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ArticleCirculation research2016

A Simplified, Langendorff-Free Method for Concomitant Isolation of Viable Cardiac Myocytes and Nonmyocytes From the Adult Mouse Heart.

Matthew Ackers-Johnson, Peter Yiqing Li, Andrew P Holmes, Sian-Marie O'Brien, Davor Pavlovic, Roger S Foo

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Article in Circulation research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 353 papers.

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6 authors.

Matthew Ackers-JohnsonFrom the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine MD6, National University Health System, Singapore (M.A.-J., P.Y.L., R.S.F.); Genome Institute of Singapore (M.A.-J., R.S.F.); and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (A.P.H., S.-M.O., D.P.).
Peter Yiqing LiFrom the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine MD6, National University Health System, Singapore (M.A.-J., P.Y.L., R.S.F.); Genome Institute of Singapore (M.A.-J., R.S.F.); and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (A.P.H., S.-M.O., D.P.).
Andrew P HolmesFrom the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine MD6, National University Health System, Singapore (M.A.-J., P.Y.L., R.S.F.); Genome Institute of Singapore (M.A.-J., R.S.F.); and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (A.P.H., S.-M.O., D.P.).
Sian-Marie O'BrienFrom the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine MD6, National University Health System, Singapore (M.A.-J., P.Y.L., R.S.F.); Genome Institute of Singapore (M.A.-J., R.S.F.); and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (A.P.H., S.-M.O., D.P.).
Davor PavlovicFrom the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine MD6, National University Health System, Singapore (M.A.-J., P.Y.L., R.S.F.); Genome Institute of Singapore (M.A.-J., R.S.F.); and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (A.P.H., S.-M.O., D.P.).
Roger S FooFrom the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine MD6, National University Health System, Singapore (M.A.-J., P.Y.L., R.S.F.); Genome Institute of Singapore (M.A.-J., R.S.F.); and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (A.P.H., S.-M.O., D.P.). mdcrfsy@nus.edu.sg.

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/13/43/30324Wellcome Trust 109604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleCardiovascular disease represents a global pandemic. The advent of and recent advances in mouse genomics, epigenomics, and transgenics offer ever-greater potential for powerful avenues of research. However, progress is often constrained by unique complexities associated with the isolation of viable myocytes from the adult mouse heart. Current protocols rely on retrograde aortic perfusion using specialized Langendorff apparatus, which poses considerable logistical and technical barriers to researchers and demands extensive training investment.

objectiveTo identify and optimize a convenient, alternative approach, allowing the robust isolation and culture of adult mouse cardiac myocytes using only common surgical and laboratory equipment. METHODS AND

resultsCardiac myocytes were isolated with yields comparable to those in published Langendorff-based methods, using direct needle perfusion of the LV ex vivo and without requirement for heparin injection. Isolated myocytes can be cultured antibiotic free, with retained organized contractile and mitochondrial morphology, transcriptional signatures, calcium handling, responses to hypoxia, neurohormonal stimulation, and electric pacing, and are amenable to patch clamp and adenoviral gene transfer techniques. Furthermore, the methodology permits concurrent isolation, separation, and coculture of myocyte and nonmyocyte cardiac populations.

conclusionsWe present a novel, simplified method, demonstrating concomitant isolation of viable cardiac myocytes and nonmyocytes from the same adult mouse heart. We anticipate that this new approach will expand and accelerate innovative research in the field of cardiac biology.

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AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCell SeparationCoculture TechniquesFibroblastsHeart VentriclesIsolated Heart PreparationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyocardiumMyocytes, Cardiaccardiac fibroblastscardiomyocytescardiovascular diseasecocultureLangendorff-freemouse modelssingle-cell isolation

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PMID27502479
PMCPMC5965670

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