title: Identification and purification of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived atrial-like cardiomyocytes based on sarcolipin expression.
abstract: The use of human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes to study atrial biology and disease has been restricted by the lack of a reliable method for stem cell-derived atrial cell labeling and purification. The goal of this study was to generate an atrial-specific reporter construct to identify and purify human stem cell-derived atrial-like cardiomyocytes. We have created a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) reporter construct in which fluorescence is driven by expression of the atrial-specific gene sarcolipin (SLN). When purified using flow cytometry, cells with high fluorescence specifically express atrial genes and display functional calcium handling and electrophysiological properties consistent with atrial cardiomyocytes. Our data indicate that SLN can be used as a marker to successfully monitor and isolate hiPSC-derived atrial-like cardiomyocytes. These purified cells may find many applications, including in the study of atrial-specific pathologies and chamber-specific lineage development.
authors.affiliation: The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Josowitz
authors.affiliation: The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falce
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Sunita L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: D'Souza
authors.affiliation: The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America; Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ninette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America; Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Nicole C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.affiliation: The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America; Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Sobie
authors.affiliation: The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America; Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Glenn I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.affiliation: The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America; Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America; Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gelb
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D015870:Gene Expression; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology*; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011510:Proteolipids; C077258:sarcolipin; D002118:Calcium