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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Deep immune-phenotyping of HLA-homozygous iPS-cardiomyocytes by spectral flow cytometry.

Nicole Maeding, Deepika Suresh Kundully, Anna Steinhuber, Nils Kriedemann, Carlos A Hernandez-Bautista, Soraia Martins, Sarah Hochmann, Martin Wolf, Wolfgang Mayr, Christof Jungbauer and 5 more

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Nicole MaedingAustrian Red Cross Research, ÖRK, Vienna, Austria.
Deepika Suresh KundullyAustrian Red Cross Research, ÖRK, Vienna, Austria.
Anna SteinhuberCell Therapy Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Nils KriedemannDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG), Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, Research Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Carlos A Hernandez-BautistaDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG), Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, Research Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Soraia MartinsCatalent Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sarah HochmannCell Therapy Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Martin WolfAustrian Red Cross Research, ÖRK, Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang MayrAustrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Vienna, Austria.
Christof JungbauerAustrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Vienna, Austria.
Sebastian DieckeMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
Torsten TonnInstitute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Goethe University Hospital Medical School, Frankfurt, Germany.
Boris GreberCatalent Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Robert ZweigerdtDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG), Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, Research Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Dirk StrunkAustrian Red Cross Research, ÖRK, Vienna, Austria.

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Abstract

Introduction: Immunogenicity of allogeneic human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived transplants limits their applicability in regenerative medicine. Selecting human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-homozygous hiPSC lines could be a mitigation strategy and haplo-matching would profoundly expand the number of potential recipients. Here we show deep immune-phenotyping of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (iPS-CM) differentiated from four independent iPSC lines in three centers under chemically defined conditions. Methods and results: Broad immunophenotyping with 354 antibodies revealed differential expression of 101 immune-related molecules between iPS-CM and the parental hiPSC lines. We selected 54 key immune markers for deep immune-phenotyping by spectral flow cytometry at the single-cell level. We found that HLA-homozygous iPSCMs exhibit an overall stable immune-phenotype across HLA-homozygous and heterozygous hiPSC lines indicating a robust differentiation process. HLA-homozygous iPS-CM displayed significantly reduced HLA-ABC levels compared to heterozygous counterparts with an otherwise conserved immune-phenotype. Upon interferon gamma challenge as a surrogate of immune stress responsiveness, iPS-CM significantly upregulated HLA-ABC, -E, -F, PD-L1, PD-L2 and the 'don't eat me' signal CD47. As a proof-of-concept we used this panel to benchmark iPS-CM differentiation across three production sites in this study. Discussion: The data indicate generally stable immune-phenotype of iPS-CM produced at three different sites and support feasibility of monitoring iPS-CM identity by spectral flow cytometry.

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Flow CytometryHLA AntigensImmunophenotypingInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMyocytes, CardiacCell DifferentiationCell LineHomozygoteHumansHLA AntigenscardiomyocytehiPSCimmunophenotypingregenerative medicinespectral flow cytometrytransplantation immunology

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PMID41716415
PMCPMC12913090

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