Abstract
The study of human cardiomyopathies and the development and testing of new therapies has long been limited by the availability of appropriate in vitro model systems. Cardiomyocytes are highly specialized cells whose internal structure and contractile function are sensitive to the local microenvironment and the combination of mechanical and biochemical cues they receive. The complementary technologies of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) derived cardiomyocytes (CMs) and microphysiological systems (MPS) allow for precise control of the genetics and microenvironment of human cells in in vitro contexts. These combined systems also enable quantitative measurement of mechanical function and intracellular organization. This review describes relevant factors in the myocardium microenvironment that affect CM structure and mechanical function and demonstrates the application of several engineered microphysiological systems for studying development, disease, and drug discovery.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-15 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology |
Volume | 144 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the American Heart Association [ AHA 17CSA33590101 ], the National Science Foundation [ NSF CMMI 1662431 ; GRFP], the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [Ford Foundation Fellowship] and the National Institutes of Health [ NIH 1R21HL13099301 ; TIMBS T32 ] and SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowship grant: [ P2SKP2 _164954 ].
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the American Heart Association [AHA 17CSA33590101], the National Science Foundation [NSF CMMI 1662431; GRFP], the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [Ford Foundation Fellowship] and the National Institutes of Health [NIH 1R21HL13099301; TIMBS T32] and SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowship grant: [P2SKP2_164954].
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Cardiac mechanobiology
- Drug discovery
- Heart-on-a-chip
- Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs)
- In vitro cardiac model
- Microphysiological systems (MPS)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology