PMID- 35325716 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220428 LR - 20230314 IS - 1873-4235 (Electronic) IS - 0956-5663 (Print) IS - 0956-5663 (Linking) VI - 207 DP - 2022 Jul 1 TI - Longitudinal morphological and functional characterization of human heart organoids using optical coherence tomography. PG - 114136 LID - S0956-5663(22)00176-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114136 [doi] AB - Organoids play an increasingly important role as in vitro models for studying organ development, disease mechanisms, and drug discovery. Organoids are self-organizing, organ-like three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures developing organ-specific cell types and functions. Recently, three groups independently developed self-assembling human heart organoids (hHOs) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). In this study, we utilized a customized spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system to characterize the growth of hHOs. Development of chamber structures and beating patterns of the hHOs were observed via OCT and calcium imaging. We demonstrated the capability of OCT to produce 3D images in a fast, label-free, and non-destructive manner. The hHOs formed cavities of various sizes, and complex interconnections were observed as early as on day 4 of differentiation. The hHOs models and the OCT imaging system showed promising insights as an in vitro platform for investigating heart development and disease mechanisms. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ming, Yixuan AU - Ming Y AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. FAU - Hao, Senyue AU - Hao S AD - Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. FAU - Wang, Fei AU - Wang F AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. FAU - Lewis-Israeli, Yonatan R AU - Lewis-Israeli YR AD - Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Division of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Michigan State University, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, USA. FAU - Volmert, Brett D AU - Volmert BD AD - Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Division of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Michigan State University, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, USA. FAU - Xu, Zhiyao AU - Xu Z AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. FAU - Goestenkors, Anna AU - Goestenkors A AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. FAU - Aguirre, Aitor AU - Aguirre A AD - Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Division of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Michigan State University, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, USA. FAU - Zhou, Chao AU - Zhou C AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. Electronic address: chaozhou@wustl.edu. LA - eng GR - K01 HL135464/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EB025209/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL151505/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL156265/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220309 PL - England TA - Biosens Bioelectron JT - Biosensors & bioelectronics JID - 9001289 SB - IM MH - *Biosensing Techniques MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Humans MH - Organoids MH - *Pluripotent Stem Cells MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods PMC - PMC9713770 MID - NIHMS1850698 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chambers OT - Heart organoids OT - Optical coherence tomography OT - hPSC COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/29 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/01 CRDT- 2022/03/24 20:12 PHST- 2022/01/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/02/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/03/24 20:12 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0956-5663(22)00176-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114136 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosens Bioelectron. 2022 Jul 1;207:114136. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114136. Epub 2022 Mar 9.