TY - JOUR T1 - Differential chondrogenic differentiation between iPSC-derived from healthy and OA cartilage is associated with changes in epigenetic regulation and metabolic transcriptomic signatures JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/2022.10.14.512213 SP - 2022.10.14.512213 AU - Nazir M. Khan AU - Martha Elena Diaz-Hernandez AU - Samir Chihab AU - Priyanka Priyadarshani AU - Pallavi Bhattaram AU - Luke J. Mortensen AU - Rosa M Guzzo AU - Hicham Drissi Y1 - 2022/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/10/14/2022.10.14.512213.abstract N2 - Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are potential cell sources for regenerative medicine. The iPSCs exhibit a preference for lineage differentiation to the donor cell type indicating the existence of memory of origin. Although the intrinsic effect of the donor cell type on differentiation of iPSCs is well recognized, whether disease-specific factors of donor cells influence the differentiation capacity of iPSC remains unknown. Using viral based reprogramming, we demonstrated the generation of iPSCs from chondrocytes isolated from healthy (AC-iPSCs) and osteoarthritis cartilage (OA-iPSCs). These reprogrammed cells acquired markers of pluripotency and differentiated into uncommitted-mesenchymal progenitors. Interestingly, AC-iPSCs exhibited enhanced chondrogenic potential as compared OA-iPSCs and showed increased expression of chondrogenic genes. Pan-transcriptome analysis showed that chondrocytes derived from AC-iPSCs were enriched in molecular pathways related to energy metabolism and epigenetic regulation, together with distinct expression signature that distinguishes them from OA-iPSCs. The molecular tracing data demonstrated that epigenetic and metabolic marks were imprint of original cell sources from healthy and OA-chondrocytes. Our results suggest that the epigenetic and metabolic memory of disease may predispose OA-iPSCs for their reduced chondrogenic differentiation and thus regulation at epigenetic and metabolic level may be an effective strategy for controlling the chondrogenic potential of iPSCs.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest. ER -