Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy dysfunction mimicked in human engineered heart tissue and improved by sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology..

AIMS: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiomyopathy, often caused by pathogenic sarcomere mutations. Early characteristics of HCM are diastolic dysfunction and hypercontractility. Treatment to prevent mutation-induced cardiac dysfunction is lacking. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a group of antidiabetic drugs that recently showed beneficial cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acquired forms of heart failure. We here studied if SGLT2i represent a potential therapy to correct cardiomyocyte dysfunction induced by an HCM sarcomere mutation.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Contractility was measured of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) harbouring an HCM mutation cultured in 2D and in 3D engineered heart tissue (EHT). Mutations in the gene encoding β-myosin heavy chain (MYH7-R403Q) or cardiac troponin T (TNNT2-R92Q) were investigated. In 2D, intracellular [Ca2+], action potential and ion currents were determined. HCM mutations in hiPSC-CMs impaired relaxation or increased force, mimicking early features observed in human HCM. SGLT2i enhance the relaxation of hiPSC-CMs, to a larger extent in HCM compared to control hiPSC-CMs. Moreover, SGLT2i-effects on relaxation in R403Q EHT increased with culture duration, i.e. hiPSC-CMs maturation. Canagliflozin's effects on relaxation were more pronounced than empagliflozin and dapagliflozin. SGLT2i acutely altered Ca2+ handling in HCM hiPSC-CMs. Analyses of SGLT2i-mediated mechanisms that may underlie enhanced relaxation in mutant hiPSC-CMs excluded SGLT2, Na+/H+ exchanger, peak and late Nav1.5 currents, and L-type Ca2+ current, but indicate an important role for the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. Indeed, electrophysiological measurements in mutant hiPSC-CM indicate that SGLT2i altered Na+/Ca2+ exchange current.

CONCLUSION: SGLT2i (canagliflozin > dapagliflozin > empagliflozin) acutely enhance relaxation in human EHT, especially in HCM and upon prolonged culture. SGLT2i may represent a potential therapy to correct early cardiac dysfunction in HCM.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular research - 120(2024), 3 vom: 14. März, Seite 301-317

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wijnker, Paul J M [VerfasserIn]
Dinani, Rafeeh [VerfasserIn]
van der Laan, Nico C [VerfasserIn]
Algül, Sila [VerfasserIn]
Knollmann, Bjorn C [VerfasserIn]
Verkerk, Arie O [VerfasserIn]
Remme, Carol Ann [VerfasserIn]
Zuurbier, Coert J [VerfasserIn]
Kuster, Diederik W D [VerfasserIn]
van der Velden, Jolanda [VerfasserIn]

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Benzhydryl Compounds
Ca2+ handling
Calcium
Canagliflozin
Contractility
Dapagliflozin
Empagliflozin
Engineered heart tissue
Glucose
Glucosides
HDC1R2M35U
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Sodium
Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors
Troponin T

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 13.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cvr/cvae004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367311399