Connecting Transcriptomics with Computational Modeling to Reveal Developmental Adaptations in the Human Pediatric Myocardium

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Salameh Shatha,Guerrelli Devon,Miller Jacob A.,Desai Manan,Moise Nicolae,Yerebakan Can,Bruce Alisa,Sinha Pranava,d’Udekem Yves,Weinberg Seth H.,Posnack Nikki GillumORCID

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AbstractBackgroundNearly 1% or 1.3 million babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD) globally each year – many of whom will require palliative or corrective heart surgery within the first few years of life. A detailed understanding of cardiac maturation can help to expand our knowledge on cardiac diseases that develop during gestation, identify age-appropriate cardiovascular drug therapies, and inform clinical care decisions related to surgical repair, myocardial preservation, or postoperative management. Yet, to date, our knowledge of the temporal changes that cardiomyocytes undergo during postnatal development is largely limited to animal models.MethodsRight atrial tissue samples were collected from n=117 neonatal, infant, and pediatric patients undergoing correct surgery due to (acyanotic) CHD. Patients were stratified into five age groups: neonate (0-30 days), infant (31-364 days), toddler to preschool (1-5 years), school age (6-11 years), and adolescent to young adults (12-32 years). We measured age-dependent adaptations in cardiac gene expression, and used computational modeling to simulate action potential and calcium transients.ResultsEnrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEG) was explored, revealing age-dependent changes in several key biological processes (cell cycle, cell division, mitosis), cardiac ion channels, and calcium handling genes. Gene-associated changes in ionic currents exhibited both linear trends and sudden shifts across developmental stages, with changes in calcium handling (INCX) and repolarization (IK1) most strongly associated with an age-dependent decrease in the action potential plateau potential and increase in triangulation, respectively. We also note a shift in repolarization reserve, with lowerIKrexpression in younger patients, a finding likely tied to the increased amplitude ofIKstriggered by elevated sympathetic activation in pediatric patients.ConclusionThis study provides valuable insights into age-dependent changes in human cardiac gene expression and electrophysiology among patients with CHD, shedding light on molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac development and function across different developmental stages.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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