ArticleCell reports2014
Small molecules enable cardiac reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts with a single factor, Oct4.
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- Refining fibroblast-to-cardiomyocyte transdifferentiation protocols to explore emergent self-organization in cardiac cultures.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Regulation of cardiac fibroblasts reprogramming into cardiomyocyte-like cells with a cocktail of small molecule compounds.FEBS open bio · 2024Article
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- Fibroblast Reprogramming in Cardiac Repair.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2024Review
- Cardiac cells and mesenchymal stem cells derived extracellular vesicles: a potential therapeutic strategy for myocardial infarction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Robust small molecule-aided cardiac reprogramming systems selective to cardiac fibroblasts.iScience · 2023Article
- Cellular reprogramming of fibroblasts in heart regeneration.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2023Review
- Direct Reprogramming of Resident Non-Myocyte Cells and Its Potential for In Vivo Cardiac Regeneration.Cells · 2023Review
- Engineered human cardiac tissues for modeling heart diseases.BMB reports · 2023Review
- Direct Cardiac Reprogramming: Current Status and Future Prospects.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
It was recently shown that mouse fibroblasts could be reprogrammed into cells of a cardiac fate by forced expression of multiple transcription factors and microRNAs. For ultimate application of such a reprogramming strategy for cell-based therapy or in vivo cardiac regeneration, reducing or eliminating the genetic manipulations by small molecules would be highly desirable. Here, we report the identification of a defined small-molecule cocktail that enables the highly efficient conversion of mouse fibroblasts into cardiac cells with only one transcription factor, Oct4, without any evidence of entrance into the pluripotent state. Small-molecule-induced cardiomyocytes spontaneously contract and exhibit a ventricular phenotype. Furthermore, these induced cardiomyocytes pass through a cardiac progenitor stage. This study lays the foundation for future pharmacological reprogramming approaches and provides a small-molecule condition for investigation of the mechanisms underlying the cardiac reprogramming process.
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