Human-induced pluripotent stem cell models of inherited cardiomyopathies

Curr Opin Cardiol. 2014 May;29(3):214-9. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000049.

Abstract

Purpose of review: This article provides an overview of the latest advances in in-vitro modeling of inherited cardiomyopathies using human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

Recent findings: Inherited cardiomyopathies have been recently modeled by generating iPSCs from patients harboring mutations in genes associated with the pathogenesis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia.

Summary: Patient-specific iPSCs and their differentiated cardiomyocytes (induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes) now provide a novel model to study the underlying molecular mechanism of the pathogenesis of familial cardiomyopathies as well as for in-vitro drug screening and drug discovery.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia* / drug therapy
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia* / etiology
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia* / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / congenital
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / drug therapy
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Familial* / drug therapy
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Familial* / etiology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Familial* / pathology
  • Drug Discovery / methods
  • Drug Discovery / trends
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques / methods
  • In Vitro Techniques / trends
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells* / drug effects
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells* / pathology
  • Models, Cardiovascular
  • Myocytes, Cardiac* / drug effects
  • Myocytes, Cardiac* / pathology