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Baron V, Sommer ST, Fiegle DJ, Pfeuffer AKM, Peyronnet R, Volk T, Seidel T. Effects of electro-mechanical uncouplers, hormonal stimulation and pacing rate on the stability and function of cultured rabbit myocardial slices. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1363538. [PMID: 38646013 PMCID: PMC11026719 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1363538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Introduction: Recent advances have enabled organotypic culture of beating human myocardial slices that are stable for weeks. However, human myocardial samples are rare, exhibit high variability and frequently originate from diseased hearts. Thus, there is a need to adapt long-term slice culture for animal myocardium. When applied to animal cardiac slices, studies in healthy or genetically modified myocardium will be possible. We present the culture of slices from rabbit hearts, which resemble the human heart in microstructure, electrophysiology and excitation-contraction coupling. Methods: Left ventricular myocardium from New Zealand White rabbits was cut using a vibratome and cultured in biomimetic chambers for up to 7 days (d). Electro-mechanical uncoupling agents 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) and cytochalasin D (CytoD) were added during initiation of culture and effects on myocyte survival were quantified. We investigated pacing rates (0.5 Hz, 1 Hz, and 2 Hz) and hormonal supplements (cortisol, T3, catecholamines) at physiological plasma concentrations. T3 was buffered using BSA. Contractile force was recorded continuously. Glucose consumption and lactate production were measured. Whole-slice Ca2+ transients and action potentials were recorded. Effects of culture on microstructure were investigated with confocal microscopy and image analysis. Results: Protocols for human myocardial culture resulted in sustained contracture and myocyte death in rabbit slices within 24 h, which could be prevented by transient application of a combination of BDM and CytoD. Cortisol stabilized contraction amplitude and kinetics in culture. T3 and catecholaminergic stimulation did not further improve stability. T3 and higher pacing rates increased metabolic rate and lactate production. T3 stabilized the response to β-adrenergic stimulation over 7 d. Pacing rates above 1 Hz resulted in progredient decline in contraction force. Image analysis revealed no changes in volume fractions of cardiomyocytes or measures of fibrosis over 7 d. Ca2+ transient amplitudes and responsiveness to isoprenaline were comparable after 1 d and 7 d, while Ca2+ transient duration was prolonged after 7 d in culture. Conclusions: A workflow for rabbit myocardial culture has been established, preserving function for up to 7 d. This research underscores the importance of glucocorticoid signaling in maintaining tissue function and extending culture duration. Furthermore, BDM and CytoD appear to protect from tissue damage during the initiation phase of tissue culture.
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- V. Baron
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Nyman M, Stølen TO, Johnsen AB, Garten K, Burton FL, Smith GL, Loennechen JP. A comprehensive protocol combining in vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological experiments in an arrhythmogenic animal model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2024; 326:H203-H215. [PMID: 37975708 PMCID: PMC11213483 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00358.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Ventricular arrhythmias contribute significantly to cardiovascular mortality, with coronary artery disease as the predominant underlying cause. Understanding the mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis is essential to identify proarrhythmic factors and develop novel approaches for antiarrhythmic prophylaxis and treatment. Animal models are vital in basic research on cardiac arrhythmias, encompassing molecular, cellular, ex vivo whole heart, and in vivo models. Most studies use either in vivo protocols lacking important information on clinical relevance or exclusively ex vivo protocols, thereby missing the opportunity to explore underlying mechanisms. Consequently, interpretation may be difficult due to dissimilarities in animal models, interventions, and individual properties across animals. Moreover, proarrhythmic effects observed in vivo are often not replicated in corresponding ex vivo preparations during mechanistic studies. We have established a protocol to perform both an in vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological characterization in an arrhythmogenic rat model with heart failure following myocardial infarction. The same animal is followed throughout the experiment. In vivo methods involve intracardiac programmed electrical stimulation and external defibrillation to terminate sustained ventricular arrhythmia. Ex vivo methods conducted on the Langendorff-perfused heart include an electrophysiological study with optical mapping of regional action potentials, conduction velocities, and dispersion of electrophysiological properties. By exploring the retention of the in vivo proarrhythmic phenotype ex vivo, we aim to examine whether the subsequent ex vivo detailed measurements are relevant to in vivo pathological behavior. This protocol can enhance greater understanding of cardiac arrhythmias by providing a standardized, yet adaptable model for evaluating arrhythmogenicity or antiarrhythmic interventions in cardiac diseases.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Rodent models are widely used in arrhythmia research. However, most studies do not standardize clinically relevant in vivo and ex vivo techniques to support their conclusions. Here, we present a comprehensive electrophysiological protocol in an arrhythmogenic rat model, connecting in vivo and ex vivo programmed electrical stimulation with optical mapping. By establishing this protocol, we aim to facilitate the adoption of a standardized model for investigating arrhythmias, enhancing research rigor and comparability in this field.
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- Mathias Nyman
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Clinic of Cardiology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Clinic of Cardiology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Gerzen OP, Lisin RV, Balakin AA, Mukhlynina EA, Kuznetsov DA, Nikitina LV, Protsenko YL. Characteristics of the right atrial and right ventricular contractility in a model of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2023; 44:299-309. [PMID: 37249732 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-023-09651-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) leads to changes in the pump function of the heart and causes right-sided myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure. This study was the first to compare the contractile characteristics of the multicellular myocardial preparations of the right atrium (RA) and right ventricle (RV) of male rats from the control group (CON) and the group with monocrotaline (MCT)-induced hypertrophy at the molecular and multicellular levels. In both RA and RV in MCT-treated rats, the fraction of motile filaments and the maximum sliding velocity of actin and reconstituted thin filaments over myosin decreased, and the ratio of α-/β-myosin heavy chains (MHC) shifted towards β-MHC. In the RA strips and RV trabeculae, the maximum shortening velocity, the extent of muscle shortening, the amplitude of isometric stress, the amount of work decreased. PAH leads to a greater drop in right atrial contractility than that of the ventricle.
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- Oksana P Gerzen
- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation.
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya st, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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Chin SH, Allen E, Brack KE, Ng GA. Autonomic neuro-cardiac profile of electrical, structural and neuronal remodeling in myocardial infarction-induced heart failure. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY PLUS 2023; 5:100044. [PMID: 37745157 PMCID: PMC10512199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmccpl.2023.100044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Aims Heart failure is a clinical syndrome typified by abnormal autonomic tone, impaired ventricular function, and increased arrhythmic vulnerability. This study aims to examine electrophysiological, structural and neuronal remodeling following myocardial infarction in a rabbit heart failure model to establish its neuro-cardiac profile. Methods and results Weight-matched adult male New Zealand White rabbits (3.2 ± 0.1 kg, n = 25) were randomized to have coronary ligation surgeries (HF group, n = 13) or sham procedures (SHM group, n = 12). Transthoracic echocardiography was performed six weeks post-operatively. On week 8, dual-innervated Langendorff-perfused heart preparations were set up for terminal experiments. Seventeen hearts (HF group, n = 10) underwent ex-vivo cardiac MRI. Twenty-two hearts (HF group, n = 7) were examined histologically. Electrical remodeling and abnormal autonomic profile were evident in HF rabbits with exaggerated sympathetic and attenuated vagal effect on ventricular fibrillation threshold, ventricular refractoriness and restitution curves, in addition to increased spatial restitution dispersion. Histologically, there was significant neuronal enlargement at the heart hila and conus arteriosus in HF. Structural remodeling was characterized by quantifiable myocardial scarring, enlarged left ventricles, altered ventricular geometry and impaired contractility. Conclusion In an infarct-induced rabbit heart failure model, extensive structural, neuronal and electrophysiological remodeling in conjunction with abnormal autonomic profile provide substrates for ventricular arrhythmias.
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- Shui Hao Chin
- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
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- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
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- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
- NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester, UK
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Kappadan V, Sohi A, Parlitz U, Luther S, Uzelac I, Fenton F, Peters NS, Christoph J, Ng FS. Optical mapping of contracting hearts. J Physiol 2023; 601:1353-1370. [PMID: 36866700 PMCID: PMC10952556 DOI: 10.1113/jp283683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Optical mapping is a widely used tool to record and visualize the electrophysiological properties in a variety of myocardial preparations such as Langendorff-perfused isolated hearts, coronary-perfused wedge preparations, and cell culture monolayers. Motion artifact originating from the mechanical contraction of the myocardium creates a significant challenge to performing optical mapping of contracting hearts. Hence, to minimize the motion artifact, cardiac optical mapping studies are mostly performed on non-contracting hearts, where the mechanical contraction is removed using pharmacological excitation-contraction uncouplers. However, such experimental preparations eliminate the possibility of electromechanical interaction, and effects such as mechano-electric feedback cannot be studied. Recent developments in computer vision algorithms and ratiometric techniques have opened the possibility of performing optical mapping studies on isolated contracting hearts. In this review, we discuss the existing techniques and challenges of optical mapping of contracting hearts.
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- Vineesh Kappadan
- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Biomedical Physcis GroupMax Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self‐OrganizationGöttingenGermany
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- Biomedical Physcis GroupMax Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self‐OrganizationGöttingenGermany
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- School of PhysicsGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGAUSA
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- School of PhysicsGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGAUSA
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- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Cardiovascular Research InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCAUSA
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- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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The effective use of blebbistatin to study the action potential of cardiac pacemaker cells of zebrafish (Danio rerio) during incremental warming. Curr Res Physiol 2022; 5:48-54. [PMID: 35128467 PMCID: PMC8803472 DOI: 10.1016/j.crphys.2022.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Blebbistatin potently inhibits actin-myosin interaction, preventing contractile activity of excitable cells including cardiac myocytes, despite electrical excitation of an action potential (AP). We collected intracellular microelectrode recordings of pacemaker cells located in the sinoatrial region (SAR) of the zebrafish heart at room temperature and during acute warming to investigate whether or not blebbistatin inhibition of contraction significantly alters pacemaker cell electrophysiology. Changes were evaluated based on 16 variables that characterized the AP waveform. None of these AP variables nor the spontaneous heart rate were significantly modified with the application of 10 μM blebbistatin when recordings were made at room temperature. Compared with the control group, the blebbistatin-treated group showed minor changes in the rate of spontaneous diastolic depolarization (P = 0.027) and the 50% and 80% repolarization (P = 0.008 and 0.010, respectively) in the 26°C–29°C temperature bin, but not at higher temperatures. These findings suggest that blebbistatin is an effective excitation-contraction uncoupler that does not appreciably affect APs generated in pacemaking cells of the SAR and can, therefore, be used in zebrafish cardiac studies. Blebbistatin uncouples excitation-contraction in zebrafish cardiomyocytes. Blebbistatin does not modify the pacemaker action potential variables. Temperature does not modify the effect of blebbistatin. First validation of the use of blebbistatin in adult fish. Methodology of intracellular microelectrode recording of zebrafish pacemaker cells.
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Müllenbroich MC, Kelly A, Acker C, Bub G, Bruegmann T, Di Bona A, Entcheva E, Ferrantini C, Kohl P, Lehnart SE, Mongillo M, Parmeggiani C, Richter C, Sasse P, Zaglia T, Sacconi L, Smith GL. Novel Optics-Based Approaches for Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Review. Front Physiol 2021; 12:769586. [PMID: 34867476 PMCID: PMC8637189 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.769586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Optical techniques for recording and manipulating cellular electrophysiology have advanced rapidly in just a few decades. These developments allow for the analysis of cardiac cellular dynamics at multiple scales while largely overcoming the drawbacks associated with the use of electrodes. The recent advent of optogenetics opens up new possibilities for regional and tissue-level electrophysiological control and hold promise for future novel clinical applications. This article, which emerged from the international NOTICE workshop in 2018, reviews the state-of-the-art optical techniques used for cardiac electrophysiological research and the underlying biophysics. The design and performance of optical reporters and optogenetic actuators are reviewed along with limitations of current probes. The physics of light interaction with cardiac tissue is detailed and associated challenges with the use of optical sensors and actuators are presented. Case studies include the use of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and super-resolution microscopy to explore the micro-structure of cardiac cells and a review of two photon and light sheet technologies applied to cardiac tissue. The emergence of cardiac optogenetics is reviewed and the current work exploring the potential clinical use of optogenetics is also described. Approaches which combine optogenetic manipulation and optical voltage measurement are discussed, in terms of platforms that allow real-time manipulation of whole heart electrophysiology in open and closed-loop systems to study optimal ways to terminate spiral arrhythmias. The design and operation of optics-based approaches that allow high-throughput cardiac electrophysiological assays is presented. Finally, emerging techniques of photo-acoustic imaging and stress sensors are described along with strategies for future development and establishment of these techniques in mainstream electrophysiological research.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center and Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Heart Research Center Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells” (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy
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- German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center and Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- National Institute of Optics, National Research Council, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Bajelan S, Bahreini MS, Asgari Q, Mikaeili F. Viability and infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites exposed to Butanedione monoxime. J Parasit Dis 2020; 44:822-828. [PMID: 32837055 PMCID: PMC7430933 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-020-01259-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The most important pathogenesis factor in the Apicomplexa parasites is invasion to the host cell. Given the inhibitory role of Butanedione Monoxime (BDM) on myosin-actin interaction, this study aimed to investigate the effects of this molecule on the vitality and infectivity of Toxoplasma tachyzoites in order to provide a new option for vaccine development. The tachyzoites of the RH strain of Toxoplasma gondii were exposed to different concentrations (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 μg/mL) of BDM, and mortality effect was assessed by flow cytometry. Then, the penetration ability of the tachyzoites was investigated in HeLa and macrophage cell lines. The infectivity of exposed tachyzoites to BDM were also investigated in mice through following up and detecting the etiological factor. The highest percentage of mortality (72.69%) was seen in the tachyzoites exposed to 128 μg/mL of the compound. The tachyzoites exposed to 32, 64, and 128 μg/mL of BDM began the proliferation in HeLa cells after 48 h, while this proliferation was initiated within 24 h in macrophage cells. All the mice inoculated with the BDM-treated tachyzoites died after 13 days. The mean survival time of the mice receiving tachyzoites exposed to 128 μg/mL of BDM was 12.4 days, which was significantly different from the negative control group (p = 0.001). BDM, as the inhibitor of myosin-actin interaction, and other substances that block the entry of parasites into cells may be suitable candidates for vaccine production against Toxoplasma. Yet, future studies are required to be conducted on the issue.
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- Sara Bajelan
- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Watson SA, Dendorfer A, Thum T, Perbellini F. A practical guide for investigating cardiac physiology using living myocardial slices. Basic Res Cardiol 2020; 115:61. [PMID: 32914360 PMCID: PMC7496048 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-020-00822-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Ex vivo multicellular preparations are essential tools to study tissue physiology. Among them, the recent methodological and technological developments in living myocardial slices (LMS) are attracting increasing interest by the cardiac research field. Despite this, this research model remains poorly perceived and utilized by most research laboratories. Here, we provide a practical guide on how to use LMS to interrogate multiple aspects of cardiac function, structure and biochemistry. We discuss issues that should be considered to conduct successful experiments, including experimental design, sample preparation, data collection and analysis. We describe how laboratory setups can be adapted to accommodate and interrogate this multicellular research model. These adaptations can often be achieved at a reasonable cost with off-the-shelf components and operated reliably using well-established protocols and freely available software, which is essential to broaden the utilization of this method. We will also highlight how current measurements can be improved to further enhance data quality and reliability to ensure inter-laboratory reproducibility. Finally, we summarize the most promising biomedical applications and envision how living myocardial slices can lead to further breakthroughs.
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- Walter-Brendel-Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany. .,National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
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Hoeker GS, James CC, Tegge AN, Gourdie RG, Smyth JW, Poelzing S. Attenuating loss of cardiac conduction during no-flow ischemia through changes in perfusate sodium and calcium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 319:H396-H409. [PMID: 32678707 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00112.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Myocardial ischemia leads to conduction slowing, cell-to-cell uncoupling, and arrhythmias. We previously demonstrated that varying perfusate sodium (Na+) and calcium (Ca2+) attenuates conduction slowing and arrhythmias during simulated ischemia with continuous perfusion. Cardioprotection was selectively associated with widening of the perinexus, a gap junction adjacent nanodomain important to ephaptic coupling. It is unknown whether perfusate composition affects the perinexus or ischemic conduction during nonsimulated ischemia, when coronary flow is reduced or halted. We hypothesized that altering preischemic perfusate composition could facilitate perinexal expansion and attenuate conduction slowing during global ischemia. To test this hypothesis, ex vivo guinea pig hearts (n = 49) were Langendorff perfused with 145 or 153 mM Na+ and 1.25 or 2.0 mM Ca2+ and optically mapped during 30 min of no-flow ischemia. Altering Na+ and Ca2+ did not substantially affect baseline conduction. Increasing Na+ and decreasing Ca2+ both lowered pacing thresholds, whereas increasing Ca2+ narrowed perinexal width (Wp). A least squares mean estimate revealed that reduced perfusate Na+ and Ca2+ resulted in the most severe conduction slowing during ischemia. Increasing Na+ alone modestly attenuated conduction slowing, yet significantly delayed the median time to conduction block (10 to 16 min). Increasing both Na+ and Ca2+ selectively widened Wp during ischemia (22.7 vs. 15.7 nm) and attenuated conduction slowing to the greatest extent. Neither repolarization nor levels of total or phosphorylated connexin43 correlated with conduction slowing or block. Thus, perfusate-dependent widening of the perinexus preserved ischemic conduction and may be an adaptive response to ischemic stress.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Conduction slowing during acute ischemia creates an arrhythmogenic substrate. We have shown that extracellular ionic concentrations can alter conduction by modulating ephaptic coupling. Here, we demonstrate increased extracellular sodium and calcium significantly attenuate conduction slowing during no-flow ischemia. This effect was associated with selective widening of the perinexus, an intercalated disc nanodomain and putative cardiac ephapse. These findings suggest that acute changes in ephaptic coupling may serve as an adaptive response to ischemic stress.
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- Gregory S Hoeker
- Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, Virginia
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- Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, Virginia.,Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Roanoke, Virginia
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- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.,Department of Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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- Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, Virginia.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.,Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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- Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, Virginia.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.,Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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- Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, Virginia.,Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Roanoke, Virginia.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.,Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Chin SH, Allen E, Brack KE, Ng GA. Effects of sympatho-vagal interaction on ventricular electrophysiology and their modulation during beta-blockade. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2020; 139:201-212. [PMID: 32004506 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIMS The effects of sympatho-vagal interaction on heart rate (HR) changes are characterized by vagal dominance resulting in accentuated antagonism. Complex autonomic modulation of ventricular electrophysiology may exert prognostic arrhythmic impact. We examined the effects of concurrent sympathetic (SNS) and vagus (VNS) nerve stimulation on ventricular fibrillation threshold (VFT) and standard restitution (RT) in an isolated rabbit heart preparation with intact dual autonomic innervation, with and without beta-blockade. METHODS AND RESULTS Monophasic action potentials were recorded from left ventricular epicardial surface of dual-innervated isolated heart preparations from New Zealand white rabbits (n = 18). HR, VFT and RT were measured during different stimulation protocols (Protocol 1: VNS-SNS; Protocol 2: SNS-VNS) involving low- and high-frequency stimulations. A sub-study of Protocol 2 was performed in the presence of metoprolol tartrate. In both protocols, HR changes were characterized by vagal-dominant bradycardic component, affirming accentuated antagonism. During concurrent high-frequency VNS (HV), SNS prevails in lowering VFT in a frequency-sensitive manner during low (LS) or high (HS)-frequency stimulations (HV-LS: -2.8 ± 0.8 mA; HV-HS: -4.0 ± 0.9 mA, p < .05 vs. HV), with accompanying steepening of relative RT slope gradients (HV-LS: 223.54 ± 37.41%; HV-HS: 295.20 ± 60.86%, p < .05 vs. HV). In protocol 2, low (LV) and high (HV) vagal stimulations during concurrent HS raised VFT (HS-LV: 1.0 ± 0.4 mA; HS-HV: 3.0 ± 0.6 mA, p < .05 vs HS) with associated flattening of RT slopes (HS-LV: 32.40 ± 4.97%;HS-HV: 38.07 ± 6.37%; p < .05 vs HS). Metoprolol abolished accentuated antagonism in HR changes, reduced VFT and flattened RT globally during SNS-VNS. CONCLUSIONS Accentuated antagonism is absent in ventricular electrophysiological changes during sympatho-vagal interaction with sympathetic effect prevailing, suggesting a different mechanism at the ventricular level from heart rate effects. Metoprolol nullified accentuated antagonism with additional anti-fibrillatory effect beyond adrenergic blockade during sympatho-vagal stimulations.
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- Shui Hao Chin
- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
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- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
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- Cardiology group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, UK.
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Nesmith HW, Zhang H, Rogers JM. Optical mapping of electromechanics in intact organs. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2019; 245:368-373. [PMID: 31842618 DOI: 10.1177/1535370219894942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Optical mapping has become a widely used and important method in cardiac electrophysiology. The method typically uses voltage-sensitive fluorescent dyes and high-speed cameras to image propagation of electrical waves. However, signals are highly susceptible to artifact caused by motion of the target organ. Consequently, cardiac optical mapping is traditionally performed in isolated, perfused organs whose contraction has been pharmacologically arrested. This has prevented optical mapping from being used to study interactions between electrical and mechanical motion. However, recently, a number of groups have developed methods to implement cardiac optical mapping in the presence of motion. These methods employ two basic strategies: (1) compensate for motion by measuring it or (2) ratiometry. In ratiometry, two signals are recorded from each site. The signals have differing sensitivity to membrane potential, but common motion artifact, which can be cancelled by taking the ratio of the two signals. Some methods use both of these strategies. Methods that measure motion have the additional advantage that this information can be used to quantify the organ’s mechanical function. Doing so enables combined “electromechanical mapping,” which allows optical study of electromechanical interactions. By allowing recording in the presence of motion, the new methods open the door to optical recording in in-vivo preparations. In addition, it is possible to implement electromechanical optical mapping techniques in organ systems other than the heart. For example, it was recently shown that optical mapping of slow wave propagation in the swine stomach is feasible. Such studies have the potential to uncover new information on the role of dysrhythmic slow wave propagation in gastric motility disorders. Impact statement Electrical and mechanical functions in the heart are bidirectionally coupled, yet are usually studied separately because of the different instrumentation technologies that are used in the two areas. Optical mapping is a powerful and widespread tool for imaging electrical propagation, but has traditionally required mechanical function to be arrested. Recently new methods have been devised that enable optical mapping to be performed in beating hearts and also to simultaneously quantify mechanical function. These new technologies promise to yield new information about electromechanical interactions in normal and pathological settings. They are also beginning to find application in other organ systems such as the gastrointestinal tract where they may provide new insight into motility disorders.
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- Haley W Nesmith
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Swift LM, Jaimes R, McCullough D, Burke M, Reilly M, Maeda T, Zhang H, Ishibashi N, Rogers JM, Posnack NG. Optocardiography and Electrophysiology Studies of Ex Vivo Langendorff-perfused Hearts. J Vis Exp 2019. [PMID: 31762469 DOI: 10.3791/60472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Small animal models are most commonly used in cardiovascular research due to the availability of genetically modified species and lower cost compared to larger animals. Yet, larger mammals are better suited for translational research questions related to normal cardiac physiology, pathophysiology, and preclinical testing of therapeutic agents. To overcome the technical barriers associated with employing a larger animal model in cardiac research, we describe an approach to measure physiological parameters in an isolated, Langendorff-perfused piglet heart. This approach combines two powerful experimental tools to evaluate the state of the heart: electrophysiology (EP) study and simultaneous optical mapping of transmembrane voltage and intracellular calcium using parameter sensitive dyes (RH237, Rhod2-AM). The described methodologies are well suited for translational studies investigating the cardiac conduction system, alterations in action potential morphology, calcium handling, excitation-contraction coupling and the incidence of cardiac alternans or arrhythmias.
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- Luther M Swift
- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital; Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Hospital
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital; Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Hospital
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital; Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Hospital; Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University;
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Segal S, Kirschner Peretz N, Arbel-Ganon L, Liang J, Li L, Marbach D, Yang D, Wang SQ, Yaniv Y. Eliminating contraction during culture maintains global and local Ca 2+ dynamics in cultured rabbit pacemaker cells. Cell Calcium 2018; 78:35-47. [PMID: 30594820 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pacemaker cells residing in the sinoatrial node generate the regular heartbeat. Ca2+ signaling controls the heartbeat rate-directly, through the effect on membrane molecules (NCX exchange, K+ channel), and indirectly, through activation of calmodulin-AC-cAMP-PKA signaling. Thus, the physiological role of signaling in pacemaker cells can only be assessed if the Ca2+ dynamics are in the physiological range. Cultured cells that can be genetically manipulated and/or virally infected with probes are required for this purpose. Because rabbit pacemaker cells in culture experience a decrease in their spontaneous action potential (AP) firing rate below the physiological range, Ca2+ dynamics are expected to be affected. However, Ca2+ dynamics in cultured pacemaker cells have not been reported before. We aim to a develop a modified culture method that sustains the global and local Ca2+ kinetics along with the AP firing rate of rabbit pacemaker cells. We used experimental and computational tools to test the viability of rabbit pacemaker cells in culture under various conditions. We tested the effect of culture dish coating, pH, phosphorylation, and energy balance on cultured rabbit pacemaker cells function. The cells were maintained in culture for 48 h in two types of culture media: one without the addition of a contraction uncoupler and one enriched with either 10 mM BDM (2,3-Butanedione 2-monoxime) or 25 μM blebbistatin. The uncoupler was washed out from the medium prior to the experiments. Cells were successfully infected with a GFP adenovirus cultured with either BDM or blebbistatin. Using either uncoupler during culture led to the cell surface area being maintained at the same level as fresh cells. Moreover, the phospholamban and ryanodine receptor densities and their phosphorylation level remained intact in culture when either blebbistatin or BDM were present. Spontaneous AP firing rate, spontaneous Ca2+ kinetics, and spontaneous local Ca2+ release parameters were similar in the cultured cells with blebbistatin as in fresh cells. However, BDM affects these parameters. Using experimental and a computational model, we showed that by eliminating contraction, phosphorylation activity is preserved and energy is reduced. However, the side-effects of BDM render it less effective than blebbistatin.
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- Sofia Segal
- Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel.
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Pollnow S, Arnold R, Werber M, Dossel O, Seemann G. Hyperthermia dependence of cardiac conduction velocity in rat myocardium: Optical mapping and cardiac near field measurements. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017; 2017:3688-3691. [PMID: 29060699 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hyperthermia during radiofrequency ablation causes reversible and irreversible changes of the electrophysiological properties of cardiac tissue. However, the mechanisms are incompletely understood. We studied changes of conduction velocity (CV) in rat myocardium under hyperthermic conditions from macroscopic to microscopic scale by using simultaneous optical mapping and a miniaturized electrode array. Atrial preparations from five rats were superfused at tissue bath temperatures between 36.7°C and 43.8°C. Optical mapping data showed an elevated median CV by 21% when increasing the temperature from 36.7°C to 42.0°C. CV did not increase above 42.0°C. Electrical measurements revealed a similar temperature dependence of CV between 36.7°C and 42.0°C, i.e. an increase of median CV by 26%. The consolidation of optical and electrical data in this study allowed investigation of excitation during global hyperthermia. Macroscopic optical mapping and microscopic electrical measurements demonstrated that hyperthermia strongly influenced electrical propagation at a microscopic scale.
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Ng GA. Feasibility of selection of antiarrhythmic drug treatment on the basis of arrhythmogenic mechanism — Relevance of electrical restitution, wavebreak and rotors. Pharmacol Ther 2017; 176:1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Martišienė I, Mačianskienė R, Treinys R, Navalinskas A, Almanaitytė M, Karčiauskas D, Kučinskas A, Grigalevičiūtė R, Zigmantaitė V, Benetis R, Jurevičius J. Voltage-Sensitive Fluorescence of Indocyanine Green in the Heart. Biophys J 2017; 110:723-732. [PMID: 26840736 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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So far, the optical mapping of cardiac electrical signals using voltage-sensitive fluorescent dyes has only been performed in experimental studies because these dyes are not yet approved for clinical use. It was recently reported that the well-known and widely used fluorescent dye indocyanine green (ICG), which has FDA approval, exhibits voltage sensitivity in various tissues, thus raising hopes that electrical activity could be optically mapped in the clinic. The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of using ICG to monitor cardiac electrical activity. Optical mapping experiments were performed on Langendorff rabbit hearts stained with ICG and perfused with electromechanical uncouplers. The residual contraction force and electrical action potentials were recorded simultaneously. Our research confirms that ICG is a voltage-sensitive dye with a dual-component (fast and slow) response to membrane potential changes. The fast component of the optical signal (OS) can have opposite polarities in different parts of the fluorescence spectrum. In contrast, the polarity of the slow component remains the same throughout the entire spectrum. Separating the OS into these components revealed two different voltage-sensitivity mechanisms for ICG. The fast component of the OS appears to be electrochromic in nature, whereas the slow component may arise from the redistribution of the dye molecules within or around the membrane. Both components quite accurately track the time of electrical signal propagation, but only the fast component is suitable for estimating the shape and duration of action potentials. Because ICG has voltage-sensitive properties in the entire heart, we suggest that it can be used to monitor cardiac electrical behavior in the clinic.
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Liu X, Zhang L, Pacciulli D, Zhao J, Nan C, Shen W, Quan J, Tian J, Huang X. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Caused by Troponin Mutations: Application of Disease Animal Models in Translational Studies. Front Physiol 2016; 7:629. [PMID: 28066262 PMCID: PMC5165243 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) plays a critical role in regulation of cardiac function. Studies have shown that the deficiency of cTnI or mutations in cTnI (particularly in the C-terminus of cTnI) results in diastolic dysfunction (impaired relaxation) due to an increased myofibril sensitivity to calcium. The first clinical study revealing the association between restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) with cardiac troponin mutations was reported in 2003. In order to illustrate the mechanisms underlying the cTnI mutation caused cardiomyopathy, we have generated a cTnI gene knockout mouse model and transgenic mouse lines with the reported point mutations in cTnI C-terminus. In this paper, we summarize our studies using these animal models from our laboratory and the other in vitro studies using reconstituted filament and cultured cells. The potential mechanisms underlying diastolic dysfunction and heart failure caused by these cTnI C-terminal mutations are discussed as well. Furthermore, calcium desensitizing in correction of impaired relaxation in myocardial cells due to cTnI mutations is discussed. Finally, we describe a model of translational study, i.e., from bedside to bench and from bench to bedside. These studies may enrich our understanding of the mechanism underlying inherited cardiomyopathies and provide the clues to search for target-oriented medication aiming at the treatment of diastolic dysfunction and heart failure.
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- Xiaoyan Liu
- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Chongqing Medical University Children's Hospital Chongqing, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Chongqing Medical University Children's Hospital Chongqing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Bayannaoer City Hospital Bayannaoer, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Chongqing Medical University Children's Hospital Chongqing, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Chongqing Medical University Children's Hospital Chongqing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL, USA
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Hall AR, Hausenloy DJ. Mitochondrial respiratory inhibition by 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM): implications for culturing isolated mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/1/e12606. [PMID: 26733241 PMCID: PMC4760411 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Experiments in isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes have greatly facilitated the study of cellular and subcellular physiology in the heart. However, the isolation and culture of high‐quality adult murine ventricular cardiomyocytes can be technically challenging. In most experimental protocols, the culture of viable adult murine cardiomyocytes for prolonged time periods is achieved with the addition of the myosin II ATPase inhibitors blebbistatin and/or 2,3‐butanedione monoxime (BDM). These drugs are added to increase cell viability and life span by inhibiting spontaneous cardiomyocyte contraction, thereby preventing calcium overload, cell hypercontracture, and cell death. While the addition of BDM has been reported to prolong the life span of isolated adult murine cardiomyocytes, it is also associated with several off‐target effects. Here, we report a novel off‐target effect, in which BDM inhibits mitochondrial respiration by acting directly on the electron transport chain to reduce cell viability. In contrast, when cells were cultured with blebbistatin alone, cells survived for longer, and no metabolic off‐target effects were observed. Based on these novel observations, we recommend that culture media for isolated mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes should be supplemented with blebbistatin alone, as BDM has the potential to affect mitochondrial respiration and cell viability, effects which may impact adversely on subsequent experiments.
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- Andrew R Hall
- The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London Hospital & Medical School, London, UK
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- The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London Hospital & Medical School, London, UK Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National Heart Research Institute Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Kursanov AG, Lisin RV, Khamzin SY, Balakin AA, Protsenko YL, Solovyova OE. The effects of afterload and stimulation delay on the slow force response in the heterogeneous myocardium. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350916050171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Winter J, Shattock MJ. Geometrical considerations in cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmogenesis. Europace 2015; 18:320-31. [PMID: 26585597 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The rate of repolarization (RRepol) and so the duration of the cardiac action potential are determined by the balance of inward and outward currents across the cardiac membrane (net ionic current). Plotting action potential duration (APD) as a function of the RRepol reveals an inverse non-linear relationship, arising from the geometric association between these two factors. From the RRepol-APD relationship, it can be observed that a longer action potential will exhibit a greater propensity to shorten, or prolong, for a given change in the RRepol (i.e. net ionic current), when compared with one that is initially shorter. This observation has recently been used to explain why so many interventions that prolong the action potential exert a greater effect at slow rates (reverse rate-dependence). In this article, we will discuss the broader implications of this simple principle and examine how common experimental observations on the electrical behaviour of the myocardium may be explained in terms of the RRepol-APD relationship. An argument is made, with supporting published evidence, that the non-linear relationship between the RRepol and APD is a fundamental, and largely overlooked, property of the myocardium. The RRepol-APD relationship appears to explain why interventions and disease with seemingly disparate mechanisms of action have similar electrophysiological consequences. Furthermore, the RRepol-APD relationship predicts that prolongation of the action potential, by slowing repolarization, will promote conditions of dynamic electrical instability, exacerbating several electrophysiological phenomena associated with arrhythmogenesis, namely, the rate dependence of dispersion of repolarization, APD restitution, and electrical alternans.
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- James Winter
- Cardiovascular Division, The Rayne Institute, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, The Rayne Institute, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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Neo M, Morris DG, Kuklik P, Lau DH, Dimitri H, Lim WW, Sanders P, Saint DA. Simultaneous conduction mapping and intracellular membrane potential recording in isolated atria. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2015; 94:563-9. [PMID: 26771118 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2015-0194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe a novel approach for simultaneously determining regional differences in action potential (AP) morphology and tissue electrophysiological properties in isolated atria. The epicardial surface of rat atrial preparations was placed in contact with a multi-electrode array (9 × 10 silver chloride electrodes, 0.1 mm diameter and 0.1 mm pitch). A glass microelectrode (100 MΩ) was simultaneously inserted into the endocardial surface to record intracellular AP from either of 2 regions (A, B) during pacing from 2 opposite corners of the tissue. AP duration at 80% of repolarisation and its restitution curve was significantly different only in region A (p < 0.01) when AP was initiated at different stimulation sites. Alternans in AP duration and AP amplitude, and in conduction velocity were observed during 2 separate arrhythmic episodes. This approach of combining microelectrode array and intracellular membrane potential recording may provide new insights into arrhythmogenic mechanisms in animal models of cardiovascular disease.
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- Melissa Neo
- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.,Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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Winter J, Lee AW, Niederer S, Shattock MJ. Vagal modulation of dispersion of repolarisation in the rabbit heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 85:89-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chang Liao ML, de Boer TP, Mutoh H, Raad N, Richter C, Wagner E, Downie BR, Unsöld B, Arooj I, Streckfuss-Bömeke K, Döker S, Luther S, Guan K, Wagner S, Lehnart SE, Maier LS, Stühmer W, Wettwer E, van Veen T, Morlock MM, Knöpfel T, Zimmermann WH. Sensing Cardiac Electrical Activity With a Cardiac Myocyte--Targeted Optogenetic Voltage Indicator. Circ Res 2015; 117:401-12. [PMID: 26078285 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.117.306143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE Monitoring and controlling cardiac myocyte activity with optogenetic tools offer exciting possibilities for fundamental and translational cardiovascular research. Genetically encoded voltage indicators may be particularly attractive for minimal invasive and repeated assessments of cardiac excitation from the cellular to the whole heart level. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that cardiac myocyte-targeted voltage-sensitive fluorescence protein 2.3 (VSFP2.3) can be exploited as optogenetic tool for the monitoring of electric activity in isolated cardiac myocytes and the whole heart as well as function and maturity in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS We first generated mice with cardiac myocyte-restricted expression of VSFP2.3 and demonstrated distinct localization of VSFP2.3 at the t-tubulus/junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum microdomain without any signs for associated pathologies (assessed by echocardiography, RNA-sequencing, and patch clamping). Optically recorded VSFP2.3 signals correlated well with membrane voltage measured simultaneously by patch clamping. The use of VSFP2.3 for human action potential recordings was confirmed by simulation of immature and mature action potentials in murine VSFP2.3 cardiac myocytes. Optical cardiograms could be monitored in whole hearts ex vivo and minimally invasively in vivo via fiber optics at physiological heart rate (10 Hz) and under pacing-induced arrhythmia. Finally, we reprogrammed tail-tip fibroblasts from transgenic mice and used the VSFP2.3 sensor for benchmarking functional and structural maturation in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes. CONCLUSIONS We introduce a novel transgenic voltage-sensor model as a new method in cardiovascular research and provide proof of concept for its use in optogenetic sensing of physiological and pathological excitation in mature and immature cardiac myocytes in vitro and in vivo.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mei-Ling Chang Liao
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Teun P de Boer
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Hiroki Mutoh
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Nour Raad
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Claudia Richter
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Eva Wagner
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Bryan R Downie
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Bernhard Unsöld
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Iqra Arooj
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Katrin Streckfuss-Bömeke
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Stephan Döker
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Stefan Luther
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Kaomei Guan
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Stefan Wagner
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Stephan E Lehnart
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Lars S Maier
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Walter Stühmer
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Erich Wettwer
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Toon van Veen
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
| | - Michael M Morlock
- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
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- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.)
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- From the Institute of Pharmacology (M.-L.C.L., S.D., E. Wettwer, W.-H.Z.), Clinic for Cardiology and Pulmonology (N.R., E. Wagner, B.U., K.S.-B., K.G., S.W., S.E.L., L.S.M.), and Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Facility (B.R.D.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany (M.-L.C.L., N.R., E. Wagner, K.S.-B., S.L., K.G., S.E.L., W.S., W.-H.Z.); Institute of Biomechanics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (M.-L.C.L., M.M.M.); Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.P.d.B., I.A., T.v.V.); Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan (H.M., T.K.); Max-Planck-Institutes for Dynamics and Self Organization (N.R., C.R., S.L.) and Experimental Medicine (W.S.), Göttingen, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (B.U., S.W., L.S.M.); Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (T.K.).
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Zhang L, Nan C, Chen Y, Tian J, Jean-Charles PY, Getfield C, Wang X, Huang X. Calcium desensitizer catechin reverses diastolic dysfunction in mice with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Arch Biochem Biophys 2015; 573:69-76. [PMID: 25813360 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Diastolic dysfunction refers to an impaired relaxation and an abnormality in ventricular blood filling during diastole while systolic function is preserved. Cardiac myofibril hypersensitivity to Ca(2+) is a major factor that causes impaired relaxation of myocardial cells. The present study investigates the effect of the green tea extract catechins on myofibril calcium desensitization and restoration of diastolic function in a restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) mouse model with cardiac troponin mutations. Wild type (WT) and RCM mice were treated daily with catechin (epigallocatechin-3-gallate, EGCg, 50 mg/kg body weight) for 3 months. Echocardiography and cell based assays were performed to measure cardiac structure and flow-related variables including chamber dimensions, fraction shortening, trans-mitral flow patterns in the experimental mice. In addition, myocyte contractility and calcium dynamics were measured in WT and RCM cardiomyocytes treated in vitro with 5 μM EGCg. Our data indicated that RCM mice treated with EGCg showed an improved diastolic function while systolic function remained unchanged. At the cellular level, sarcomere relaxation and calcium decay were accelerated in RCM myocardial cells treated with EGCg. These results suggest that catechin is effective in reversing the impaired relaxation in RCM myocardial cells and rescuing the RCM mice with diastolic dysfunction.
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- Lei Zhang
- Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA; Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA; Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA.
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Tardiff JC, Carrier L, Bers DM, Poggesi C, Ferrantini C, Coppini R, Maier LS, Ashrafian H, Huke S, van der Velden J. Targets for therapy in sarcomeric cardiomyopathies. Cardiovasc Res 2015; 105:457-70. [PMID: 25634554 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To date, no compounds or interventions exist that treat or prevent sarcomeric cardiomyopathies. Established therapies currently improve the outcome, but novel therapies may be able to more fundamentally affect the disease process and course. Investigations of the pathomechanisms are generating molecular insights that can be useful for the design of novel specific drugs suitable for clinical use. As perturbations in the heart are stage-specific, proper timing of drug treatment is essential to prevent initiation and progression of cardiac disease in mutation carrier individuals. In this review, we emphasize potential novel therapies which may prevent, delay, or even reverse hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by sarcomeric gene mutations. These include corrections of genetic defects, altered sarcomere function, perturbations in intracellular ion homeostasis, and impaired myocardial energetics.
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- Jil C Tardiff
- Department of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, 1656 East Mabel Street, MRB 312, Tucson, AZ 85724-5217, USA
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Center of Molecular Medicine and Applied Biophysics (CIMMBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center of Molecular Medicine and Applied Biophysics (CIMMBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center of Molecular Medicine and Applied Biophysics (CIMMBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum, Regensburg, Germany
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Wang K, Lee P, Mirams GR, Sarathchandra P, Borg TK, Gavaghan DJ, Kohl P, Bollensdorff C. Cardiac tissue slices: preparation, handling, and successful optical mapping. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 308:H1112-25. [PMID: 25595366 PMCID: PMC4551126 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00556.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cardiac tissue slices are becoming increasingly popular as a model system for cardiac electrophysiology and pharmacology research and development. Here, we describe in detail the preparation, handling, and optical mapping of transmembrane potential and intracellular free calcium concentration transients (CaT) in ventricular tissue slices from guinea pigs and rabbits. Slices cut in the epicardium-tangential plane contained well-aligned in-slice myocardial cell strands (“fibers”) in subepicardial and midmyocardial sections. Cut with a high-precision slow-advancing microtome at a thickness of 350 to 400 μm, tissue slices preserved essential action potential (AP) properties of the precutting Langendorff-perfused heart. We identified the need for a postcutting recovery period of 36 min (guinea pig) and 63 min (rabbit) to reach 97.5% of final steady-state values for AP duration (APD) (identified by exponential fitting). There was no significant difference between the postcutting recovery dynamics in slices obtained using 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime or blebistatin as electromechanical uncouplers during the cutting process. A rapid increase in APD, seen after cutting, was caused by exposure to ice-cold solution during the slicing procedure, not by tissue injury, differences in uncouplers, or pH-buffers (bicarbonate; HEPES). To characterize intrinsic patterns of CaT, AP, and conduction, a combination of multipoint and field stimulation should be used to avoid misinterpretation based on source-sink effects. In summary, we describe in detail the preparation, mapping, and data analysis approaches for reproducible cardiac tissue slice-based investigations into AP and CaT dynamics.
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- Ken Wang
- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Harefield Heart Science Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina; and
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Harefield Heart Science Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Harefield Heart Science Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Middlesex, United Kingdom; Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Ghouri IA, Kelly A, Burton FL, Smith GL, Kemi OJ. 2-Photon excitation fluorescence microscopy enables deeper high-resolution imaging of voltage and Ca(2+) in intact mice, rat, and rabbit hearts. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2015; 8:112-23. [PMID: 24123976 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201300109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We describe a novel two-photon (2P) laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM) protocol that provides ratiometric transmural measurements of membrane voltage (Vm ) via Di-4-ANEPPS in intact mouse, rat and rabbit hearts with subcellular resolution. The same cells were then imaged with Fura-2/AM for intracellular Ca(2+) recordings. Action potentials (APs) were accurately characterized by 2PLSM vs. microelectrodes, albeit fast events (<1 ms) were sub-optimally acquired by 2PLSM due to limited sampling frequencies (2.6 kHz). The slower Ca(2+) transient (CaT) time course (>1ms) could be accurately described by 2PLSM. In conclusion, Vm - and Ca(2+) -sensitive dyes can be 2P excited within the cardiac muscle wall to provide AP and Ca(2+) signals to ∼400 µm.
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- Iffath A Ghouri
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences; College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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Trendowski M. Exploiting the cytoskeletal filaments of neoplastic cells to potentiate a novel therapeutic approach. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2014; 1846:599-616. [PMID: 25286320 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Although cytoskeletal-directed agents have been a mainstay in chemotherapeutic protocols due to their ability to readily interfere with the rapid mitotic progression of neoplastic cells, they are all microtubule-based drugs, and there has yet to be any microfilament- or intermediate filament-directed agents approved for clinical use. There are many inherent differences between the cytoskeletal networks of malignant and normal cells, providing an ideal target to attain preferential damage. Further, numerous microfilament-directed agents, and an intermediate filament-directed agent of particular interest (withaferin A) have demonstrated in vitro and in vivo efficacy, suggesting that cytoskeletal filaments may be exploited to supplement chemotherapeutic approaches currently used in the clinical setting. Therefore, this review is intended to expose academics and clinicians to the tremendous variety of cytoskeletal filament-directed agents that are currently available for further chemotherapeutic evaluation. The mechanisms by which microfilament directed- and intermediate filament-directed agents damage malignant cells are discussed in detail in order to establish how the drugs can be used in combination with each other, or with currently approved chemotherapeutic agents to generate a substantial synergistic attack, potentially establishing a new paradigm of chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Matthew Trendowski
- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
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In the past decade, optical mapping provided crucial mechanistic insight into electromechanical function and the mechanism of ventricular fibrillation. Therefore, to date, optical mapping dominates experimental cardiac electrophysiology. The first cardiac measurements involving optics were done in the early 1900s using the fast cinematograph that later evolved into methods for high-resolution activation and repolarization mapping and stimulation of specific cardiac cell types. The field of "optocardiography," therefore, emerged as the use of light for recording or interfering with cardiac physiology. In this review, we discuss how optocardiography developed into the dominant research technique in experimental cardiology. Furthermore, we envision how optocardiographic methods can be used in clinical cardiology.
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The Lambeth Conventions (II): Guidelines for the study of animal and human ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias. Pharmacol Ther 2013; 139:213-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Kelly A, Ghouri IA, Kemi OJ, Bishop MJ, Bernus O, Fenton FH, Myles RC, Burton FL, Smith GL. Subepicardial action potential characteristics are a function of depth and activation sequence in isolated rabbit hearts. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013; 6:809-17. [PMID: 23733913 DOI: 10.1161/circep.113.000334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Electric excitability in the ventricular wall is influenced by cellular electrophysiology and passive electric properties of the myocardium. Action potential (AP) rise time, an indicator of myocardial excitability, is influenced by conduction pattern and distance from the epicardial surface. This study examined AP rise times and conduction velocity as the depolarizing wavefront approaches the epicardial surface. METHODS AND RESULTS Two-photon excitation of di-4-aminonaphthenyl-pyridinum-propylsulfonate was used to measure electric activity at discrete epicardial layers of isolated Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts to a depth of 500 μm. Endo-to-epicardial wavefronts were studied during right atrial or ventricular endocardial pacing. Similar measurements were made with epi-to-endocardial, transverse, and longitudinal pacing protocols. Results were compared with data from a bidomain model of 3-dimensional (3D) electric propagation within ventricular myocardium. During right atrial and endocardial pacing, AP rise time (10%-90% of upstroke) decreased by ≈50% between 500 and 50 μm from the epicardial surface, whereas conduction velocity increased and AP duration was only slightly shorter (≈4%). These differences were not observed with other conduction patterns. The depth-dependent changes in rise time were larger at higher pacing rates. Modeling data qualitatively reproduced the behavior seen experimentally and demonstrated a parallel reduction in peak I(Na) and electrotonic load as the wavefront approaches the epicardial surface. CONCLUSIONS Decreased electrotonic load at the epicardial surface results in more rapid AP upstrokes and higher conduction velocities compared with the bulk myocardium. Combined effects of tissue depth and pacing rate on AP rise time reduce conduction safety and myocardial excitability within the ventricular wall.
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- Allen Kelly
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Veeraraghavan R, Larsen AP, Torres NS, Grunnet M, Poelzing S. Potassium channel activators differentially modulate the effect of sodium channel blockade on cardiac conduction. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2013; 207:280-9. [PMID: 22913299 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02481.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Diminished repolarization reserve contributes to the arrhythmogenic substrate in many disease states. Pharmacological activation of K(+) channels has been suggested as a potential antiarrhythmic therapy in such conditions. Having previously demonstrated that I(K1) and I(Kr) can modulate cardiac conduction, we tested here the effects of pharmacological I(KATP) and I(Ks) activation on cardiac conduction and its dependence on the sodium current (I(Na)). METHODS AND RESULTS Bath electrocardiograms (ECGs) recorded from Langendorff-perfused guinea pig ventricles revealed QRS prolongation during I(KATP) activation by pinacidil but not during I(Ks) activation by R-L3 relative to control. In contrast, when I(Na) was partially blocked by flecainide, R-L3 but not pinacidil prolonged the QRS relative to flecainide alone. Conduction velocity (θ) was quantified by optical mapping during epicardial pacing. Both longitudinal (θ(L)) and transverse (θ(T)) θ were reduced by pinacidil (by 10 ± 1 and 9 ± 3%, respectively) and R-L3 (by 11 ± 2% and 15 ± 4%, respectively). Flecainide decreased θ(L) by 33 ± 4% and θ(T) by 36 ± 5%. Whereas pinacidil did not further slow θ relative to flecainide alone, R-L3 decreased both θ(L) and θ(T). CONCLUSION Pharmacological activation of I(KATP) and I(Ks) slows cardiac conduction; however, they demonstrate diverse effects on θ dependence on I(Na) blockade. These findings may have significant implications for the use of K(+) channel activators as antiarrhythmic drugs and for patients with Na(+) channel abnormalities or being treated with Na(+) channel blockers.
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute; University of Utah; Salt Lake City; UT; USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute; University of Utah; Salt Lake City; UT; USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute; University of Utah; Salt Lake City; UT; USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute; University of Utah; Salt Lake City; UT; USA
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Brack KE, Narang R, Winter J, Ng GA. The mechanical uncoupler blebbistatin is associated with significant electrophysiological effects in the isolated rabbit heart. Exp Physiol 2013; 98:1009-27. [PMID: 23291912 PMCID: PMC3734628 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.069369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Blebbistatin (BS) is a recently discovered inhibitor of the myosin II isoform and has been adopted as the mechanical uncoupler of choice for optical mapping, because previous studies suggest that BS has no significant cardiac electrophysiological effects in a number of species. The aim of this study was to determine whether BS affects cardiac electrophysiology in isolated New Zealand White rabbit hearts. Langendorff-perfused hearts (n= 39) in constant-flow mode had left ventricular monophasic action potential duration (MAPD) measured at apical and basal regions during constant pacing (300 ms cycle length). Standard action potential duration restitution was obtained using the single extrastimulus method with measurement of the maximal restitution slope. Ventricular fibrillation threshold was measured as the minimal current inducing sustained ventricular fibrillation with burst pacing (30 stimuli, at 30 ms intervals). Optical action potentials were recorded using the voltage-sensitive dye di-4-ANEPPS. Measurements were taken at baseline and after 60 min perfusion with BS (5 μm). Blebbistatin significantly prolonged left ventricular apical (mean ± SEM; from 129.9 ± 2.9 to 170.7 ± 4.1 ms, P < 0.001, n= 8) and basal MAPD (from 135.0 ± 2.3 to 163.3 ± 5.6 ms, P < 0.001) and effective refractory period (from 141.3 ± 4.8 to 175.6 ± 3.7 ms, P < 0.001) whilst increasing the maximal slope of restitution (apex, from 0.79 ± 0.09 to 1.57 ± 0.16, P < 0.001; and base, from 0.71 ± 0.06 to 1.44 ± 0.24, P < 0.001) and ventricular fibrillation threshold (from 5.3 ± 1.1 to 17.0 ± 2.9 mA, P < 0.001). In other hearts, blebbistatin significantly prolonged optically recorded action potentials (from 136.5 ± 6.3 to 173.0 ± 7.9 ms, P < 0.05, n= 4). In control experiments, the increase of MAPD with blebbistatin was present whether the hearts were perfused in constant-pressure mode (n= 5) or in unloaded conditions (n= 5). These data show that blebbistatin significantly affects cardiac electrophysiology. Its use in optical mapping studies should be treated with caution.
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- Kieran E Brack
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiology group, University of Leicester, and Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease,Clinical Sciences Wing, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK
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Sohn K, Wende AR, Abel ED, Moreno AP, Sachse FB, Punske BB. Absence of glucose transporter 4 diminishes electrical activity of mouse hearts during hypoxia. Exp Physiol 2012. [PMID: 23180812 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.070235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Insulin resistance, which characterizes type 2 diabetes, is associated with reduced translocation of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to the plasma membrane following insulin stimulation, and diabetic patients with insulin resistance show a higher incidence of ischaemia, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. The aim of this study was to examine whether GLUT4 deficiency leads to more severe alterations in cardiac electrical activity during cardiac stress due to hypoxia. To fulfil this aim, we compared cardiac electrical activity from cardiac-selective GLUT4-ablated (G4H-/-) mouse hearts and corresponding control (CTL) littermates. A custom-made cylindrical 'cage' electrode array measured potentials (Ves) from the epicardium of isolated, perfused mouse hearts. The normalized average of the maximal downstroke of Ves ( (|d Ves/dt(min)|na), which we previously introduced as an index of electrical activity in normal, ischaemic and hypoxic hearts, was used to assess the effects of GLUT4 deficiency on electrical activity. The |d Ves/dt(min)|na of G4H −/− and CTL hearts decreased by 75 and 47%, respectively (P < 0.05), 30 min after the onset of hypoxia. Administration of insulin attenuated decreases in values of |d Ves/dt(min)|na in G4H −/− hearts as well as in CTL hearts, during hypoxia. In general, however, G4H −/− hearts showed a severe alteration of the propagation sequence and a prolonged total activation time. Results of this study demonstrate that reduced glucose availability associated with insulin resistance and a reduction in GLUT4-mediated glucose transport impairs electrical activity during hypoxia, and may contribute to cardiac vulnerability to arrhythmias in diabetic patients.
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- Kwanghyun Sohn
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, 95 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000, USA.
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Di Diego JM, Sicouri S, Myles RC, Burton FL, Smith GL, Antzelevitch C. Optical and electrical recordings from isolated coronary-perfused ventricular wedge preparations. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2012; 54:53-64. [PMID: 23142540 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The electrophysiological heterogeneity that exists across the ventricular wall in the mammalian heart has long been recognized, but remains an area that is incompletely understood. Experimental studies of the mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis in the whole heart often examine the epicardial surface in isolation and thereby disregard transmural electrophysiology. Significant heterogeneity exists in the electrophysiological properties of cardiomyocytes isolated from different layers of the ventricular wall, and given that regional heterogeneities of membrane repolarization properties can influence the electrophysiological substrate for re-entry, the diversity of cell types and characteristics spanning the ventricular wall is important in the study of arrhythmogenesis. For these reasons, coronary-perfused left ventricular wedge preparations have been developed to permit the study of transmural electrophysiology in the intact ventricle. Since the first report by Yan and Antzelevitch in 1996, electrical recordings from the transmural surface of canine wedge preparations have provided a wealth of data regarding the cellular basis for the electrocardiogram, the role of transmural heterogeneity in arrhythmogenesis, and differences in the response of the different ventricular layers to drugs and neurohormones. Use of the wedge preparation has since been expanded to other species and more recently it has also been widely used in optical mapping studies. The isolated perfused wedge preparation has become an important tool in cardiac electrophysiology. In this review, we detail the methodology involved in recording both electrical and optical signals from the coronary-perfused wedge preparation and review the advances in cardiac electrophysiology achieved through study of the wedge.
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- José M Di Diego
- Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, 2150 Bleecker St., Utica, NY 13501, USA
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Brines L, Such-Miquel L, Gallego D, Trapero I, del Canto I, Zarzoso M, Soler C, Pelechano F, Cánoves J, Alberola A, Such L, Chorro FJ. Modifications of mechanoelectric feedback induced by 2,3-butanedione monoxime and Blebbistatin in Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2012; 206:29-41. [PMID: 22497862 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02441.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Myocardial stretching is an arrhythmogenic factor. Optical techniques and mechanical uncouplers are used to study the mechanoelectric feedback. The aim of this study is to determine whether the mechanical uncouplers 2,3-butanedione monoxime and Blebbistatin hinder or modify the electrophysiological effects of acute mechanical stretch. METHODS The ventricular fibrillation (VF) modifications induced by acute mechanical stretch were studied in 27 Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts using epicardial multiple electrodes and mapping techniques under control conditions (n = 9) and during the perfusion of 2,3-butanedione monoxime (15 mM) (n = 9) or Blebbistatin (10 μm) (n = 9). RESULTS In the control series, myocardial stretch increased the complexity of the activation maps and the dominant frequency (DF) of VF from 13.1 ± 2.0 Hz to 19.1 ± 3.1 Hz (P < 0.001, 46% increment). At baseline, the activation maps showed less complexity in both the 2,3-butanedione monoxime and Blebbistatin series, and the DF was lower in the 2,3-butanedione monoxime series (11.4 ± 1.2 Hz; P < 0.05). The accelerating effect of mechanical stretch was abolished under 2,3-butanedione monoxime (maximum DF = 11.7 ± 2.4 Hz, 5% increment, ns vs baseline, P < 0.0001 vs. control series) and reduced under Blebbistatin (maximum DF = 12.9 ± 0.7 Hz, 8% increment, P < 0.01 vs. baseline, P < 0.0001 vs. control series). The variations in complexity of the activation maps under stretch were not significant in the 2,3-butanedione monoxime series and were significantly attenuated under Blebbistatin. CONCLUSION The accelerating effect and increased complexity of myocardial activation during VF induced by acute mechanical stretch are abolished under the action of 2,3-butanedione monoxime and reduced under the action of Blebbistatin.
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- L. Brines
- Department of Medicine; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Physiology; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Infirmary; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Medicine; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Physiology; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Physiology; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Medicine; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Service of Cardiology; Valencia University Clinic Hospital; INCLIVA, Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Physiology; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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- Department of Physiology; Valencia University, Estudi General; Valencia; Spain
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Insights into restrictive cardiomyopathy from clinical and animal studies. J Geriatr Cardiol 2012; 8:168-83. [PMID: 22783303 PMCID: PMC3390071 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1263.2011.00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Cardiomyopathies are diseases that primarily affect the myocardium, leading to serious cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Out of the three major categories of cardiomyopathies (hypertrophic, dilated and restrictive), restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is less common and also the least studied. However, the prognosis for RCM is poor as some patients dying in their childhood. The molecular mechanisms behind the disease development and progression are not very clear and the treatment of RCM is very difficult and often ineffective. In this article, we reviewed the recent progress in RCM research from the clinical studies and the translational studies done on diseased transgenic animal models. This will help for a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the etiology and development of RCM and for the design of better treatments for the disease.
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Caldwell JC, Burton FL, Cobbe SM, Smith GL. Slowing of Electrical Activity in Ventricular Fibrillation is Not Associated with Increased Defibrillation Energies in the Isolated Rabbit Heart. Front Physiol 2011; 2:11. [PMID: 21519386 PMCID: PMC3078558 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Prolonged out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrests are associated with reduced ECG dominant frequency (DF) and diminished defibrillation success. Partial reversal of ischemia increases ECG DF and improves defibrillation outcome. We have investigated the metabolic components of ischemia responsible for the decline in ECG DF and defibrillation success. Isolated Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts were loaded with the voltage-sensitive dye RH237. Using a photodiode array, epicardial membrane potentials were recorded at 252 sites (15 mm × 15 mm) on the anterior surface of the left and right ventricles. Simultaneously, a global ECG was recorded. VF was induced by burst pacing, and after 60s, perfusion was either reduced to 6 ml/min or the perfusate composition changed to impose hypoxia (95% N(2)/5% CO(2)), pH 6.7 (80% O(2)/20% CO(2)), or hyperkalemia (8 mM). Using fast Fourier transform, power spectra were created from the optical signals and the global ECG. The optical power spectra were summated to give a global power spectrum (pseudoECG). At 600 s the minimum defibrillation voltage (MDV) was determined by step-up protocol. During VF, the ECG and pseudoECG DF were reduced by low-flow ischemia (9.0 ± 1.0 Hz, p < 0.01, n = 5) and raised [K(+)](o) (12.2 ± 1.3 Hz, p < 0.05, n = 7) compared to control (19.2 ± 1.5 Hz, n = 20), but were unaffected by acidic pH(o) (16.7 ± 1.1 Hz, n = 11) and hypoxia (14.0 ± 1.2 Hz, n = 10). In contrast, the MDV was raised by acidic pH (156.1 ± 26.4 V, p < 0.001) and hypoxia (154.1 ± 22.1 V, p < 0.01) compared to control (65.6 ± 2.3 V), but comparable changes were not observed in low-flow ischemia (61.0 ± 0.5 V) or raised [K(+)](o) (56 ± 3 V). In summary, different metabolites are responsible for the reduction in DF and the increase in defibrillation energy during ischemic VF.
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- Jane C Caldwell
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK
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Myles RC, Burton FL, Cobbe SM, Smith GL. Alternans of action potential duration and amplitude in rabbits with left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial infarction. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 50:510-21. [PMID: 21145895 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Revised: 11/21/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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T-wave alternans may predict the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and experimental work has linked discordant repolarization alternans to the induction of re-entry. The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence of transmural repolarization alternans and to investigate the link between alternans and ventricular arrhythmia in rabbits with left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial infarction. Optical mapping was used to record action potentials from the transmural surface of left ventricular wedge preparations from normal and post-infarction hearts during a progressive reduction in pacing cycle length at 30 and 37°C. Data were analyzed using custom software, including spectral analysis. There were no significant differences in baseline transmural electrophysiology between the groups. Post-infarction hearts had a lower threshold for both repolarization alternans (286 vs. 333 bpm, p<0.05) and ventricular arrhythmias (79 vs. 19%, p<0.01) during rapid pacing, which was not accounted for by increased transmural discordant alternans. In VF-prone hearts, alternans in optical action potential amplitude was observed and increased until 2:1 block occurred. The degree of optical action potential amplitude alternans (12.0 ± 7.0 vs. 1.8 ± 0.3, p<0.05), but not APD(90) alternans (1.4 ± 0.6 vs. 1.1 ± 0.1, p>0.05) was associated with VF inducibility during rapid pacing. Post-infarction hearts are more vulnerable to transmural alternans and ventricular arrhythmias at rapid rates. Alternans in optical action potential amplitude was associated with conduction block and VF. The data suggest that changes in optical action potential amplitude may underlie a mechanism for alternans-associated ventricular arrhythmia in left ventricular dysfunction.
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- Rachel C Myles
- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Myles RC, Bernus O, Burton FL, Cobbe SM, Smith GL. Effect of activation sequence on transmural patterns of repolarization and action potential duration in rabbit ventricular myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1812-22. [PMID: 20889843 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00518.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Although transmural heterogeneity of action potential duration (APD) is established in single cells isolated from different tissue layers, the extent to which it produces transmural gradients of repolarization in electrotonically coupled ventricular myocardium remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to examine the relative contribution of intrinsic cellular gradients of APD and electrotonic influences to transmural repolarization in rabbit ventricular myocardium. Transmural optical mapping was performed in left ventricular wedge preparations from eight rabbits. Transmural patterns of activation, repolarization, and APD were recorded during endocardial and epicardial stimulation. Experimental results were compared with modeled data during variations in electrotonic coupling. A transmural gradient of APD was evident during endocardial stimulation, which reflected differences previously seen in isolated cells, with the longest APD at the endocardium and the shortest at the epicardium (endo: 165 ± 5 vs. epi: 147 ± 4 ms; P < 0.05). During epicardial stimulation, this gradient reversed (epi: 162 ± 4 vs. endo: 148 ± 6 ms; P < 0.05). In both activation sequences, transmural repolarization followed activation and APD shortened along the activation path such that significant transmural gradients of repolarization did not occur. This correlation between transmural activation time and APD was recapitulated in simulations and varied with changes in intercellular coupling, confirming that it is mediated by electrotonic current flow between cells. These data suggest that electrotonic influences are important in determining the transmural repolarization sequence in rabbit ventricular myocardium and that they are sufficient to overcome intrinsic differences in the electrophysiological properties of the cells across the ventricular wall.
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- Rachel C Myles
- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jou CJ, Spitzer KW, Tristani-Firouzi M. Blebbistatin effectively uncouples the excitation-contraction process in zebrafish embryonic heart. Cell Physiol Biochem 2010; 25:419-24. [PMID: 20332622 DOI: 10.1159/000303046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The zebrafish is an emerging model system for the study of cardiac electrophysiology and human arrhythmias. High resolution imaging techniques are powerful tools for the study of zebrafish cardiac electrophysiology, but these methods require the complete absence of cardiac contraction. Many pharmacological agents that uncouple cardiac contraction also markedly alter the cardiac action potential (AP). In this study, we compared the effects two uncoupling agents, 2,3-Butanedione monoxime (BDM) and blebbistatin, on contractility and AP parameters in embryonic zebrafish heart. METHODS Zebrafish hearts were explanted (48 hpf) and superfused with either BDM (15 mM) or blebbistatin (1, 5 or 10 microM), while recording atrial or ventricular APs with the disrupted patch technique. Calcium transients were recorded with a high-speed confocal scanning microscope in hearts loaded intracellularly with 10 microM fluo-4 and superfused with 10 microM blebbistatin. RESULTS Despite abolishing cardiac contractility, BDM altered ventricular AP morphology and inhibited spontaneous APs. In contrast, blebbistatin (10 microM) abolished contractility without significantly altering AP morphology or generation of spontaneous APs. Blebbistatin allowed for high fidelity measurements of atrial and ventricular calcium transients. CONCLUSION Blebbistatin is a potent and effective excitation-contraction uncoupling agent in embryonic zebrafish heart.
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- Chuanchau J Jou
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA.
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Salama G, Hwang SM. Simultaneous optical mapping of intracellular free calcium and action potentials from Langendorff perfused hearts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; Chapter 12:Unit 12.17. [PMID: 19575468 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy1217s49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The cardiac action potential (AP) controls the rise and fall of intracellular free Ca2+ (Ca(i)), and thus the amplitude and kinetics of force generation. Besides excitation-contraction coupling, the reverse process where Ca(i) influences the AP through Ca(i)-dependent ionic currents has been implicated as the mechanism underlying QT alternans and cardiac arrhythmias in heart failure, ischemia/reperfusion, cardiac myopathy, myocardial infarction, congenital and drug-induced long QT syndrome, and ventricular fibrillation. The development of dual optical mapping at high spatial and temporal resolution provides a powerful tool to investigate the role of Ca(i) anomalies in eliciting cardiac arrhythmias. This unit describes experimental protocols to map APs and Ca(i) transients from perfused hearts by labeling the heart with two fluorescent dyes, one to measure transmembrane potential (Vm), the other Ca(i) transients. High spatial and temporal resolution is achieved by selecting Vm and Ca(i) probes with the same excitation but different emission wavelengths, to avoid cross-talk and mechanical components.
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- Guy Salama
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Jia C, Olafsson R, Kim K, Kolias TJ, Rubin JM, Weitzel WF, Witte RS, Huang SW, Richards MS, Deng CX, O'Donnell M. Two-dimensional strain imaging of controlled rabbit hearts. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2009; 35:1488-501. [PMID: 19616362 PMCID: PMC2731831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Revised: 03/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ultrasound strain imaging using 2-D speckle tracking has been proposed to quantitatively assess changes in myocardial contractility caused by ischemia. Its performance must be demonstrated in a controlled model system as a step toward routine clinical application. In this study, a well-controlled 2-D cardiac elasticity imaging technique was developed using two coplanar and orthogonal linear probes simultaneously imaging an isolated retroperfused rabbit heart. Acute ischemia was generated by left anterior descending (LAD) artery ligation. An excitation-contraction decoupler, 2,3-butanedione monoxime, was applied at a 4-mM concentration to reversibly reduce myocardial contractility. Results using a single probe demonstrate that directional changes in the in-plane principal deformation axes can help locate the bulging area as a result of LAD ligation, which matched well with corresponding Evans Blue staining, and strains or strain magnitude, based on principal stretches, can characterize heart muscle contractility. These two findings using asymmetric displacement accuracy (i.e., normal single-probe measurements with good axial but poor lateral estimates) were further validated using symmetric displacement accuracy (i.e., dual-probe measurements using only accurate axial tracking estimates from each). However, the accuracy of 2-D cardiac strain imaging using a single probe depends on the probe's orientation because of the large variance in lateral displacement estimates.
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- Congxian Jia
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-2099, USA.
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Masumiya H, Oku Y, Okada Y. Inhomogeneous distribution of action potential characteristics in the rabbit sino-atrial node revealed by voltage imaging. J Physiol Sci 2009; 59:227-41. [PMID: 19340533 PMCID: PMC10717393 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-009-0032-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The sino-atrial node (SAN) is the natural pacemaker of the heart. Mechanisms of the leading pacemaker site generation and dynamic pacemaker shifts in the SAN have been so far studied with an electrophysiological technique, but the detailed spatial distribution of action potential characteristics in the SAN has not been analyzed due to the limited number of simultaneously recorded sites in microelectrode recording. To elucidate the mechanism of leading pacemaker site generation in the SAN, we applied a voltage imaging technique and analyzed the spatial distribution of action potential characteristics in the rabbit SAN. Action potential parameters, i.e., action potential duration at 50% repolarization level, the slope of upstroke, and the slope of the linearly depolarizing early phase of pacemaker activity (phase-4), were calculated from optical signals. Action potential parameter values derived from intracellular recording with a microelectrode and those from optical recording were significantly correlated. The leading pacemaker site occurred in the region of either globally or locally maximum phase-4 slope in 7 of 12 preparations, however, it did not coincide with the region of the early maximum phase-4 slope in the other 5 preparations. Carbenoxolone, a gap junction blocker, changed action potential properties and caused pacemaker shifts. Model simulation, assuming an inhomogeneous distribution of intrinsic properties of SAN cells, reproduced the experimental results. We conclude that the functional structure of the SAN is more inhomogeneous than that dictated by previous models. Besides intrinsic cellular properties, cell-to-cell interaction through gap junctions influences action potential characteristics and leading pacemaker site generation.
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- Haruko Masumiya
- Division of Physiome, Department of Physiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501 Japan
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- Division of Physiome, Department of Physiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501 Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Keio University Tsukigase Rehabilitation Center, Izu, Shizuoka 410-3215 Japan
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Dosdall DJ. Mapping ventricular fibrillation: a simplified experimental model leads to a complicated result. Heart Rhythm 2009; 6:693-5. [PMID: 19332392 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Olafsson R, Witte RS, Jia C, Huang SW, Kim K, O'Donnell M. Cardiac activation mapping using ultrasound current source density imaging (UCSDI). IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2009; 56:565-74. [PMID: 19411215 PMCID: PMC2823813 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2009.1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We describe the first mapping of biological current in a live heart using ultrasound current source density imaging (UCSDI). Ablation procedures that treat severe heart arrhythmias require detailed maps of the cardiac activation wave. The conventional procedure is time-consuming and limited by its poor spatial resolution (5-10 mm). UCSDI can potentially improve on existing mapping procedures. It is based on a pressure-induced change in resistivity known as the acousto-electric (AE) effect, which is spatially confined to the ultrasound focus. Data from 2 experiments are presented. A 540 kHz ultrasonic transducer (f/# = 1, focal length = 90 mm, pulse repetition frequency = 1600 Hz) was scanned over an isolated rabbit heart perfused with an excitation-contraction decoupler to reduce motion significantly while retaining electric function. Tungsten electrodes inserted in the left ventricle recorded simultaneously the AE signal and the low-frequency electrocardiogram (ECG). UCSDI displayed spatial and temporal patterns consistent with the spreading activation wave. The propagation velocity estimated from UCSDI was 0.25 +/- 0.05 mm/ms, comparable to the values obtained with the ECG signals. The maximum AE signal-to-noise ratio after filtering was 18 dB, with an equivalent detection threshold of 0.1 mA/ cm(2). This study demonstrates that UCSDI is a potentially powerful technique for mapping current flow and biopotentials in the heart.
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- Ragnar Olafsson
- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Effects of unipolar stimulation on voltage and calcium distributions in the isolated rabbit heart. Basic Res Cardiol 2008; 103:537-51. [PMID: 18642125 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-008-0740-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The effect of electric stimulation on the polarization of cardiac tissue (virtual electrode effect) is well known; the corresponding response of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and its dependence on coupling interval between conditioning stimulus (S1) and test stimulus (S2) has yet to be elucidated. OBJECTIVE Because uncovering the transmembrane potential (V(m))-[Ca(2+)](i) relationship during an electric shock is imperative for understanding arrhythmia induction and defibrillation, we aimed to study simultaneous V(m) and [Ca(2+)](i) responses to strong unipolar stimulation. METHODS We used a dual-camera optical system to image concurrently V (m) and [Ca(2+)](i) responses to unipolar stimulation (20 ms +/- 20 mA) in Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts. RH-237 and Rhod-2 fluorescent dyes were used to measure V(m) and [Ca(2+)](i), respectively. The S1-S2 interval ranged from 10 to 170 ms to examine stimulation during the action potential. RESULTS The [Ca(2+)](i) deflections were less pronounced than changes in V(m) for all S1-S2 intervals. For cathodal stimulation, [Ca(2+)](i) at the central virtual cathode region increased with prolongation of S1-S2 interval. For anodal stimulation, [Ca(2+)](i) at the central virtual anode area decreased with shortening of the S1-S2 interval. At very short S1-S2 intervals (10-20 ms), when S2 polarization was superimposed on the S1 action potential upstroke, the [Ca(2+)](i) distribution did not follow V(m) and produced a more complex pattern. After S2 termination [Ca(2+)](i) exhibited three outcomes in a manner similar to V(m): non-propagating response, break stimulation, and make stimulation. CONCLUSIONS Changes in the [Ca(2+)](i) distribution correlate with the behavior of the V (m) distribution for S1-S2 coupling intervals longer than 20 ms; at shorter intervals S2 creates more heterogeneous [Ca(2+)](i) distribution in comparison with V(m). Stimulation in diastole and at very short coupling intervals caused V(m)-[Ca(2+)](i) uncoupling at the regions of positive polarization (virtual cathode).
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Veeraraghavan R, Poelzing S. Mechanisms underlying increased right ventricular conduction sensitivity to flecainide challenge. Cardiovasc Res 2007; 77:749-56. [PMID: 18056761 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvm090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Rengasayee Veeraraghavan
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000, USA
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Blebbistatin: use as inhibitor of muscle contraction. Pflugers Arch 2007; 455:995-1005. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0375-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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