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ArticleCirculation research2010

Neuregulin/ErbB signaling regulates cardiac subtype specification in differentiating human embryonic stem cells.

Wei-Zhong Zhu, Yiheng Xie, Kara White Moyes, Joseph D Gold, Bardia Askari, Michael A Laflamme

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Article in Circulation research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei-Zhong ZhuCenter for Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Yiheng Xie
Kara White Moyes
Joseph D Gold
Bardia Askari
Michael A Laflamme
MACOM (United States) · US

Funding

Vascularization and Growth of Human Myocardial GraftsP01HL094374 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MACLELLAN, WILLIAM ROBB · 2010 to 2014
$14.5M
Engineered Cardiac Morphogenesis-Stem Cells and ScaffoldsR01HL064387 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RATNER, BUDDY D · 2006 to 2010
$10.2M
Myocardium and Conduction System from ESCsK08HL080431 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LAFLAMME, MICHAEL ALAN · 2005 to 2009
$628k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL080431NHLBI NIH HHS K08-HL80431NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL094374NHLBI NIH HHS P01-HL094374NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL064387NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL064387
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Abstract

rationaleHuman embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) exhibit either a "working" chamber or a nodal-like phenotype. To generate optimal hESC-CM preparations for eventual clinical application in cell-based therapies, we will need to control their differentiation into these specialized cardiac subtypes.

objectiveTo demonstrate intact neuregulin (NRG)-1β/ErbB signaling in hESC-CMs and test the hypothesis that this signaling pathway regulates cardiac subtype abundance in hESC-CM cultures. METHODS AND

resultsAll experiments used hESC-CM cultures generated using our recently reported directed differentiation protocol. To support subsequent action potential phenotyping approaches and provide a higher-throughput method of determining cardiac subtype, we first developed and validated a novel genetic label that identifies nodal-type hESC-CMs. Next, control hESC-CM preparations were compared to those differentiated in the presence of exogenous NRG-1β, an anti-NRG-1β neutralizing antibody, or the ErbB antagonist AG1478. We used 3 independent approaches to determine the ratio of cardiac subtypes in the resultant populations: direct action potential phenotyping under current-clamp, activation of the aforementioned genetic label, and subtype-specific marker expression by RT-PCR. Using all 3 end points, we found that inhibition of NRG-1β/ErbB signaling greatly enhanced the proportion of cells showing the nodal phenotype.

conclusionsNRG-1β/ErbB signaling regulates the ratio of nodal- to working-type cells in differentiating hESC-CM cultures and presumably functions similarly during early human heart development. We speculate that, by manipulating NRG-1β/ErbB signaling, it will be possible to generate preparations of enriched working-type myocytes for infarct repair, or, conversely, nodal cells for potential use in a biological pacemaker.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineCells, CulturedEmbryonic Stem CellsErbB ReceptorsHumansMiceMyocytes, CardiacNeuregulin-1Signal TransductionSinoatrial NodeEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsNeuregulin-1neuregulin beta

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PMID20671236
PMCPMC2941561
OpenAlexW2108892010

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