Peinkofer, Gabriel, Maass, Martina, Pfannkuche, Kurt, Sachinidis, Agapios, Baldus, Stephan, Hescheler, Juergen, Saric, Tomo and Halbach, Marcel (2021). Persistence of intramyocardially transplanted murine induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes from different developmental stages. Stem Cell Res. Ther., 12 (1). LONDON: BMC. ISSN 1757-6512

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Abstract

Background Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CM) are regarded as promising cell type for cardiac cell replacement therapy, but it is not known whether the developmental stage influences their persistence and functional integration in the host tissue, which are crucial for a long-term therapeutic benefit. To investigate this, we first tested the cell adhesion capability of murine iPSC-CM in vitro at three different time points during the differentiation process and then examined cell persistence and quality of electrical integration in the infarcted myocardium in vivo. Methods To test cell adhesion capabilities in vitro, iPSC-CM were seeded on fibronectin-coated cell culture dishes and decellularized ventricular extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds. After fixed periods of time, stably attached cells were quantified. For in vivo experiments, murine iPSC-CM expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein was injected into infarcted hearts of adult mice. After 6-7 days, viable ventricular tissue slices were prepared to enable action potential (AP) recordings in transplanted iPSC-CM and surrounding host cardiomyocytes. Afterwards, slices were lysed, and genomic DNA was prepared, which was then used for quantitative real-time PCR to evaluate grafted iPSC-CM count. Results The in vitro results indicated differences in cell adhesion capabilities between day 14, day 16, and day 18 iPSC-CM with day 14 iPSC-CM showing the largest number of attached cells on ECM scaffolds. After intramyocardial injection, day 14 iPSC-CM showed a significant higher cell count compared to day 16 iPSC-CM. AP measurements revealed no significant difference in the quality of electrical integration and only minor differences in AP properties between d14 and d16 iPSC-CM. Conclusion The results of the present study demonstrate that the developmental stage at the time of transplantation is crucial for the persistence of transplanted iPSC-CM. iPSC-CM at day 14 of differentiation showed the highest persistence after transplantation in vivo, which may be explained by a higher capability to adhere to the extracellular matrix.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Peinkofer, GabrielUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Maass, MartinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pfannkuche, KurtUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sachinidis, AgapiosUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Baldus, StephanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hescheler, JuergenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Saric, TomoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Halbach, MarcelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-569646
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-020-02089-5
Journal or Publication Title: Stem Cell Res. Ther.
Volume: 12
Number: 1
Date: 2021
Publisher: BMC
Place of Publication: LONDON
ISSN: 1757-6512
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
Cell & Tissue Engineering; Cell Biology; Medicine, Research & ExperimentalMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56964

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