Stem Cell Research (May 2018)

Generation of the human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) line PSMi002-A from a patient affected by the Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome and carrier of two compound heterozygous mutations on the KCNQ1 gene

  • Manuela Mura,
  • Yee-ki Lee,
  • Monia Ginevrino,
  • Rita Zappatore,
  • Federica Pisano,
  • Marina Boni,
  • Federica Dagradi,
  • Lia Crotti,
  • Enza Maria Valente,
  • Peter J. Schwartz,
  • Hung-Fat Tse,
  • Massimiliano Gnecchi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29
pp. 157 – 161

Abstract

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We report the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from dermal fibroblasts of a female patient carrier of the two compound heterozygous mutations c.568 C>T p.R190W (maternal allele), and c.1781 G>A p.R594Q (paternal allele) on the KCNQ1 gene, causing Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (JLNS). To obtain hiPSCs, we used the classical approach of the four retroviruses each encoding for a reprogramming factor OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, cMYC. The obtained hiPSC clones display pluripotent stem cell characteristics, and differentiate into spontaneously beating cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs).