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Shinnawi, Rami; Shaheen, Naim; Huber, Irit; Shiti, Assad; Arbel, Gil; Gepstein, Amira; Ballan, Nimer; Setter, Noga; Tijsen, Anke J.; Borggrefe, Martin; Gepstein, Lior
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 05/2019, Volume: 73, Issue: 18Journal Article
The short QT syndrome (SQTS) is an inherited arrhythmogenic syndrome characterized by abnormal ion channel function, life-threatening arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. The purpose of this study was to establish a patient-specific human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) model of the SQTS, and to provide mechanistic insights into its pathophysiology and therapy. Patient-specific hiPSCs were generated from a symptomatic SQTS patient carrying the N588K mutation in the KCNH2 gene, differentiated into cardiomyocytes, and compared with healthy and isogenic (established by CRISPR/Cas9-based mutation correction) control hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). Patch-clamp was used to evaluate action-potential (AP) and IKr current properties at the cellular level. Conduction and arrhythmogenesis were studied at the tissue level using confluent 2-dimensional hiPSC-derived cardiac cell sheets (hiPSC-CCSs) and optical mapping. Intracellular recordings demonstrated shortened action-potential duration (APD) and abbreviated refractory period in the SQTS-hiPSC-CMs. Similarly, voltage- and AP-clamp recordings revealed increased IKr current density due to attenuated inactivation, primarily in the AP plateau phase. Optical mapping of the SQTS-hiPSC-CCSs revealed shortened APD, impaired APD-rate adaptation, abbreviated wavelength of excitation, and increased inducibility of sustained spiral waves. Phase-mapping analysis revealed accelerated and stabilized rotors manifested by increased rotor rotation frequency, increased rotor curvature, decreased core meandering, and increased rotor complexity. Application of quinidine and disopyramide, but not sotalol, normalized APD and suppressed arrhythmia induction. A novel hiPSC-based model of the SQTS was established at both the cellular and tissue levels. This model recapitulated the disease phenotype in the culture dish and provided important mechanistic insights into arrhythmia mechanisms in the SQTS and its treatment. Display omitted
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