Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology

Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) have applications in disease modeling, cell therapy, drug screening and personalized medicine. Computational models can be used to interpret experimental findings in iPSC-CMs, provide mechanistic insights, and translate these find...

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Main Authors: Lei, Chon-Lok, Wang, Ken, Clerx, Michael, Johnstone, Ross H., Hortigon-Vinagre, Maria P., Zamora, Victor, Allan, Andrew, Smith, Godfrey L., Gavaghan, David J., Mirams, Gary R., Polonchuk, Liudmila
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author Lei, Chon-Lok
Wang, Ken
Clerx, Michael
Johnstone, Ross H.
Hortigon-Vinagre, Maria P.
Zamora, Victor
Allan, Andrew
Smith, Godfrey L.
Gavaghan, David J.
Mirams, Gary R.
Polonchuk, Liudmila
author_facet Lei, Chon-Lok
Wang, Ken
Clerx, Michael
Johnstone, Ross H.
Hortigon-Vinagre, Maria P.
Zamora, Victor
Allan, Andrew
Smith, Godfrey L.
Gavaghan, David J.
Mirams, Gary R.
Polonchuk, Liudmila
author_sort Lei, Chon-Lok
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) have applications in disease modeling, cell therapy, drug screening and personalized medicine. Computational models can be used to interpret experimental findings in iPSC-CMs, provide mechanistic insights, and translate these findings to adult cardiomyocyte (CM) electrophysiology. However, different cell lines display different expression of ion channels, pumps and receptors, and show differences in electrophysiology. In this exploratory study, we use a mathematical model based on iPSC-CMs from Cellular Dynamic International (CDI, iCell), and compare its predictions to novel experimental recordings made with the Axiogenesis Cor.4U line. We show that tailoring this model to the specific cell line, even using limited data and a relatively simple approach, leads to improved predictions of baseline behavior and response to drugs. This demonstrates the need and the feasibility to tailor models to individual cell lines, although a more refined approach will be needed to characterize individual currents, address differences in ion current kinetics, and further improve these results.
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spelling nottingham-486682020-05-04T19:22:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48668/ Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology Lei, Chon-Lok Wang, Ken Clerx, Michael Johnstone, Ross H. Hortigon-Vinagre, Maria P. Zamora, Victor Allan, Andrew Smith, Godfrey L. Gavaghan, David J. Mirams, Gary R. Polonchuk, Liudmila Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) have applications in disease modeling, cell therapy, drug screening and personalized medicine. Computational models can be used to interpret experimental findings in iPSC-CMs, provide mechanistic insights, and translate these findings to adult cardiomyocyte (CM) electrophysiology. However, different cell lines display different expression of ion channels, pumps and receptors, and show differences in electrophysiology. In this exploratory study, we use a mathematical model based on iPSC-CMs from Cellular Dynamic International (CDI, iCell), and compare its predictions to novel experimental recordings made with the Axiogenesis Cor.4U line. We show that tailoring this model to the specific cell line, even using limited data and a relatively simple approach, leads to improved predictions of baseline behavior and response to drugs. This demonstrates the need and the feasibility to tailor models to individual cell lines, although a more refined approach will be needed to characterize individual currents, address differences in ion current kinetics, and further improve these results. Frontiers Research Foundation 2017-12-12 Article PeerReviewed Lei, Chon-Lok, Wang, Ken, Clerx, Michael, Johnstone, Ross H., Hortigon-Vinagre, Maria P., Zamora, Victor, Allan, Andrew, Smith, Godfrey L., Gavaghan, David J., Mirams, Gary R. and Polonchuk, Liudmila (2017) Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology. Frontiers in Physiology, 8 . 986/1-986/13. ISSN 1664-042X cardiomyocytes stem cell derived electrophysiology mathematical model pharmacology variability computational model https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00986/full doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00986 doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00986
spellingShingle cardiomyocytes
stem cell derived
electrophysiology
mathematical model
pharmacology
variability
computational model
Lei, Chon-Lok
Wang, Ken
Clerx, Michael
Johnstone, Ross H.
Hortigon-Vinagre, Maria P.
Zamora, Victor
Allan, Andrew
Smith, Godfrey L.
Gavaghan, David J.
Mirams, Gary R.
Polonchuk, Liudmila
Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
title Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
title_full Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
title_fullStr Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
title_full_unstemmed Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
title_short Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
title_sort tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology
topic cardiomyocytes
stem cell derived
electrophysiology
mathematical model
pharmacology
variability
computational model
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