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ArticleBiophysical journal2018

Dynamic Model for Characterizing Contractile Behaviors and Mechanical Properties of a Cardiomyocyte.

Chuang Zhang, Wenxue Wang, Wenhui He, Ning Xi, Yuechao Wang, Lianqing Liu

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Chuang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wenxue WangState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. Electronic address: wangwenxue@sia.cn.
Wenhui HeDepartment of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China.
Ning XiEmerging Technologies Institute, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Yuechao WangState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Lianqing LiuState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. Electronic address: lqliu@sia.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNShenyang Institute of Automation · CNShenyang Pharmaceutical University · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on the contractile dynamics of heart cells have attracted broad attention for the development of both heart disease therapies and cardiomyocyte-actuated micro-robotics. In this study, a linear dynamic model of a single cardiomyocyte cell was proposed at the subcellular scale to characterize the contractile behaviors of heart cells, with system parameters representing the mechanical properties of the subcellular components of living cardiomyocytes. The system parameters of the dynamic model were identified with the cellular beating pattern measured by a scanning ion conductance microscope. The experiments were implemented with cardiomyocytes in one control group and two experimental groups with the drugs cytochalasin-D or nocodazole, to identify the system parameters of the model based on scanning ion conductance microscope measurements, measurement of the cellular Young's modulus with atomic force microscopy indentation, measurement of cellular contraction forces using the micro-pillar technique, and immunofluorescence staining and imaging of the cytoskeleton. The proposed mathematical model was both indirectly and qualitatively verified by the variation in cytoskeleton, beating amplitude, and contractility of cardiomyocytes among the control and the experimental groups, as well as directly and quantitatively validated by the simulation and the significant consistency of 90.5% in the comparison between the ratios of the Young's modulus and the equivalent comprehensive cellular elasticities of cells in the experimental groups to those in the control group. Apart from mechanical properties (mass, elasticity, and viscosity) of subcellular structures, other properties of cardiomyocytes have also been studied, such as the properties of the relative action potential pattern and cellular beating frequency. This work has potential implications for research on cytobiology, drug screening, mechanisms of the heart, and cardiomyocyte-based bio-syncretic robotics.

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Mechanical PhenomenaModels, CardiovascularMyocardial ContractionBiomechanical PhenomenaCell LineCell SurvivalCytoskeletonMyocytes, Cardiac

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PMID29320686
PMCPMC5773758
OpenAlexW2783971297

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