Retinoic acid induces an atrial-like electrophysiologic signature in hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes via COUP-TFII regulation of calcium handling, supporting their use for atrial fibrillation modeling.
Provides molecular-electrophysiologic profile of RA-guided hiPSC atrial CMs; extends in vitro AF modeling tools but leaves open clinical translation.
Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived atrial cardiomyocytes (CMs) hold great promise for elucidating underlying cellular mechanisms that cause atrial fibrillation (AF). In order to use atrial-like hiPSC-CMs for arrhythmia modeling, it is essential to better understand the molecular and electrophysiological phenotype of these cells. We performed comprehensive molecular, transcriptomic, and electrophysiologic analyses of retinoic acid (RA)-guided hiPSC atrial-like CMs and demonstrate that RA results in differential expression of genes involved in calcium ion homeostasis that directly interact with an RA receptor, chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor 2 (COUP-TFII). We report a mechanism by which RA generates an atrial-like electrophysiologic signature through the downstream regulation of calcium channel gene expression by COUP-TFII and modulation of calcium handling. Collectively, our results provide important insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms that regulate atrial-like hiPSC-CM electrophysiology and support the use of atrial-like CMs derived from hiPSCs to model AF.
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