TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of acute and chronic toxicity of doxorubicin in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
AU - Louisse, Jochem
AU - Wüst, Rob C I
AU - Pistollato, Francesca
AU - Palosaari, Taina
AU - Barilari, Manuela
AU - Macko, Peter
AU - Bremer, Susanne
AU - Prieto, Pilar
N1 - Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - The present study assesses acute and chronic toxicity of doxorubicin in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs), with the aim to obtain in vitro biomarkers that can be used as readouts to predict in vivo cardiotoxicity. Possible acute toxicity was investigated by assessing effects on the beating rate and the field potential duration (FPD) of doxorubicin-exposed cardiomyocytes by measuring electrical activity using multi-electrode array (MEA) analyses. No effects on the beating rate and FPD were found at concentrations up to 6μM, whereas at 12μM no electrical activity was recorded, indicating that the cardiomyocytes stopped beating. Acute and chronic effects of doxorubicin on mitochondria, which have been reported to be affected in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, were assessed using high content imaging techniques. To this end hiPSC-CMs were exposed to 150 or 300nM doxorubicin using both single dosing (3h and 2days) and repetitive dosing (3 times, of 2days each), including washout studies to assess delayed effects (assessment at day 14) and effects on cell number, mitochondrial density, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial superoxide levels and mitochondrial calcium levels were assessed. No effects of doxorubicin were found on mitochondrial density and mitochondrial superoxide levels, whereas doxorubicin reduced cell survival and slightly altered mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial calcium levels, which was most profound in the washout studies. Altogether, the results of the present study show that concentrations of doxorubicin in the micromolar range were required to affect electrical activity of hiPSC-CMs, whereas nanomolar concentrations already affected cell viability and caused mitochondrial disturbances. Integration of these data with other in vitro data may enable the selection of a series of in vitro biomarkers that can be used as readouts to screen chemicals for possible cardiotoxicity.
AB - The present study assesses acute and chronic toxicity of doxorubicin in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs), with the aim to obtain in vitro biomarkers that can be used as readouts to predict in vivo cardiotoxicity. Possible acute toxicity was investigated by assessing effects on the beating rate and the field potential duration (FPD) of doxorubicin-exposed cardiomyocytes by measuring electrical activity using multi-electrode array (MEA) analyses. No effects on the beating rate and FPD were found at concentrations up to 6μM, whereas at 12μM no electrical activity was recorded, indicating that the cardiomyocytes stopped beating. Acute and chronic effects of doxorubicin on mitochondria, which have been reported to be affected in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, were assessed using high content imaging techniques. To this end hiPSC-CMs were exposed to 150 or 300nM doxorubicin using both single dosing (3h and 2days) and repetitive dosing (3 times, of 2days each), including washout studies to assess delayed effects (assessment at day 14) and effects on cell number, mitochondrial density, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial superoxide levels and mitochondrial calcium levels were assessed. No effects of doxorubicin were found on mitochondrial density and mitochondrial superoxide levels, whereas doxorubicin reduced cell survival and slightly altered mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial calcium levels, which was most profound in the washout studies. Altogether, the results of the present study show that concentrations of doxorubicin in the micromolar range were required to affect electrical activity of hiPSC-CMs, whereas nanomolar concentrations already affected cell viability and caused mitochondrial disturbances. Integration of these data with other in vitro data may enable the selection of a series of in vitro biomarkers that can be used as readouts to screen chemicals for possible cardiotoxicity.
KW - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/toxicity
KW - Calcium/metabolism
KW - Cells, Cultured
KW - Doxorubicin/toxicity
KW - Humans
KW - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology
KW - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects
KW - Mitochondria, Heart/drug effects
KW - Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
KW - Superoxides/metabolism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.04.023
DO - 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.04.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 28456566
VL - 42
SP - 182
EP - 190
JO - Toxicology in Vitro
JF - Toxicology in Vitro
SN - 0887-2333
ER -