ArticleBiomedicines2024
Adipocyte-Mediated Electrophysiological Remodeling of PKP-2 Mutant Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes.
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- Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line, JHUi008-A, from a healthy female donor.Stem cell research · 2025Article
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backgroundArrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a genetic disorder responsible for nearly a quarter of sports-related sudden cardiac deaths. ACM cases caused by mutations in desmosome proteins lead to right ventricular enlargement, the loss of cardiomyocytes, and fibrofatty tissue replacement, disrupting electrical and mechanical stability. It is currently unknown how paracrine factors secreted by infiltrating fatty tissues affect ACM cardiomyocyte electrophysiology.
methodsA normal and a PKP2 mutant (c.971_972InsT) ACM hiPSC line were cultivated and differentiated into cardiomyocytes (CMs). Adipocytes were differentiated from human adipose stem cells, and adipocyte conditioned medium (AdCM) was collected. Optical mapping and phenotypic analyses were conducted on human iPSC-cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) cultured in cardiac maintenance medium (CMM) and either with AdCM or specific cytokines.
resultsSignificant differences were observed in voltage parameters such as the action potential duration (APD
conclusionsOur study shows that hiPSC-CMs from normal and mPKP2 ACM lines exhibit distinct molecular and functional responses to paracrine factors, with differences in RNA expression and electrophysiology. These different responses to paracrine factors may contribute to arrhythmogenic propensity.
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