1. Effects of Serum and Compound Preparation Methods on Delayed Repolarization Evaluation With Human iPSC-CMs.
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Wei, Feng, Pence, Lisa, Woodling, Kellie, Bagam, Prathyusha, Beger, Richard, Costa, Goncalo Gamboa da, and Pang, Li
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PLURIPOTENT stem cells ,BIOAVAILABILITY ,SERUM-free culture media ,DRUG bioavailability ,PROARRHYTHMIA ,HYDROPHOBIC compounds ,HUMAN beings - Abstract
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) have been widely used in the Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay (CiPA). The notable difference of the electrophysiological (EP) responses of hiPSC-CMs in serum and serum-free media (SFM) is puzzling and may impact regulatory decision-making on the cardiac safety of candidate drugs in inducing QT prolongation and torsade de pointes (TdP). In this study, we compared the EP responses of hiPSC-CMs to 10 CiPA compounds and moxifloxacin in serum and SFM; explained the potential reason behind the different EP responses—abiotic compound loss to plastic tubes/plates of hydrophobic compounds prepared in SFM; and investigated the impact of compound preparation methods on drug bioavailability in exposure media, which affects the TdP risk prediction of drugs tested in serum-containing and SFM. For assays to be conducted in SFM, awareness of abiotic compound loss of hydrophobic compounds in serum-free preparations is critical for delay repolarization evaluation and data extrapolation from in vitro to in vivo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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