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. 2017 Jul 18;31(3):325–344. doi: 10.1007/s10557-017-6735-0

Table 1.

Biophysical properties of ion currents in hiPSC-CMs and healthy human ventricular myocytes

Cell type Current density (pA/pF) Refs V 1/2 of activation (mV) Refs V 1/2 of inactivation (mV) Refs Recovery from inactivation (ms) Refs
I Na hiPSC-CMs From −12.2a to −272.2 [3037, 108] From −25.5 to −42.4 [30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40] From −61.4 to −85.0 [30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40] τ = 60.4
t 1/2 = 10.8
τ f = 6.4, 6.0
τ s = 103.6, 118.1
[35, 37, 40, 108]
Human VM −49.0 [38] −51.0 [38] −102.0 [38] NA NA
I CaL hiPSC-CMs From −6.6 to ~−58 [14, 30, 33, 34, 44, 45] From ~−12 to ~−28 [14, 30, 33] −29.1, ~−45 [30, 33] NA NA
Human VM −10.2, −3.8 [46, 47] −4.7, −4.2 [46, 47] −19.3, −23.5 [46, 47] NA NA
I to1 hiPSC-CMs From ~1.3 to ~19 [26, 30, 33, 52] From ~10 to ~20 [26, 30, 33, 52] ~−40, −41.1 [33, 52] τ f = 200
τ s = 2380
[52]
Human sub-epi VM 6.8, 10.6 [49, 50] 9.7, 29.1 [49, 50] −31.9, −9.5 [49, 50] τ = 24
τ s = 9621
τ f = 46.1
[49, 50]
Human sub-endo VM 4.4, 2.6 [49, 50] 23.1, 32.0 [49, 50] −25.3, −17.6 [49, 50] τ f = 25.0, 90.6
τ s = 328.0, 3109.0
[49, 50]
Human VM 9.3, 8.5b [46, 51] ~30, ~20 [46, 51] −27.3 [51] τ = 27.8 [51]
I Kr hiPSC-CMs From ~0.18 to ~2.5 [13, 14, 26, 30, 34, 40, 5356] From ~−10 to ~−36 [13, 14, 30, 34, 40, 53, 56] NA NA
Human VM 0.31, ~0.25, ~0.6 [46, 57, 58] ~+22, −5.74 [46, 57] NA NA
I Ks hiPSC-CMs From 0.22 to ~2.9 [12, 14, 26, 30, 34, 61, 62] From ~−10 to ~+22 [12, 14, 26, 30, 61, 62] X X
Human VM 0.18 [60] NA X X
I K1 hiPSC-CMs From ~−0.8 to −5.1 [30, 34, 53, 68] X X X
Human VM From −3.6 to −32.1 [68] X X X
I f hiPSC-CMs −4.1, −0.9, ~−3.0 [30, 34, 48] −84.6 [30] X X
Human VM −1.18 [71] −110, −80.0 [71, 72] X X

I Kr and I Ks density measurements refer to maximal peak tail current, except for the studies of Sala et al. [14], Terrenoire et al. [40], and Ma et al. [30] where I Kr and I Ks are measured at the end of the depolarizing step;

VM ventricular myocytes; V 1/2 (in)activation, half-voltage of (in)activation; τ f and τ s fast and slow time constants of recovery from inactivation, respectively; τ time constant of recovery from inactivation (curve fitted with a mono-exponential equation); t 1/2 time for half of the channels to recover from inactivation; in hiPSC-CMs, I to1 density is measured at +40 mV, while in human VM is measured between +40 and +60 mV; I k1 density values are measured at −100 mV; X channel property does not exist; NA not assessed or measured; ~estimated from figure; sub-epi subepicardial myocytes; sub-endo subendocardial myocytes

a I Na recorded with low extracellular sodium (7 mM Na+) solution [108]

bAverage I to1 density between 0 and +60 mV [51]