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PGC-1α activator ZLN005 promotes maturation of cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells.
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- Engineering the maturation of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Pooled it
- Using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes to understand the mechanisms driving cardiomyocyte maturation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Molecular regulation of PGC-1α: from protein-protein interactions and post-translational modifications to pharmacological modulation.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- TCA cycle intermediates as an adjunct strategy for human iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturation.BBA advances · 2026Article
- PGC-1α: key regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and cellular differentiation in metabolic and regenerative tissues.Cell & bioscience · 2025Review
- Pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte transplantation: marching from bench to bedside.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Review
- Mitonuclear Communication in Stem Cell Function.Cell proliferation · 2025Review
- Enhanced fatty acid oxidation via SCD1 downregulation fuels cardiac reprogramming.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025Article
- Mitochondrial DNA copy number alterations: Key players in the complexity of glioblastoma (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2025Review
- Histone H2A.Z Deacetylation and Dedifferentiation in Infarcted/Tip60-depleted Cardiomyocytes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Sulforaphane, Urolithin A, and ZLN005 induce time-dependent alterations in antioxidant capacity, mitophagy, and mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle cells.Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
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- Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: from Preclinical Models to Genotype-phenotype Correlation and Pathophysiology.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2023Review
- PGC-1α Agonist Rescues Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy by Mitigating the Oxidative Stress and Necroptosis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- TRPA1 promotes the maturation of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes by regulating mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics.Stem cell research & therapy · 2023Article
- The Aurora Kinase Inhibitor CYC116 Promotes the Maturation of Cardiomyocytes Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.Molecules and cells · 2022Article
- Insufficient sleep disrupts glucose metabolism during pregnancy by inhibitingAnnals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Mitochondrial energy metabolic transcriptome profiles during cardiac differentiation from mouse and human pluripotent stem cells.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2022Article
- Energy Metabolism on Mitochondrial Maturation and Its Effects on Cardiomyocyte Cell Fate.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) have great potential in biomedical applications. However, the immature state of cardiomyocytes obtained using existing protocols limits the application of hPSC-CMs. Unlike adult cardiac myocytes, hPSC-CMs generate ATP through an immature metabolic pathway-aerobic glycolysis, instead of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Hence, metabolic switching is critical for functional maturation in hPSC-CMs. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) is a key regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism, which may help promote cardiac maturation during development. In this study, we investigated the effects of PGC-1α and its activator ZLN005 on the maturation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte (hESC-CM). hESC-CMs were generated using a chemically defined differentiation protocol and supplemented with either ZLN005 or DMSO (control) on differentiating days 10 to 12. Biological assays were then performed around day 30. ZLN005 treatment upregulated the expressions of PGC-1α and mitochondrial function-related genes in hESC-CMs and induced more mature energy metabolism compared with the control group. In addition, ZLN005 treatment increased cell sarcomere length, improved cell calcium handling, and enhanced intercellular connectivity. These findings support an effective approach to promote hESC-CM maturation, which is critical for the application of hESC-CM in disease modeling, drug screening, and engineering cardiac tissue.
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