Impedance-based measurement is a useful tool for assessing the contractility of plated cardiomyocytes in the context of early preclinical cardiosafety assessment. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSCs) can be used for this purpose as these cells display similar electrochemical properties to primary cardiomyocytes and beat reliably and in synchronicity in culture. Here we describe a method for measuring the contractility of iPSCs using the xCELLigence RTCA impedance measurement system.
Keywords: Cardiosafety; Contractility measurement; Impedance; iCells cardiomyocytes; iPSC cardiomyocytes.