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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2015

Contractility Measurements on Isolated Papillary Muscles for the Investigation of Cardiac Inotropy in Mice.

Sebastian Uhl, Marc Freichel, Ilka Mathar

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2022
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  8. α1-Adrenergic receptor regulates papillary muscle and aortic segment contractile function via modulation of store-operated CaJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2021
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  11. Considerations for anFrontiers in pharmacology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebastian UhlPharmakologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg.
Marc FreichelPharmakologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg.
Ilka MatharPharmakologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg; ilka.mathar@pharma.uni-heidelberg.de.
Heidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Papillary muscle isolated from adult mouse hearts can be used to study cardiac contractility during different physiological/pathological conditions. The contractile characteristics can be evaluated independently of external influences such as vascular tonus or neurohumoral status. It depicts a scientific approach between single cell measurements with isolated cardiac myocytes and in vivo studies like echocardiography. Thus, papillary muscle preparations serve as an excellent model to study cardiac physiology/pathophysiology and can be used for investigations like the modulation by pharmacological agents or the exploration of transgenic animal models. Here, we describe a method of isolating the murine left anterior papillary muscle to investigate cardiac contractility in an organ bath setup. In contrast to a muscle strip preparation isolated from the ventricular wall, the papillary muscle can be prepared in toto without damaging the muscle tissue severely. The organ bath setup consists of several temperature-controlled, gassed and electrode-equipped organ bath chambers. The isolated papillary muscle is fixed in the organ bath chamber and electrically stimulated. The evoked twitch force is recorded using a pressure transducer and parameters such as twitch force amplitude and twitch kinetics are analyzed. Different experimental protocols can be performed to investigate the calcium- and frequency-dependent contractility as well as dose-response curves of contractile agents such as catecholamines or other pharmaceuticals. Additionally, pathologic conditions like acute ischemia can be simulated.

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Adrenergic beta-AgonistsAnimalsCalciumElectric StimulationIsolated Heart PreparationMiceMyocardial ContractionMyocytes, CardiacPapillary MusclesSignal TransductionAdrenergic beta-AgonistsCalcium

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PMID26436250
PMCPMC4692609
OpenAlexW1444429798

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