Issue 20, 2020

Adaptable pulsatile flow generated from stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes using quantitative imaging-based signal transduction

Abstract

Endothelial cells (EC) in vivo are continuously exposed to a mechanical microenvironment from blood flow, and fluidic shear stress plays an important role in EC behavior. New approaches to generate physiologically and pathologically relevant pulsatile flows are needed to understand EC behavior under different shear stress regimes. Here, we demonstrate an adaptable pump (Adapt-Pump) platform for generating pulsatile flows from human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac spheroids (CS) via quantitative imaging-based signal transduction. Pulsatile flows generated from the Adapt-Pump system can recapitulate unique CS contraction characteristics, accurately model responses to clinically relevant drugs, and simulate CS contraction changes in response to fluidic mechanical stimulation. We discovered that ECs differentiated under a long QT syndrome derived pathological pulsatile flow exhibit abnormal EC monolayer organization. This Adapt-Pump platform provides a powerful tool for modeling the cardiovascular system and improving our understanding of EC behavior under different mechanical microenvironments.

Graphical abstract: Adaptable pulsatile flow generated from stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes using quantitative imaging-based signal transduction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 May 2020
Accepted
29 Aug 2020
First published
31 Aug 2020

Lab Chip, 2020,20, 3744-3756

Author version available

Adaptable pulsatile flow generated from stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes using quantitative imaging-based signal transduction

T. Qian, D. A. Gil, E. Contreras Guzman, B. D. Gastfriend, K. E. Tweed, S. P. Palecek and M. C. Skala, Lab Chip, 2020, 20, 3744 DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00546K

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