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High-throughput screening for modulators of CFTR activity based on genetically engineered cystic fibrosis disease-specific iPSCs

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Title:High-throughput screening for modulators of CFTR activity based on genetically engineered cystic fibrosis disease-specific iPSCs
Creators Name:Merkert, S. and Schubert, M. and Olmer, R. and Engels, L. and Radetzki, S. and Veltman, M. and Scholte, B.J. and Zöllner, J. and Pedemonte, N. and Galietta, L.J.V. and von Kries, J.P. and Martin, U.
Abstract:Organotypic culture systems from disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) exhibit obvious advantages compared with immortalized cell lines and primary cell cultures, but implementation of iPSC-based high-throughput (HT) assays is still technically challenging. Here, we demonstrate the development and conduction of an organotypic HT Cl(-)/I(-) exchange assay using cystic fibrosis (CF) disease-specific iPSCs. The introduction of a halide-sensitive YFP variant enabled automated quantitative measurement of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) function in iPSC-derived intestinal epithelia. CFTR function was partially rescued by treatment with VX-770 and VX-809, and seamless gene correction of the p.Phe508del mutation resulted in full restoration of CFTR function. The identification of a series of validated primary hits that improve the function of p.Phe508del CFTR from a library of ∼42,500 chemical compounds demonstrates that the advantages of complex iPSC-derived culture systems for disease modeling can also be utilized for drug screening in a true HT format.
Keywords:Cystic Fibrosishuman iPSCs, Genome Engineering by TALENs, CFTR, High-Throughput Drug Screening, Halide-Sensitive eYFP, Differentiation to Intestinal Epithelia
Source:Stem Cell Reports
ISSN:2213-6711
Publisher:Cell Press / Elsevier
Volume:12
Number:6
Page Range:1389-1403
Date:11 June 2019
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.04.014
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