title: Biphasic electrical field stimulation aids in tissue engineering of multicell-type cardiac organoids.
abstract: The main objectives of current work were (1) to compare the effects of monophasic or biphasic electrical field stimulation on structure and function of engineered cardiac organoids based on enriched cardiomyocytes (CM) and (2) to determine if electrical field stimulation will enhance electrical excitability of cardiac organoids based on multiple cell types. Organoids resembling cardiac myofibers were cultivated in Matrigel-coated microchannels fabricated of poly(ethylene glycol)-diacrylate. We found that field stimulation using symmetric biphasic square pulses at 2.5 V/cm, 1 Hz, 1 ms (per pulse phase) was an improved stimulation protocol, as compared to no stimulation and stimulation using monophasic square pulses of identical total amplitude and duration (5 V/cm, 1 Hz, 2 ms). This was supported by the highest success rate for synchronous contractions, low excitation threshold, the highest cell density, and the highest expression of Connexin-43 in the biphasic group. Subsequently, enriched CM were seeded on the networks of (1) cardiac fibroblasts (FB), (2) D4T endothelial cells (EC), or (3) a mixture of FB and EC that were precultured for 2 days prior to the addition of enriched CM. Biphasic field stimulation was also effective at improving electrical excitability of these cardiac organoids by improving the three-dimensional organization of the cells, increasing cellular elongation and enhancing Connexin-43 presence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Loraine L Y
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Rohin K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: John-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radisic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival; D018031:Connexin 43 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051379:Mice; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009940:Organoids / Q000166:cytology*; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018031:Connexin 43
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