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Integration of mechanical conditioning into a high throughput contractility assay for cardiac safety assessment.

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INDUCTION:Despite increasing acceptance of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) in safety pharmacology, controversy remains about the physiological relevance of existing in vitro models for their mechanical testing. We hypothesize that existing signs of immaturity of the cell models result from an improper mechanical environment. With the presented study, we aimed at validating the newly developed FLEXcyte96 technology with respect to physiological responses of hiPSC-CMs to pharmacological compounds with known inotropic and/or cardiotoxic effects. METHODS:hiPSC-CMs were cultured in a 96-well format on hyperelastic silicone membranes imitating their native mechanical environment. Cardiomyocyte contractility was measured contact-free by application of capacitive displacement sensing of the cell-membrane biohybrids. Acute effects of positive inotropic compounds with distinct mechanisms of action were examined. Additionally, cardiotoxic effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and anthracyclines were repetitively examined during repeated exposure to drug concentrations for up to 5 days. RESULTS:hiPSC-CMs grown on biomimetic membranes displayed increased contractility responses to isoproterenol, S-Bay K8644 and omecamtiv mecarbil without the need for additional stimulation. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib, vandetanib, nilotinib, gefitinib, A-674563 as well as anthracycline idarubicin showed the expected cardiotoxic effects, including negative inotropy and induction of proarrhythmic events. DISCUSSION:We conclude that the FLEXcyte 96 system is a reliable high throughput tool for invitro cardiac contractility research, providing the user with data obtained under physiological conditions which resemble the native environment of human heart tissue. We showed that the results obtained for both acute and sub-chronic compound administration are consistent with the respective physiological responses in humans.

journal_name

J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods

journal_title

Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods

authors

Goßmann M,Linder P,Thomas U,Juhasz K,Lemme M,George M,Fertig N,Dragicevic E,Stoelzle-Feix S

doi

10.1016/j.vascn.2020.106892

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-09-01 00:00:00

pages

106892

eissn

1056-8719

issn

1873-488X

pii

S1056-8719(20)30221-5

journal_volume

105

pub_type

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Integration of mechanical conditioning into a high throughput contractility assay for cardiac safety assessment.