Human-iPSC-Derived Cardiac Stromal Cells Enhance Maturation in 3D Cardiac Microtissues and Reveal Non-cardiomyocyte Contributions to Heart Disease

Elisa Giacomelli, Viviana Meraviglia, Giulia Campostrini, Amy Cochrane, Xu Cao, Ruben W.J. van Helden, Ana Krotenberg Garcia, Maria Mircea, Sarantos Kostidis, Richard P. Davis, Berend J. van Meer, Carolina R. Jost, Abraham J. Koster, Hailiang Mei, David G. Míguez, Aat A. Mulder, Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Giulio Pompilio, Luca Sala, Daniela C.F. SalvatoriRoderick C. Slieker, Elena Sommariva, Antoine A.F. de Vries, Martin Giera, Stefan Semrau, Leon G.J. Tertoolen, Valeria V. Orlova, Milena Bellin, Christine L. Mummery

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Abstract

Orlova, Bellin, Mummery, and colleagues combined three hiPSC-derived cardiac cell types in 3D microtissues. Cardiomyocytes matured structurally and functionally. Replacing healthy hiPSC-cardiac fibroblasts with patient fibroblasts recapitulated aspects of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Single-cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology, metabolomics, and ultrastructural analysis revealed roles for CX43 gap junctions and cAMP signaling in the tri-cell-type dialog.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)862-879.e11
JournalCell Stem Cell
Volume26
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jun 2020

Keywords

  • arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
  • cAMP
  • cardiac disease model
  • cardiac microtissue
  • cardiomyocyte maturation
  • cell-cell interaction
  • cyclic AMP
  • gap junction
  • human-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiac fibroblasts
  • human-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes

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