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Habecker BA, Bers DM, Birren SJ, Chang R, Herring N, Kay MW, Li D, Mendelowitz D, Mongillo M, Montgomery JM, Ripplinger CM, Tampakakis E, Winbo A, Zaglia T, Zeltner N, Paterson DJ. Molecular and cellular neurocardiology in heart disease. J Physiol 2024. [PMID: 38778747 DOI: 10.1113/jp284739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
Abstract
This paper updates and builds on a previous White Paper in this journal that some of us contributed to concerning the molecular and cellular basis of cardiac neurobiology of heart disease. Here we focus on recent findings that underpin cardiac autonomic development, novel intracellular pathways and neuroplasticity. Throughout we highlight unanswered questions and areas of controversy. Whilst some neurochemical pathways are already demonstrating prognostic viability in patients with heart failure, we also discuss the opportunity to better understand sympathetic impairment by using patient specific stem cells that provides pathophysiological contextualization to study 'disease in a dish'. Novel imaging techniques and spatial transcriptomics are also facilitating a road map for target discovery of molecular pathways that may form a therapeutic opportunity to treat cardiac dysautonomia.
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Affiliation(s)
- Beth A Habecker
- Department of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry, Department of Medicine Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Manaaki Manawa Centre for Heart Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Manaaki Manawa Centre for Heart Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Burton RAB, Tomek J, Ambrosi CM, Larsen HE, Sharkey AR, Capel RA, Corbett AD, Bilton S, Klimas A, Stephens G, Cremer M, Bose SJ, Li D, Gallone G, Herring N, Mann EO, Kumar A, Kramer H, Entcheva E, Paterson DJ, Bub G. Optical Interrogation of Sympathetic Neuronal Effects on Macroscopic Cardiomyocyte Network Dynamics. iScience 2020; 23:101334. [PMID: 32674058 PMCID: PMC7363704 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiac stimulation via sympathetic neurons can potentially trigger arrhythmias. We present approaches to study neuron-cardiomyocyte interactions involving optogenetic selective probing and all-optical electrophysiology to measure activity in an automated fashion. Here we demonstrate the utility of optical interrogation of sympathetic neurons and their effects on macroscopic cardiomyocyte network dynamics to address research targets such as the effects of adrenergic stimulation via the release of neurotransmitters, the effect of neuronal numbers on cardiac behavior, and the applicability of optogenetics in mechanistic in vitro studies. As arrhythmias are emergent behaviors that involve the coordinated activity of millions of cells, we image at macroscopic scales to capture complex dynamics. We show that neurons can both decrease and increase wave stability and re-entrant activity in culture depending on their induced activity-a finding that may help us understand the often conflicting results seen in experimental and clinical studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebecca-Ann B Burton
- University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK; University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- The George Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- The George Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK; Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, Glycobiology Institute, Oxford, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- The George Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK; McGill University, Department of Physiology, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1128, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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