Cell-free DNA as a potential biomarker of differentiation and toxicity in cardiac organoids

  1. Brian Silver
  2. Kevin Gerrish
  3. Erik Tokar  Is a corresponding author
  1. Mechanistic Toxicology Branch, DNTP, United States
  2. Molecular Genomics Core, DIR NIEHS, United States
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Cardiac organoids derived from H9 embryonic stem cells exhibit characteristic morphological changes and express markers of differentiation.

(A) Brightfield images of cardiac organoids during growth and differentiation. Scale bars represent 100 µm. (B) Quantification of beats per minute across three separate biological replicates for …

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Cardiac organoids derived from H9 embryonic stem cells exhibit characteristic morphological changes and express markers of differentiation.

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Cardiac organoids release cfDNA during their development.

(A) Schematic illustrating timepoints of cfDNA collection in cardiac organoids. (B) Shown are cfDNA concentrations taken from n = 3 biological replicates during cardiac organoid differentiation. …

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Electropherogram showing fragment lengths of cfDNA derived from cardiac organoids at different time points during development.

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Overlay of representative electropherograms showing fragment sizes of cfDNA derived from cardiac organoids on different growth days.
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Electropherogram showing fragment lengths of cfDNA derived from cardiac organoids at different time points during development.

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Cardiac organoids exhibit a time-dependent decrease in cell-free mitochondrial DNA abundance during growth.

(A) Schematic showing the location of markers examined on the mitochondrial genome, adapted from Figure 1 of Uhler and Falkenberg, 2015. (B) Relative abundance of mitochondrial markers ND1, ND4, …

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Cardiac organoids exhibit a time-dependent decrease in cell-free mitochondrial DNA abundance during growth.

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Abundance of specific gDNA sequences is reflective of tissue-level changes in marker expression.

(A) Immunofluorescence staining of Nkx2.5 in cardiac organoids during differentiation. Scale bars represent 200 μm. (B) Nkx2.5 copies/μl in 1 ng of cardiac organoid-derived cfDNA at different time …

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Copy number of Sox17 or Oct3/4 in cfDNA derived from cardiac organoids on different growth days during development.

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Abundance of specific gDNA sequences is reflective of tissue-level changes in marker expression.

Sox17 (A) or Oct3/4 (B) copies/μl in 1 ng of cardiac organoid-derived cfDNA at different time points during differentiation obtained using ddPCR, taken from n = 3 biological replicates. Graphs show …

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Copy number of Sox17 or Oct3/4 in cfDNA derived from cardiac organoids on different growth days during development.

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Doxorubicin (DOX) causes severe cardiac organoid malformation in comparison to CPI.

(A) Schematic showing drug treatment and collection times of cfDNA during cardiac organoid growth. Representative images of tissues on day 6: control (B), DOX-treated (C), and CPI-treated (D). …

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Doxorubicin causes severe cardiac organoid malformation in comparison to CPI-203.

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Toxicity of DOX and CPI-203 in cardiac organoids is impacted by time of exposure.

(A) Schematic showing treatment and cfDNA collection times during the growth of cardiac organoids. Representative images of mature cardiac organoids on day 9 treated with doxorubicin (DOX) (B) or …

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Toxicity of DOX and CPI-203 in cardiac organoids is impacted by time of exposure.

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Specific cfDNA sequences may be predictive of toxicity in cardiac organoids.

Abundance of ND1 (A), mtCOX2 (B), Nkx2.5 (C), or p53 (D) in 0.5 ng cfDNA collected from cardiac organoids on growth day 6 treated with doxorubicin (DOX) or CPI, obtained using ddPCR. Graphs show …

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Specific sequences of cfDNA may be predictive of toxicity in cardiac organoids.

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Concentration of cfDNA in response to early or late exposure to DOX or CPI-203.

(A) cfDNA concentrations from cardiac organoids on day 6 treated with either doxorubicin (DOX) or CPI. (B) cfDNA concentrations from cardiac organoids on day 9 treated with either DOX or CPI on …

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Concentration of cfDNA in response to early or late exposure to DOX or CPI-203.

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