2022
Transcriptional Dysregulation Underlies Both Monogenic Arrhythmia Syndrome and Common Modifiers of Cardiac Repolarization
Bersell K, Yang T, Mosley J, Glazer A, Hale A, Kryshtal D, Kim K, Steimle J, Brown J, Salem J, Campbell C, Hong C, Wells Q, Johnson A, Short L, Blair M, Behr E, Petropoulou E, Jamshidi Y, Benson M, Keyes M, Ngo D, Vasan R, Yang Q, Gerszten R, Shaffer C, Parikh S, Sheng Q, Kannankeril P, Moskowitz I, York J, Wang T, Knollmann B, Roden D. Transcriptional Dysregulation Underlies Both Monogenic Arrhythmia Syndrome and Common Modifiers of Cardiac Repolarization. Circulation 2022, 147: 824-840. PMID: 36524479, PMCID: PMC9992308, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.122.062193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlatelet-derived growth factorInduced pluripotent stem cellsBrugada syndromeArrhythmia syndromesSerum platelet-derived growth factorSodium currentGeneral transcriptional mechanismFramingham Heart Study cohortPI3KPDGF receptor expressionLate sodium currentCardiac sodium currentCardiac transcription factorsSmall molecule perturbationsCurrent-clamp experimentsCardiac sodium channel geneSodium channel geneFramingham Heart StudyMurine model systemPluripotent stem cellsMonogenic arrhythmia syndromesReceptor blockadeElectrophysiologic abnormalitiesQTc intervalStudy cohort
2017
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-linked mutation in troponin T causes myofibrillar disarray and pro-arrhythmic action potential changes in human iPSC cardiomyocytes
Wang L, Kim K, Parikh S, Cadar AG, Bersell KR, He H, Pinto JR, Kryshtal DO, Knollmann BC. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-linked mutation in troponin T causes myofibrillar disarray and pro-arrhythmic action potential changes in human iPSC cardiomyocytes. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2017, 114: 320-327. PMID: 29217433, PMCID: PMC5800960, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyofilament Ca sensitivityHiPSC-CMsControl hiPSC-CMsCa handlingTroponin TAction potentialsAction potential triangulationPro-arrhythmic changesCa sensitivityHuman ventricular action potentialCardiac troponin TAction potential changesIntracellular Ca transientsVentricular action potentialHuman iPSC-cardiomyocytesRod-shaped cardiomyocytesCardiac action potentialDiastolic dysfunctionImpaired relaxationSystolic functionVentricular arrhythmiasHypertrophic cardiomyopathySudden deathArrhythmia riskCardiac hypertrophy