Borbein Willem, Dahmlos Lukas, Saleem Umber, Reinsch Marina, Braren Ingke, Schulze Thomas, Klampe Birgit, Cuello Friederike, Stenzig Justus, Eschenhagen Thomas, Hansen Arne
Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Berlin, Germany.
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2025 Jul 28;13:1627985. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1627985. eCollection 2025.
The phospholamban (PLN) R14del genetic variant causes dilated cardiomyopathy. Previous studies suggest involvement of the ER stress response and impairment of ER-related signaling pathways such as autophagy. In this study, human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes (CMs) from an unrelated control subject, a PLN-R14del patient, and a corresponding isogenic control were transduced with adeno-associated virus serotype 6 (AAV6) encoding the endoplasmic reticulum calcium sensor CEPIAer. Indicator compounds for the modulation of ER calcium homeostasis showed similar characteristic effects on CEPIAer fluorescence intensity in engineered heart tissues (EHTs) from all three cell lines, validating CEPIAer fluorescence intensity as a surrogate for ER calcium loading. Cytoplasmic calcium loading induced by high extracellular calcium concentration revealed subtle alterations in PLN-R14del that were consistent with higher ER calcium loading. FACS analyses of dissociated cardiomyocytes confirmed higher ER calcium load. Taken together, this study provides evidence for altered ER calcium loading as a new disease mechanism in PLN-R14del cardiomyopathy.
磷酸受磷蛋白(PLN)R14del基因变异会导致扩张型心肌病。先前的研究表明内质网应激反应以及自噬等内质网相关信号通路受损与之有关。在本研究中,用编码内质网钙传感器CEPIAer的腺相关病毒血清型6(AAV6)转导来自一名无关对照受试者、一名PLN-R14del患者以及相应同基因对照的人诱导多能干细胞(hiPSC)衍生的心肌细胞(CM)。用于调节内质网钙稳态的指示剂化合物对来自所有三种细胞系的工程心脏组织(EHT)中的CEPIAer荧光强度显示出相似的特征性影响,证实CEPIAer荧光强度可作为内质网钙负荷的替代指标。高细胞外钙浓度诱导的细胞质钙负荷显示PLN-R14del存在细微变化,这与较高的内质网钙负荷一致。对解离的心肌细胞进行的流式细胞术分析证实内质网钙负荷较高。综上所述,本研究为内质网钙负荷改变作为PLN-R14del心肌病的一种新的疾病机制提供了证据。