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Kobeissi H, Jilberto J, Karakan MÇ, Gao X, DePalma SJ, Das SL, Quach L, Urquia J, Baker BM, Chen CS, Nordsletten D, Lejeune E. MicroBundleCompute: Automated segmentation, tracking, and analysis of subdomain deformation in cardiac microbundles. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298863. [PMID: 38530829 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Advancing human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocyte (hiPSC-CM) technology will lead to significant progress ranging from disease modeling, to drug discovery, to regenerative tissue engineering. Yet, alongside these potential opportunities comes a critical challenge: attaining mature hiPSC-CM tissues. At present, there are multiple techniques to promote maturity of hiPSC-CMs including physical platforms and cell culture protocols. However, when it comes to making quantitative comparisons of functional behavior, there are limited options for reliably and reproducibly computing functional metrics that are suitable for direct cross-system comparison. In addition, the current standard functional metrics obtained from time-lapse images of cardiac microbundle contraction reported in the field (i.e., post forces, average tissue stress) do not take full advantage of the available information present in these data (i.e., full-field tissue displacements and strains). Thus, we present "MicroBundleCompute," a computational framework for automatic quantification of morphology-based mechanical metrics from movies of cardiac microbundles. Briefly, this computational framework offers tools for automatic tissue segmentation, tracking, and analysis of brightfield and phase contrast movies of beating cardiac microbundles. It is straightforward to implement, runs without user intervention, requires minimal input parameter setting selection, and is computationally inexpensive. In this paper, we describe the methods underlying this computational framework, show the results of our extensive validation studies, and demonstrate the utility of exploring heterogeneous tissue deformations and strains as functional metrics. With this manuscript, we disseminate "MicroBundleCompute" as an open-source computational tool with the aim of making automated quantitative analysis of beating cardiac microbundles more accessible to the community.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hiba Kobeissi
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's Health Partners, King's College London, King's Health Partners, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Wang BZ, Nash TR, Zhang X, Rao J, Abriola L, Kim Y, Zakharov S, Kim M, Luo LJ, Morsink M, Liu B, Lock RI, Fleischer S, Tamargo MA, Bohnen M, Welch CL, Chung WK, Marx SO, Surovtseva YV, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Fine BM. Engineered cardiac tissue model of restrictive cardiomyopathy for drug discovery. Cell Rep Med 2023; 4:100976. [PMID: 36921598 PMCID: PMC10040415 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.100976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
Abstract
Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is defined as increased myocardial stiffness and impaired diastolic relaxation leading to elevated ventricular filling pressures. Human variants in filamin C (FLNC) are linked to a variety of cardiomyopathies, and in this study, we investigate an in-frame deletion (c.7416_7418delGAA, p.Glu2472_Asn2473delinAsp) in a patient with RCM. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) with this variant display impaired relaxation and reduced calcium kinetics in 2D culture when compared with a CRISPR-Cas9-corrected isogenic control line. Similarly, mutant engineered cardiac tissues (ECTs) demonstrate increased passive tension and impaired relaxation velocity compared with isogenic controls. High-throughput small-molecule screening identifies phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3) inhibition by trequinsin as a potential therapy to improve cardiomyocyte relaxation in this genotype. Together, these data demonstrate an engineered cardiac tissue model of RCM and establish the translational potential of this precision medicine approach to identify therapeutics targeting myocardial relaxation.
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- Bryan Z Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Yale Center for Molecular Discovery, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Yale Center for Molecular Discovery, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Scalzo S, Afonso MQ, da Fonseca NJ, Jesus IC, Alves AP, Mendonça CAF, Teixeira VP, Biagi D, Cruvinel E, Santos AK, Miranda K, Marques FA, Mesquita ON, Kushmerick C, Campagnole-Santos MJ, Agero U, Guatimosim S. Dense optical flow software to quantify cellular contractility. CELL REPORTS METHODS 2021; 1:100044. [PMID: 35475144 PMCID: PMC9017166 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cell membrane deformation is an important feature that occurs during many physiological processes, and its study has been put to good use to investigate cardiomyocyte function. Several methods have been developed to extract information on cardiomyocyte contractility. However, no existing computational framework has provided, in a single platform, a straightforward approach to acquire, process, and quantify this type of cellular dynamics. For this reason, we develop CONTRACTIONWAVE, high-performance software written in Python programming language that allows the user to process large data image files and obtain contractility parameters by analyzing optical flow from images obtained with videomicroscopy. The software was validated by using neonatal, adult-, and human-induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes, treated or not with drugs known to affect contractility. Results presented indicate that CONTRACTIONWAVE is an excellent tool for examining changes to cardiac cellular contractility in animal models of disease and for pharmacological and toxicology screening during drug discovery.
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- Sérgio Scalzo
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
- Cellular Structure and 3D Bioimaging, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SA Hinxton, UK
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- PluriCell Biotech, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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Image entropy-based label-free functional characterization of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived 3D cardiac spheroids. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 179:113055. [PMID: 33582565 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac spheroids (iPSC-CSs) in 3D possess tremendous potential for treating heart diseases and screening drugs for their cardiac effect. The beating pattern (including beating frequency and amplitude) of iPSC-CSs is a direct indicator of their health and function. However, detecting the beating pattern of 3D cardiac spheroid is not well studied and the probes commonly used for labeling cardiomyocytes for their beating pattern detection is toxic during long-term culture. Here, we reveal that the beating pattern of 3D iPSC-CSs can be conveniently detected/quantified by calculating the relative change of entropy in all the frames/images of non-fluorescent optical signal without labeling any cells. The entropy rate superpixel segmentation method is used for image segmentation in frames containing multiple or aggregated iPSC-CSs to identify individual iPSC-CSs, enabling rapid detection/quantification of the beating pattern of each iPSC-CS. Moreover, the responses of iPSC-CSs to both anticancer and cardiac drugs can be reliably detected with the image entropy-based label-free method in terms of their beating patterns. This novel label-free approach may be valuable for convenient and efficient functional evaluation of 3D and 2D cardiac constructs, which is important not only for drug screening but also the advancement of manufacturing functional cardiac constructs to treat heart diseases.
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Wei X, Zhuang L, Li H, He C, Wan H, Hu N, Wang P. Advances in Multidimensional Cardiac Biosensing Technologies: From Electrophysiology to Mechanical Motion and Contractile Force. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2005828. [PMID: 33230867 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202005828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cardiovascular disease is currently a leading killer to human, while drug-induced cardiotoxicity remains the main cause of the withdrawal and attrition of drugs. Taking clinical correlation and throughput into account, cardiomyocyte is perfect as in vitro cardiac model for heart disease modeling, drug discovery, and cardiotoxicity assessment by accurately measuring the physiological multiparameters of cardiomyocytes. Remarkably, cardiomyocytes present both electrophysiological and biomechanical characteristics due to the unique excitation-contraction coupling, which plays a significant role in studying the cardiomyocytes. This review mainly focuses on the recent advances of biosensing technologies for the 2D and 3D cardiac models with three special properties: electrophysiology, mechanical motion, and contractile force. These high-performance multidimensional cardiac models are popular and effective to rebuild and mimic the heart in vitro. To help understand the high-quality and accurate physiologies, related detection techniques are highly demanded, from microtechnology to nanotechnology, from extracellular to intracellular recording, from multiple cells to single cell, and from planar to 3D models. Furthermore, the characteristics, advantages, limitations, and applications of these cardiac biosensing technologies, as well as the future development prospects should contribute to the systematization and expansion of knowledge.
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- Xinwei Wei
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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Muscular Thin Films for Label-Free Mapping of Excitation Propagation in Cardiac Tissue. Ann Biomed Eng 2020; 48:2425-2437. [PMID: 32314299 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02513-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Muscular thin films (MTFs), have already found a variety of applications in cardiac tissue engineering and in building of lab-on-a-chip systems. Here we present a novel approach to label-free mapping of excitation waves in the cardiomyocyte cell cultures with the use of MTFs. Neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes were cultured on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thin films and observed by means of off-axis illumination. Inflexions of the membrane created by the contraction of cardiomyocytes led to formation of patterns of bright and dark areas on the surface of the membrane. These patterns were recorded and analyzed for the monitoring of the contraction propagation. The method was compared with a standard optical mapping technique based on the use of a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye. A good consistency of the results obtained by these two methods was demonstrated. The proposed method is non-toxic and might be of particular interest for the purpose of continuous monitoring in test systems based on human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Li S, Shi Y, Yao X, Wang X, Shen L, Rao Z, Yuan J, Liu Y, Zhou Z, Zhang Z, Liu F, Han S, Geng J, Yang H, Cheng L. Conversion of Astrocytes and Fibroblasts into Functional Noradrenergic Neurons. Cell Rep 2020; 28:682-697.e7. [PMID: 31315047 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dysfunction of noradrenergic (NA) neurons is associated with a number of neuronal disorders. Diverse neuronal subtypes can be generated by direct reprogramming. However, it is still unknown how to convert non-neuronal cells into NA neurons. Here, we show that seven transcription factors (TFs) (Ascl1, Phox2b, AP-2α, Gata3, Hand2, Nurr1, and Phox2a) are able to convert astrocytes and fibroblasts into induced NA (iNA) neurons. These iNA neurons express the genes required for the biosynthesis, release, and re-uptake of noradrenaline. Moreover, iNA neurons fire action potentials, receive synaptic inputs, and control the beating rate of co-cultured ventricular myocytes. Furthermore, iNA neurons survive and integrate into neural circuits after transplantation. Last, human fibroblasts can be converted into functional iNA neurons as well. Together, iNA neurons are generated by direct reprogramming, and they could be potentially useful for disease modeling and cell-based therapies.
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- Sanlan Li
- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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Okumura S, Hirano Y, Maki Y, Komatsu Y. Analysis of time-course drug response in rat cardiomyocytes cultured on a pattern of islands. Analyst 2019; 143:4083-4089. [PMID: 30083681 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01033a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
We previously reported the kinetics analysis of cardiomyocyte beating using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). In this study, a stage-top incubator and a capillary micropipette (MP) for delivering drugs were assembled with an SECM instrument, and the responses of rat cardiomyocytes were analyzed under a culture environment after drug stimulation. When adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was delivered to synchronously beating cardiomyocytes, the beating acceleration effect of ATP was counteracted by the synchronously beating network in the culture dish. In contrast, cardiomyocytes cultured on a pattern of islands in a culture dish showed fluctuations in the duration of beating upon the addition of ATP. We also examined the effect of the cardiotoxic agent astemizole on cardiomyocytes and successfully detected motion fluctuations. Therefore, drug stimulation via MPs and beating measurement by SECM are effective routes for the evaluation of drug candidates through the analysis of time-course beating motion fluctuations of the cardiomyocytes.
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Park JS, Grijalva SI, Aziz MK, Chi T, Li S, Sayegh MN, Wang A, Cho HC, Wang H. Multi-parametric cell profiling with a CMOS quad-modality cellular interfacing array for label-free fully automated drug screening. LAB ON A CHIP 2018; 18:3037-3050. [PMID: 30168827 PMCID: PMC8513687 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc00156a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cells are complex systems with concurrent multi-physical responses, and cell physiological signals are often encoded with spatiotemporal dynamics and further coupled with multiple cellular activities. However, most existing electronic sensors are only single-modality and cannot capture multi-parametric cellular responses. In this paper, a 1024-pixel CMOS quad-modality cellular interfacing array that enables multi-parametric cell profiling for drug development is presented. The quad-modality CMOS array features cellular impedance characterization, optical detection, extracellular potential recording, and biphasic current stimulation. The fibroblast transparency and surface adhesion are jointly monitored by cellular impedance and optical sensing modalities for comprehensive cell growth evaluation. Simultaneous current stimulation and opto-mechanical monitoring based on cardiomyocytes are demonstrated without any stimulation/sensing dead-zone. Furthermore, drug dose-dependent multi-parametric feature extractions in cardiomyocytes from their extracellular potentials and opto-mechanical signals are presented. The CMOS array demonstrates great potential for fully automated drug screening and drug safety assessments, which may substantially reduce the drug screening time and cost in future new drug development.
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- Jong Seok Park
- The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
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Hoang P, Huebsch N, Bang SH, Siemons BA, Conklin BR, Healy KE, Ma Z, Jacquir S. Quantitatively characterizing drug-induced arrhythmic contractile motions of human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Biotechnol Bioeng 2018; 115:1958-1970. [PMID: 29663322 PMCID: PMC6283051 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Quantification of abnormal contractile motions of cardiac tissue has been a noteworthy challenge and significant limitation in assessing and classifying the drug-induced arrhythmias (i.e., Torsades de pointes). To overcome these challenges, researchers have taken advantage of computational image processing tools to measure contractile motion from cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC-CMs). However, the amplitude and frequency analysis of contractile motion waveforms does not produce sufficient information to objectively classify the degree of variations between two or more sets of cardiac contractile motions. In this paper, we generated contractile motion data from beating hiPSC-CMs using motion tracking software based on optical flow analysis, and then implemented a computational algorithm, phase space reconstruction (PSR), to derive parameters (embedding, regularity, and fractal dimensions) to further characterize the dynamic nature of the cardiac contractile motions. Application of drugs known to cause cardiac arrhythmia induced significant changes to these resultant dimensional parameters calculated from PSR analysis. Integrating this new computational algorithm with the existing analytical toolbox of cardiac contractile motions will allow us to expand current assessments of cardiac tissue physiology into an automated, high-throughput, and quantifiable manner which will allow more objective assessments of drug-induced proarrhythmias.
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- Plansky Hoang
- Department of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, NY, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Material Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Glastone Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Material Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, NY, USA
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- Laboratoire LE2I UMR CNRS 6306, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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Pauwelyn T, Stahl R, Mayo L, Zheng X, Lambrechts A, Janssens S, Lagae L, Reumers V, Braeken D. Reflective lens-free imaging on high-density silicon microelectrode arrays for monitoring and evaluation of in vitro cardiac contractility. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:1827-1841. [PMID: 29675322 PMCID: PMC5905926 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.001827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The high rate of drug attrition caused by cardiotoxicity is a major challenge for drug development. Here, we developed a reflective lens-free imaging (RLFI) approach to non-invasively record in vitro cell deformation in cardiac monolayers with high temporal (169 fps) and non-reconstructed spatial resolution (352 µm) over a field-of-view of maximally 57 mm2. The method is compatible with opaque surfaces and silicon-based devices. Further, we demonstrated that the system can detect the impairment of both contractility and fast excitation waves in cardiac monolayers. Additionally, the RLFI device was implemented on a CMOS-based microelectrode array to retrieve multi-parametric information of cardiac cells, thereby offering more in-depth analysis of drug-induced (cardiomyopathic) effects for preclinical cardiotoxicity screening applications.
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- Thomas Pauwelyn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- imec, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- imec, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, UZ Herestraat 49, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- imec, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Park JS, Aziz MK, Li S, Chi T, Grijalva SI, Sung JH, Cho HC, Wang H. 1024-Pixel CMOS Multimodality Joint Cellular Sensor/Stimulator Array for Real-Time Holistic Cellular Characterization and Cell-Based Drug Screening. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2018; 12:80-94. [PMID: 29377798 PMCID: PMC8552991 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2017.2759220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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This paper presents a fully integrated CMOS multimodality joint sensor/stimulator array with 1024 pixels for real-time holistic cellular characterization and drug screening. The proposed system consists of four pixel groups and four parallel signal-conditioning blocks. Every pixel group contains 16 × 16 pixels, and each pixel includes one gold-plated electrode, four photodiodes, and in-pixel circuits, within a pixel footprint. Each pixel supports real-time extracellular potential recording, optical detection, charge-balanced biphasic current stimulation, and cellular impedance measurement for the same cellular sample. The proposed system is fabricated in a standard 130-nm CMOS process. Rat cardiomyocytes are successfully cultured on-chip. Measured high-resolution optical opacity images, extracellular potential recordings, biphasic current stimulations, and cellular impedance images demonstrate the unique advantages of the system for holistic cell characterization and drug screening. Furthermore, this paper demonstrates the use of optical detection on the on-chip cultured cardiomyocytes to real-time track their cyclic beating pattern and beating rate.
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Development of vascularized iPSC derived 3D-cardiomyocyte tissues by filtration Layer-by-Layer technique and their application for pharmaceutical assays. Acta Biomater 2016; 33:110-21. [PMID: 26821339 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In vitro development of three-dimensional (3D) human cardiomyocyte (CM) tissues derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has long been desired in tissue regeneration and pharmaceutical assays. In particular, in vitro construction of 3D-iPSC-CM tissues with blood capillary networks have attracted much attention because blood capillaries are crucial for nutrient and oxygen supplies for CMs. Blood capillaries in 3D-iPSC-CM tissues will also be important for in vitro toxicity assay of prodrugs because of the signaling interaction between cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells. Here, we report construction of vascularized 3D-iPSC-CM tissues by a newly-discovered filtration-Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique for cells, instead of our previous centrifugation-LbL technique. The filtration-LbL allowed us to fabricate nanometer-sized extracellular matrices (ECM), fibronectin and gelatin (FN-G), films onto iPSC-CM surfaces without any damage and with high yield, although centrifugation-LbL induced physical stress and a lower yield. The fabricated FN-G nanofilms interacted with integrin molecules on the cell membrane to construct 3D-tissues. We found that the introduction of normal human cardiac fibroblasts (NHCFs) into the iPSC-CM tissues modulated organization and synchronous beating depending on NHCF ratios. Moreover, co-culture with normal human cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (NHCMECs) successfully provided blood capillary-like networks in 3D-iPSC-CM tissues, depending on NHCF ratios. The vascularized 3D-iPSC-CM tissues indicated significantly different toxicity responses as compared to 2D-iPSC-CM cells by addition of doxorubicin as a model of a toxic drug. The constructed vascularized 3D-iPSC-CM tissues would be a promising tool for tissue regeneration and drug development. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE In vitro fabrication of vascularized three-dimensional (3D) human cardiomyocyte (CM) tissues derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has attracted much attention owing to their requirement of much amount of nutrition and oxygen, but not yet published. In this manuscript, we report construction of vascularized 3D-iPSC-CM tissues by a newly-discovered filtration-Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique. The filtration-LbL fabricates nanometer-sized fibronectin and gelatin (FN-G) films onto iPSC-CM surfaces. The FN-G nanofilms induce cell-cell interactions via integrin molecules on cell surfaces, leading to construction of 3D-tissues. The constructed vascularized 3D-iPSC-CM tissues would be a promising tool for tissue regeneration and drug development. We believe that this manuscript has a strong impact and offers important suggestions to researchers concerned with biomaterials and tissue engineering.
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Radaszkiewicz KA, Sýkorová D, Karas P, Kudová J, Kohút L, Binó L, Večeřa J, Víteček J, Kubala L, Pacherník J. Simple non-invasive analysis of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes beating in vitro. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:024301. [PMID: 26931869 DOI: 10.1063/1.4941776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The analysis of digital video output enables the non-invasive screening of various active biological processes. For the monitoring and computing of the beating parameters of cardiomyocytes in vitro, CB Analyser (cardiomyocyte beating analyser) software was developed. This software is based on image analysis of the video recording of beating cardiomyocytes. CB Analyser was tested using cardiomyocytes derived from mouse embryonic stem cells at different stages of cardiomyogenesis. We observed that during differentiation (from day 18), the beat peak width decreased, which corresponded to the increased speed of an individual pulse. However, the beating frequency did not change. Further, the effects of epinephrine modulating mature cardiomyocyte functions were tested to validate the CB Analyser analysis. In conclusion, data show that CB Analyser is a useful tool for evaluating the functions of both developing and mature cardiomyocytes under various conditions in vitro.
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Biomedical Image Analysis, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Research Center for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics ASCR v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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ESPULGAR WV, SAITO M, LEE JK, YAMAGUCHI Y, TAMIYA E. Non-invasive Video Image-based Analysis Method Coupled to Field Potential Recording for Evaluation of the Drug-induced Effect in Cardiac Tissue. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.84.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- Institute of Photonics and Bio-Medicine (IPBM), Graduate School of Science, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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Espulgar W, Aoki W, Ikeuchi T, Mita D, Saito M, Lee JK, Tamiya E. Centrifugal microfluidic platform for single-cell level cardiomyocyte-based drug profiling and screening. LAB ON A CHIP 2015. [PMID: 26215661 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc00652j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Drug screening and profiling is an important phase in drug discovery, development, and marketing. However, some profiling tests are not routinely done because of the needed additional technical skills and costly maintenance, which leads to cases of unexpected side effects or adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This study presents the design and operation of a microfluidic chip for single-cell level drug screening and profiling as an alternative platform for this purpose. Centrifugation was utilized to trap isolated single and groups of primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes in the same chip. In the off-spin operation of the chip, the cells can be observed under a microscope and movies of the beat motion can be recorded. The beat profiles of the cells were generated by image correlation analysis of the recorded video to study the contractile characteristics (beating rate, beating strength, and inter-beat duration). By utilizing this non-invasive tool, long term continuous monitoring, right after trapping, was made possible and cell growth and dynamics were successfully observed in the chip. Media and liquid replacement does not require further centrifugation but instead utilizes capillary flow only. The effect of carbachol (100 μM) and isoproterenol (4 μg mL(-1)) on single cells and groups of cells was demonstrated and the feature for immunostaining (β-actin) applicability of the chip was revealed. Furthermore, these findings can be helpful for the headway of non-invasive profiling of cardiomyocytes and for future chip design and operation of high-throughput lab-on-a-chip devices.
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- W Espulgar
- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Bergström G, Christoffersson J, Schwanke K, Zweigerdt R, Mandenius CF. Stem cell derived in vivo-like human cardiac bodies in a microfluidic device for toxicity testing by beating frequency imaging. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:3242-9. [PMID: 26135270 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc00449g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Beating in vivo-like human cardiac bodies (CBs) were used in a microfluidic device for testing cardiotoxicity. The CBs, cardiomyocyte cell clusters derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, exhibited typical structural and functional properties of the native human myocardium. The CBs were captured in niches along a perfusion channel in the device. Video imaging was utilized for automatic monitoring of the beating frequency of each individual CB. The device allowed assessment of cardiotoxic effects of drug substances doxorubicin, verapamil and quinidine on the 3D clustered cardiomyocytes. Beating frequency data recorded over a period of 6 hours are presented and compared to literature data. The results indicate that this microfluidic setup with imaging of CB characteristics provides a new opportunity for label-free, non-invasive investigation of toxic effects in a 3D microenvironment.
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- Gunnar Bergström
- Division of Biotechnology, Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
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Lee EK, Kurokawa YK, Tu R, George SC, Khine M. Machine learning plus optical flow: a simple and sensitive method to detect cardioactive drugs. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11817. [PMID: 26139150 PMCID: PMC4490343 DOI: 10.1038/srep11817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Current preclinical screening methods do not adequately detect cardiotoxicity. Using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPS-CMs), more physiologically relevant preclinical or patient-specific screening to detect potential cardiotoxic effects of drug candidates may be possible. However, one of the persistent challenges for developing a high-throughput drug screening platform using iPS-CMs is the need to develop a simple and reliable method to measure key electrophysiological and contractile parameters. To address this need, we have developed a platform that combines machine learning paired with brightfield optical flow as a simple and robust tool that can automate the detection of cardiomyocyte drug effects. Using three cardioactive drugs of different mechanisms, including those with primarily electrophysiological effects, we demonstrate the general applicability of this screening method to detect subtle changes in cardiomyocyte contraction. Requiring only brightfield images of cardiomyocyte contractions, we detect changes in cardiomyocyte contraction comparable to – and even superior to – fluorescence readouts. This automated method serves as a widely applicable screening tool to characterize the effects of drugs on cardiomyocyte function.
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- Eugene K Lee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Statistics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93410
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- 1] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 [2] Department of Energy, Environment, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- 1] Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 [2] Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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Maddah M, Heidmann JD, Mandegar MA, Walker CD, Bolouki S, Conklin BR, Loewke KE. A non-invasive platform for functional characterization of stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes with applications in cardiotoxicity testing. Stem Cell Reports 2015; 4:621-31. [PMID: 25801505 PMCID: PMC4400609 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We present a non-invasive method to characterize the function of pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes based on video microscopy and image analysis. The platform, called Pulse, generates automated measurements of beating frequency, beat duration, amplitude, and beat-to-beat variation based on motion analysis of phase-contrast images captured at a fast frame rate. Using Pulse, we demonstrate recapitulation of drug effects in stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes without the use of exogenous labels and show that our platform can be used for high-throughput cardiotoxicity drug screening and studying physiologically relevant phenotypes. Non-invasive characterization of cardiomyocytes using video motion analysis Assessment of single-cell, monolayer, or tissue cardiomyocytes in standard plates Drug screening by a label-free, contact-free imaging assay
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- Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Departments of Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Huebsch N, Loskill P, Mandegar MA, Marks NC, Sheehan AS, Ma Z, Mathur A, Nguyen TN, Yoo JC, Judge LM, Spencer CI, Chukka AC, Russell CR, So PL, Conklin BR, Healy KE. Automated Video-Based Analysis of Contractility and Calcium Flux in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Cultured over Different Spatial Scales. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2015; 21:467-79. [PMID: 25333967 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2014.0283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Contractile motion is the simplest metric of cardiomyocyte health in vitro, but unbiased quantification is challenging. We describe a rapid automated method, requiring only standard video microscopy, to analyze the contractility of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPS-CM). New algorithms for generating and filtering motion vectors combined with a newly developed isogenic iPSC line harboring genetically encoded calcium indicator, GCaMP6f, allow simultaneous user-independent measurement and analysis of the coupling between calcium flux and contractility. The relative performance of these algorithms, in terms of improving signal to noise, was tested. Applying these algorithms allowed analysis of contractility in iPS-CM cultured over multiple spatial scales from single cells to three-dimensional constructs. This open source software was validated with analysis of isoproterenol response in these cells, and can be applied in future studies comparing the drug responsiveness of iPS-CM cultured in different microenvironments in the context of tissue engineering.
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- Nathaniel Huebsch
- 1 Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease , San Francisco, California
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Ikeuchi T, Espulgar W, Shimizu E, Saito M, Lee JK, Dou X, Yamaguchi Y, Tamiya E. Optical microscopy imaging for the diagnosis of the pharmacological reaction of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (mESC-CMs). Analyst 2015; 140:6500-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an01144b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Quantitative diagnosis of pharmacological chronotropic reactions on mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (mESC-CMs) was successfully performed by utilizing derivative imaging analysis on recorded videos.
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- Tomohiko Ikeuchi
- Department of Applied Physics
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Photonics and Bio-medical Research Institute
- Department of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)
- Shanghai
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- Department of Applied Physics
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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Image-based evaluation of contraction–relaxation kinetics of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: Correlation and complementarity with extracellular electrophysiology. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2014; 77:178-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ting S, Liew SJ, Japson F, Shang F, Chong WK, Reuveny S, Tham JY, Li X, Oh S. Time‐resolved video analysis and management system for monitoring cardiomyocyte differentiation processes and toxicology assays. Biotechnol J 2014; 9:675-83. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Sherwin Ting
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Institute of Infocomm Research, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Institute of Infocomm Research, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Institute of Infocomm Research, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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Chen A, Lee E, Tu R, Santiago K, Grosberg A, Fowlkes C, Khine M. Integrated platform for functional monitoring of biomimetic heart sheets derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Biomaterials 2014; 35:675-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lan F, Lee AS, Liang P, Sanchez-Freire V, Nguyen PK, Wang L, Han L, Yen M, Wang Y, Sun N, Abilez OJ, Hu S, Ebert AD, Navarrete EG, Simmons CS, Wheeler M, Pruitt B, Lewis R, Yamaguchi Y, Ashley EA, Bers DM, Robbins RC, Longaker MT, Wu JC. Abnormal calcium handling properties underlie familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy pathology in patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2013; 12:101-13. [PMID: 23290139 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 488] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a prevalent hereditary cardiac disorder linked to arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. While the causes of HCM have been identified as genetic mutations in the cardiac sarcomere, the pathways by which sarcomeric mutations engender myocyte hypertrophy and electrophysiological abnormalities are not understood. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying HCM development, we generated patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) from a ten-member family cohort carrying a hereditary HCM missense mutation (Arg663His) in the MYH7 gene. Diseased iPSC-CMs recapitulated numerous aspects of the HCM phenotype including cellular enlargement and contractile arrhythmia at the single-cell level. Calcium (Ca(2+)) imaging indicated dysregulation of Ca(2+) cycling and elevation in intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) are central mechanisms for disease pathogenesis. Pharmacological restoration of Ca(2+) homeostasis prevented development of hypertrophy and electrophysiological irregularities. We anticipate that these findings will help elucidate the mechanisms underlying HCM development and identify novel therapies for the disease.
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- Feng Lan
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Hayakawa T, Kunihiro T, Dowaki S, Uno H, Matsui E, Uchida M, Kobayashi S, Yasuda A, Shimizu T, Okano T. Noninvasive Evaluation of Contractile Behavior of Cardiomyocyte Monolayers Based on Motion Vector Analysis. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2012; 18:21-32. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2011.0273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Tomohiro Hayakawa
- Life Science Laboratory, Advanced Material Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Signal Processing Technology Department No. 1, Common Technology Division, Technology Development Group, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Life Science Laboratory, Advanced Material Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Life Science Laboratory, Advanced Material Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Life Science Laboratory, Advanced Material Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Signal Processing Technology Department No. 1, Common Technology Division, Technology Development Group, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Signal Processing Technology Department No. 1, Common Technology Division, Technology Development Group, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Life Science Laboratory, Advanced Material Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, TWIns, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, TWIns, Tokyo, Japan
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El-Hagrasy MA, Shimizu E, Saito M, Yamaguchi Y, Tamiya E. Discrimination of primitive endoderm in embryoid bodies by Raman microspectroscopy. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 402:1073-81. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5554-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Revised: 10/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Sathuluri RR, Yoshikawa H, Shimizu E, Saito M, Tamiya E. Gold nanoparticle-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering for noninvasive molecular probing of embryonic stem cell differentiation. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22802. [PMID: 21829653 PMCID: PMC3150363 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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This study reports the use of gold nanoparticle-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for probing the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells, including undifferentiated single cells, embryoid bodies (EBs), and terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were successfully delivered into all 3 mES cell differentiation stages without affecting cell viability or proliferation. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed the localization of GNPs inside the following cell organelles: mitochondria, secondary lysosome, and endoplasmic reticulum. Using bright- and dark-field imaging, the bright scattering of GNPs and nanoaggregates in all 3 ES cell differentiation stages could be visualized. EB (an early differentiation stage) and terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes both showed SERS peaks specific to metabolic activity in the mitochondria and to protein translation (amide I, amide II, and amide III peaks). These peaks have been rarely identified in undifferentiated single ES cells. Spatiotemporal changes observed in the SERS spectra from terminally differentiated cardiomyocyte tissues revealed local and dynamic molecular interactions as well as transformations during ES cell differentiation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ramachandra Rao Sathuluri
- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (RRS); (ET)
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
- Photonics Advanced Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (RRS); (ET)
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Video Evaluation of the Kinematics and Dynamics of the Beating Cardiac Syncytium: An Alternative to the Langendorff Method. Int J Artif Organs 2011; 34:546-58. [DOI: 10.5301/ijao.2011.8510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Many important observations and discoveries in heart physiology have been made possible using the isolated heart method of Langendorff. Nevertheless, the Langendorff method has some limitations and disadvantages such as the vulnerability of the excised heart to contusions and injuries, the probability of preconditioning during instrumentation, the possibility of inducing tissue edema, and high oxidative stress, leading to the deterioration of the contractile function. To avoid these drawbacks associated with the use of a whole heart, we alternatively used beating mouse cardiac syncytia cultured in vitro in order to assess possible ergotropic, chronotropic, and inotropic effects of drugs. To achieve this aim, we developed a method based on image processing analysis to evaluate the kinematics and the dynamics of the drug-stimulated beating syncytia starting from the video recording of their contraction movement. In this manner, in comparison with the physiological no-drug condition, we observed progressive positive ergotropic, positive chronotropic, and positive inotropic effects of 10 μM isoproterenol (β-adrenergic agonist) and early positive ergotropic, negative chronotropic, and positive inotropic effects of 10 μM phenylephrine (α-adrenergic agonist), followed by a late phase with negative ergotropic, positive chronotropic, and negative inotropic trends. Our method permitted a systematic study of in vitro beating syncytia, producing results consistent with previous works. Consequently, it could be used in in vitro studies of beating cardiac patches, as an alternative to Langendorff's heart in biochemical and pharmacological studies, and especially when the Langendorff technique is inapplicable (e.g., in studies about human cardiac syncytium in physiological and pathological conditions, patient-tailored therapeutics, and syncytium models derived from induced pluripotent/embryonic stem cells with genetic mutations). Furthermore, the method could be helpful in heart tissue engineering and bioartificial heart research to “engineer the heart piece by piece.” In particular, the proposed method could be useful in the identification of a suitable cell source, in the development and testing of “smart” biomaterials, and in the design and use of novel bioreactors and microperfusion systems.
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