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ArticleBiophotonics discovery2025

Label-free method to monitor metabolism during long-term culture of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes.

Tongcheng Qian, Danielle E Desa, Emmanuel Contreras Guzman, Wenxuan Zhao, Xiaotian Zhang, Sean P Palecek, Melissa C Skala

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Tongcheng QianMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Danielle E DesaMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8975-0526
Emmanuel Contreras GuzmanMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Wenxuan ZhaoMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-1952-6093
Xiaotian ZhangMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Sean P PalecekUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4917-5584
Melissa C SkalaMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6320-7637

Funding

The Center for Label-free Imagingand Multiscale Biophotonics (CLIMB)P41EB031772 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Stephen A Boppart · 2022 to 2026
$7.6M
Label-free single-cell imaging for quality control of cardiomyocyte biomanufacturingR01HL165726 · NHLBI · MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC. · PI Sean P Palecek, Melissa Caroline Skala · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL165726NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance: Human pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) are a powerful tool for drug discovery, and metabolic changes are associated with their long-term culture and maturation. However, the lack of technologies to monitor hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte metabolism during long-term culture presents a major technical bottleneck. Aim: Efforts to monitor Approach: Label-free optical metabolic imaging (OMI) of autofluorescent metabolic coenzymes was performed at multiple time points during the extended culture maturation process. In addition, OMI monitored hPSC-CMs grown on substrates with varying stiffness and on cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells associated with cardiac arrhythmia. OMI was paired with immunofluorescence to validate structural maturation. Results: Single-cell OMI can identify metabolic changes during cardiomyocyte maturation through extended Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that label-free OMI can be used to monitor metabolic changes in hPSC-CMs under varying culture conditions in a rapid, non-destructive manner with single-cell resolution, providing insight into metabolic transitions arising from time in culture, culture conditions, or disease states.

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autofluorescencecardiomyocytelabel-freematurationoptical metabolic imagingstem cell

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PMID40612252
PMCPMC12225635

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