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ArticleScience advances2023

Tissue-embedded stretchable nanoelectronics reveal endothelial cell-mediated electrical maturation of human 3D cardiac microtissues.

Zuwan Lin, Jessica C Garbern, Ren Liu, Qiang Li, Estela Mancheño Juncosa, Hannah L T Elwell, Morgan Sokol, Junya Aoyama, Undine-Sophie Deumer, Emma Hsiao and 3 more

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Zuwan LinDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5786-9768
Jessica C GarbernDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2397-5180
Ren LiuSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Qiang LiSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6716-4630
Estela Mancheño JuncosaDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Hannah L T ElwellDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8827-3438
Morgan SokolDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1261-2146
Junya AoyamaDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0024-4067
Undine-Sophie DeumerDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1148-4675
Emma HsiaoSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Hao ShengSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7477-7830
Richard T LeeDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4687-1381
Jia LiuSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2217-6982

Funding

Charting human islet maturation via combined soft nanoelectronics and single-cell spatial transcriptomicsDP1DK130673 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, JIA · 2021 to 2025
$4.3M
Complement Activation and Initiation of Heart RegenerationR01HL137710 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, RICHARD T · 2018 to 2021
$1.7M
Molecular Quiescence and Cardiomyocyte MaturationR01HL151684 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, RICHARD T · 2020 to 2023
$1.7M
Immune system evasion of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytesK08HL150335 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GARBERN, JESSICA · 2020 to 2022
$352k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL150335NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137710NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151684NIDDK NIH HHS DP1 DK130673
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical translation of stem cell therapies for heart disease requires electrical integration of transplanted cardiomyocytes. Generation of electrically matured human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) is critical for electrical integration. Here, we found that hiPSC-derived endothelial cells (hiPSC-ECs) promoted the expression of selected maturation markers in hiPSC-CMs. Using tissue-embedded stretchable mesh nanoelectronics, we achieved a long-term stable map of human three-dimensional (3D) cardiac microtissue electrical activity. The results revealed that hiPSC-ECs accelerated the electrical maturation of hiPSC-CMs in 3D cardiac microtissues. Machine learning-based pseudotime trajectory inference of cardiomyocyte electrical signals further revealed the electrical phenotypic transition path during development. Guided by the electrical recording data, single-cell RNA sequencing identified that hiPSC-ECs promoted cardiomyocyte subpopulations with a more mature phenotype, and multiple ligand-receptor interactions were up-regulated between hiPSC-ECs and hiPSC-CMs, revealing a coordinated multifactorial mechanism of hiPSC-CM electrical maturation. Collectively, these findings show that hiPSC-ECs drive hiPSC-CM electrical maturation via multiple intercellular pathways.

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Endothelial CellsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedElectricityHumansMyocytes, Cardiac

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PMID36888704
PMCPMC9995081

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