A novel ionic model for matured and paced atrial-like human iPSC-CMs integrating IKur and IKCa currents
Botti, Sofia
ORCID
Euler Institute (EUL), Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland - Department of Mathematics ‘‘Felice Casorati", University of Pavia, Italy
Bartolucci, ChiaraDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering ‘‘Guglielmo Marconi’’, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
Altomare, ClaudiaCardiovascular Theranostics, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland - Laboratories for Translational Research, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland - Euler Institute (EUL), Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Paci, MichelangeloDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering ‘‘Guglielmo Marconi’’, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
Barile, Lucio
ORCID
Cardiovascular Theranostics, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland - Laboratories for Translational Research, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland - Euler Institute (EUL), Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Krause, Rolf
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Euler Institute (EUL), Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland - Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, UniDistance, Brig, Switzerland
Pavarino, Luca FrancoDepartment of Mathematics ‘‘Felice Casorati", University of Pavia, Italy
Severi, StefanoDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering ‘‘Guglielmo Marconi’’, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
English
This work introduces the first atrial-specific in-silico human induced pluripotent stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) model, based on a set of phenotype-specific and membrane currents. This model is built on novel in-vitro experimental data recently published by some of the co-authors to simulate the paced action potential of matured atrial-like hiPSC-CMs. The model consists of a system of stiff ordinary differential equations depending on several parameters, which have been tuned by automatic optimization techniques to closely match selected experimental biomarkers. The new model effectively simulates the electronic in-vitro hiPSC-CMs maturation process, transitioning from an unstable depolarized membrane diastolic potential to a stable hyperpolarized resting potential, and exhibits spontaneous firing activity in unpaced conditions. Moreover, our model accurately reflects the experimental rate dependence data at different cycle length and demonstrates the expected response to a specific current blocker. This atrial-specific in-silico model provides a novel computational tool for electrophysiological studies of cardiac stem cells and their applications to drug evaluation and atrial fibrillation treatment.