Figure 5. Effects of PluriSin#1 on cardiac differentiation and survival of iPSD in vitro and in ischemic myocardium in vivo. (A–C) Real-time RT-PCR detection of cTnI, α-MHC and MLc-2v in DMSO- and PluriSin#1-treated iPSD. Four biological replicates were analyzed for each sample. The relative gene expression values represent the level of gene expression for PluriSin#1-treated samples compared with DMSO control; (D1–4) Apoptotic cardiomyocytes expressed as cTnI positive (green) and TUNEL positive (red) cells; (E and F) Engrafted iPSD (green) cells in ischemic myocardium 2 wk after transplantation. CTnI-positive (red) iPSD indicate iPS-derived cardiomyocytes. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue).