayer M10 methods respectively. In addition, the in vitro cardiac PCs differentiation trajectory was mapped by single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), which resembled in vivo PCs development, and ZFP503 was verified as a key regulator of cardiac PCs differentiation. These PSC-derived cardiac PCs have the potential to drive advances in cardiac BP technology, help with the understanding of PCs (patho)physiology, and benefit drug discovery for PC-related diseases as well.
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