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Table 1 Summary of cardiomyocyte derivation from various origins

From: Uses of cardiomyocytes generated from induced pluripotent stem cells

Study

Species

Cell type

Method of differentiation

Factors to enhance differentiation

Purification of cardiomyocytes

Application

Doetschman et al. [5]

Mouse

ESC or EC

15% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

-

Maltsev et al. [21]

Mouse

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

-

Maltsev et al. [22]

Mouse

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

Isolation by cutting the beating area of EBs

-

Klug et al. [19]

Mouse

ESC

10% FCS in suspension culture

No LIF

Microdissecting the beating area of EBs or selection by α-MHC-neo transgene

-

Wobus et al. [8]

Mouse

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

RA

Selection by MLC-2v-β-gal-neo transgene

-

Kolossov et al. [20]

Mouse

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

Selection by α-actin-GFP transgene

-

Kehat et al. [29]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

DMSO

-

-

Xu et al. [28]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

5-aza-dC

Separation by Percoll density centrifugation

Test response of CMs to several pharmacological agents

Mummery et al. [34]

Human

ESC

Co-culture with VE-like END-2 cells

-

-

-

He et al. [30]

Human

ESC

15% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

Characterizing multiple types of CMs by action potential measuring

Segev et al. [37]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

-

Passier et al. [35]

Human

ESC

0 to 20% FCS in suspension and

co-culture with VE-like END-2 cells,

in the absence of ITS or in the

presence of ascorbic acid

-

-

-

Yoon et al. [31]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in hanging drop culture

5-aza-dC

-

-

Schwanke et al. [43]

Monkey

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

-

Abdelalim et al. [42]

Monkey

ESC

15% FCS in hanging drop culture

-

Microdissecting the beating area of EBs

-

Dai et al. [76]

Human

ESC

Serum-free END-2 cell-conditioned

medium

-

-

CM injection into ischemic rat left ventricle

Huber et al. [38]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

Selection by hMLC-2v-GFP-neo transgene and FACS sorting for GFP-positive cells

Formation of stable myocardial cell grafts after in vivo cell transplantation

Anderson et al. [39]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

Both negative selection by HSVtk/GCV and positive selection by α-MHC-GFP-PAC transgene

-

Narazaki et al. [49]

Mouse

iPSC

10% FCS in suspension culture

No LIF

-

-

Mauritz et al. [47]

Mouse

iPSC

15% FCS in hanging drop culture

-

-

-

Schenke-Layland et al. [48]

Mouse

iPSC

10% FCS in suspension culture

No LIF

-

-

Yang et al. [36]

Human

ESC

Serum-free medium

BMP4, bFGF, activin A, DKK1, VEGF

Selection by Flk1 FACS sorting

-

Takei et al. [33]

Human

ESC

20% FCS in suspension culture

BMP4

-

-

Zhang et al. [50]

Human

iPSC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

-

Zwi et al. [51]

Human

iPSC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

Serving as in vitro platform for pharmacological QT screening

Ieda et al. [80]

Mouse

Fibroblast

Fibroblasts from αMHC-GFP transgenic mice were transduced with viruses carrying TFs (Gata4, Mef2c, Tbx5)

-

-

Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into CMs

Carvajal-Vergara et al. [66]

Human

iPSC

Serum-free medium

BMP4, bFGF, activin A, DKK1, VEGF

Selection by Flk1 FACS sorting

In vitro LEOPARD syndrome modeling

Moretti et al. [71]

Human

iPSC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

Microdissecting the beating area of EBs

In vitro LQTS modeling

Itzhaki et al. [72]

Human

iPSC

20% FCS in suspension culture

-

-

In vitro LQTS modeling

Yazawa et al. [73]

Human

iPSC

20% FCS in suspension culture

Wnt3a

-

In vitro Timothy syndrome modeling

Efe et al. [82]

Mouse

Fibroblast

Fibroblasts harboring a Nebulette-LacZ transgene were transduced with viruses carrying TFs (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4)

No LIF, but plus BMP4 or JI1

-

Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into CMs

Cao et al. [41]

Rat

ESC

10% FCS in hanging drop culture

Small molecule inhibitor

-

-

  1. 5-aza-dC, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine; bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor; BMP, bone morphogenetic protein; CM, cardiomyocytes; DKK1, Dickkopf homolog 1; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; EB, embryoid body; EC, embryonal carcinoma; ESC, embryonic stem cell; FACS, fluorescence-activated cell sorting; FCS, fetal calf serum; Flk1, VEGF receptor 2; GFP, green fluorescent protein; HSVtk/GCV, herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir; iPSC, induced pluripotent stem cell; ITS, insulin-transferrin-selenium; JI1, JAK inhibitor; LIF, leukemia inhibitory factor; LQTS, long QT syndrome; MHC, myosin heavy chain; MLC-2v, myosin light chain-2v; MSC, mesenchymal stem cell; PAC, puromycin-N-acetyltransferase; RA, retinoic acid; TF, transcription factor; VE, visceral-endoderm; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.