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DEVELOPMENT
卷 144, 期 6, 页码 1118-1127出版社
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.143966
关键词
Cardiac organoids; Cardiac tissue engineering; Injury model; Regeneration
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- University of Queensland
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1037320, 569452]
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence [CE140100036]
- Stem Cells Australia
The adult human heart possesses a limited regenerative potential following an ischemic event, and undergoes a number of pathological changes in response to injury. Although cardiac regeneration has been documented in zebrafish and neonatal mouse hearts, it is currently unknown whether the immature human heart is capable of undergoing complete regeneration. Combined progress in pluripotent stem cell differentiation and tissue engineering has facilitated the development of human cardiac organoids (hCOs), which resemble fetal heart tissue and can be used to address this important knowledge gap. This study aimed to characterize the regenerative capacity of immature human heart tissue in response to injury. Following cryoinjury with a dry ice probe, hCOs exhibited an endogenous regenerative response with full functional recovery 2 weeks after acute injury. Cardiac functional recovery occurred in the absence of pathological fibrosis or cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Consistent with regenerative organisms and neonatal human hearts, there was a high basal level of cardiomyocyte proliferation, which may be responsible for the regenerative capacity of the hCOs. This study suggests that immature human heart tissue has an intrinsic capacity to regenerate.
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