Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium

ABSTRACTCardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be used in various applications including disease modeling, drug safety screening, and novel cell-based cardiac therapies. Here, we report an optimized selection and maturation method to induce maturation of cardiomyocytes...

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Main Authors: Ji-eun Kim, Eun-Mi Kim, Hyang-Ae Lee, Ki-Suk Kim
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Animal Cells and Systems
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19768354.2023.2189932
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description ABSTRACTCardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be used in various applications including disease modeling, drug safety screening, and novel cell-based cardiac therapies. Here, we report an optimized selection and maturation method to induce maturation of cardiomyocytes into a specific subtype after differentiation driven by the regulation of Wnt signaling. The medium used to optimize selection and maturation was in a glucose starvation conditions, supplemented with either a nutrition complex or ascorbic acid. Following optimized selection and maturation, more cardiac Troponin T (cTnT)-positive cardiomyocytes were detected using albumin and ascorbic acid than B27. In addition, ascorbic acid enriched maturation of ventricular cardiomyocytes. We compared cardiomyocyte-specific gene expression patterns under different selection and maturation conditions by next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. Our optimized conditions will enable simple and efficient maturation and specification of the desired cardiomyocyte subtype, facilitating both biomedical research and clinical applications.
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spelling doaj.art-7f8a43b70e084a48bb598e863b7bf4d22024-01-08T17:12:29ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnimal Cells and Systems1976-83542151-24852023-12-01271839310.1080/19768354.2023.2189932Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation mediumJi-eun Kim0Eun-Mi Kim1Hyang-Ae Lee2Ki-Suk Kim3Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaKorea Institute of Toxicology, Daejeon, Republic of KoreaKorea Institute of Toxicology, Daejeon, Republic of KoreaKorea Institute of Toxicology, Daejeon, Republic of KoreaABSTRACTCardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be used in various applications including disease modeling, drug safety screening, and novel cell-based cardiac therapies. Here, we report an optimized selection and maturation method to induce maturation of cardiomyocytes into a specific subtype after differentiation driven by the regulation of Wnt signaling. The medium used to optimize selection and maturation was in a glucose starvation conditions, supplemented with either a nutrition complex or ascorbic acid. Following optimized selection and maturation, more cardiac Troponin T (cTnT)-positive cardiomyocytes were detected using albumin and ascorbic acid than B27. In addition, ascorbic acid enriched maturation of ventricular cardiomyocytes. We compared cardiomyocyte-specific gene expression patterns under different selection and maturation conditions by next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. Our optimized conditions will enable simple and efficient maturation and specification of the desired cardiomyocyte subtype, facilitating both biomedical research and clinical applications.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19768354.2023.2189932Cardiomyocyteascorbic acidalbuminWnt signaling
spellingShingle Ji-eun Kim
Eun-Mi Kim
Hyang-Ae Lee
Ki-Suk Kim
Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium
Animal Cells and Systems
Cardiomyocyte
ascorbic acid
albumin
Wnt signaling
title Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium
title_full Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium
title_fullStr Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium
title_full_unstemmed Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium
title_short Effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hPSCs using ascorbic acid-containing maturation medium
title_sort effective derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from hpscs using ascorbic acid containing maturation medium
topic Cardiomyocyte
ascorbic acid
albumin
Wnt signaling
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19768354.2023.2189932
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