We would like to thank Dr. Alengo Nyamay'antu and Dr. Ilse Timmerman for their advices about lentiviral packaging. This work is supported by an American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant 10SDG4170137.

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从新生大鼠原代心肌早就被用来研究心肌细胞功能的体外 。这个协议描述了用于从幼鼠采用两步酶消化法新生心肌细胞的分离方法，首先用胰蛋白酶O / N消化，在4℃，然后纯化的胶原酶。采用纯化的胶原酶步骤的一个优点在于，同一等级的酶被用于所有隔离。因此，分离的细胞的质量和数量是从实验的实验一致。 给定与腺病毒相关的，如果细胞培养转导的高效率是必?...

原代大鼠新生心肌早已被用于体外 1调查心肌功能。他们很容易从幼鼠由几个公认的方法2-4隔离开来。最常见的方法使用胶原酶或胰蛋白酶消化之前，细胞分离心脏的结缔组织。研究人员还开发了从成年啮齿动物5-8以及新生小鼠9,10分离心肌细胞的方法。 这个协议描述了从新生大鼠幼仔分离心肌细胞，采用两步酶消化过程的方法。胰蛋白酶是第一次使用O / N在4℃，然后纯化胶原酶在37°C心脏组织用胰蛋白酶O / N的潜伏期在4℃可减少相比，使用顺序孵化在一个温暖的酶液2种方法需要收获细胞的步骤。此外，通过使用纯化的共llagenase而不是粗酶液，批与批之间的变化可以被消除，从而提供增强的可重复性。 特定蛋白质的功能性研究经常采用利用腺病毒11-13和/或14-16的慢病毒的蛋白质表达系统。 [忠告]病毒的生产和操作应根据美国国立卫生研究院的指引进行。 腺病毒不整合到宿主基因组中。它具有转导在大多数细胞类型，包括分裂细胞和非分裂细胞，以及原代细胞和建立的细胞系中非常高的效率。这使得腺病毒的可靠载体用于基因表达。高水平的腺病毒载体编码的蛋白的48小时内下列传导开发，并且它们可以持续数周17。然而，一个缺点是使用的腺病毒蛋白质的表达是一种重组腺的发展novirus是既复杂又费时。这个缺点在部分解释了为什么许多研究人员已经转向慢病毒重组基因的表达。与腺病毒的构建，产生慢病毒结构非常简单快捷。虽然慢病毒通常具有转导的低效率比腺病毒，在两个分裂和非分裂细胞，它们整合到宿主基因组中。因此，转基因的表达对于慢病毒比为腺病毒更稳定。 由于在显微镜领域的技术进步，这是很容易捕捉到细胞中表达重组蛋白的活细胞的图像。这甚至在收购视频速率的速度也是如此。这使得研究者确定如何具体改变在感兴趣的蛋白质在功能上影响实时细胞。共聚焦旋转盘显微镜有，使它成为LIV最佳技术的几个关键特性Ë细胞成像18,19。横河电机旋转的光盘允许更快速图像获取，而在同一时间利用少得多的激光功率比点扫描共聚焦显微镜。这两个特殊的特性是由于旋转的盘，其中包含通过该激光同时传递到许多样品的共焦孔。在采集过程中，磁盘本身旋转快速，持续18-20。通过使用显微镜的自动对焦系统，稳定的焦点被维持在很长一段时间。这使研究人员能够采取有重点的活细胞图像。采集的图像回放的电影文件。图像是使用图像分析软件，如ImageJ的21,22，斐济23，或其它市售软件进行分析。

<table><tbody><tr><td>1 Scissors for decapitation</td><td>WPI</td><td>501749</td><td>Autoclave before use</td></tr><tr><td>1 Fine scissors for heart isolation and chopping</td><td>WPI</td><td>14393</td><td>Autoclave before use</td></tr><tr><td>2 Fine forceps (Dumont No. 5)</td><td>Sigma</td><td>F6521</td><td>Autoclave before use</td></tr><tr><td>3 Sterilized 10 cm plastic dishes</td><td>Sigma</td><td>CLS430165</td><td>For heart isolation</td></tr><tr><td>3.5 cm Glass bottom culture dishes</td><td>MatTek</td><td>P35G-1.5-20-C</td><td>For final plating of cardiomyocytes for future live cell imaging. Micro-Dishes from ibidi are an acceptable alternative.</td></tr><tr><td>3.5 cm Glass bottom culture dishes</td><td>MatTek</td><td>P35G-0.17-14-C</td><td>For TIRF or high resolution image</td></tr><tr><td>Ethanol solution, 70% (v/v) in water</td><td>Sigma</td><td>E7148</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2% Gelatin</td><td>Sigma</td><td>G1393</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 Sterilized 10 cm plastic dish</td><td>Sigma</td><td>CLS430165</td><td>For trypsinization</td></tr><tr><td>Aluminium foil</td><td>Any brand</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Parafilm</td><td>Sigma</td><td>P7543</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Two 10 cm plastic cell culture dish</td><td>Sigma</td><td>CLS430165</td><td>For selection</td></tr><tr><td>Autopipette</td><td>Drummond Scientific</td><td>4-000-300</td><td>For trituration</td></tr><tr><td>Cell counter</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cellometer, automated cell counter</td><td>nexcelom</td><td></td><td>To check and count cells</td></tr><tr><td>Microscope and hematocytometer</td><td>Any brand</td><td></td><td>To check and count cells</td></tr><tr><td>Trypan blue solution, 0.4%</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>15250-061</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; incubator</td><td>Sanyo</td><td>MCO-19AIC</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Incubating orbital shaker</td><td>Sigma</td><td>Z673129</td><td>To shake heart tissue with collagenase at 37 &amp;deg;C at 170-200 rpm</td></tr><tr><td>10 mg/ml BrdU solution</td><td>BD Pharmingen</td><td>550891</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>DMEM, high glucose</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>41965039</td><td>Mix medium as indicated in the protocol and warm before use</td></tr><tr><td>MEM</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>31095029</td><td>Mix medium as indicated in the protocol and warm before use</td></tr><tr><td>Fetal bovine serum</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>26140079</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Penicillin-streptomycin (10,000 U/ml)&amp;nbsp;</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>15140-122</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Section 2 Lentiviral transduction</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3 Packaging plasmids</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pMDLg/pRRE</td><td>Addgene</td><td>12251</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pRSV-Rev</td><td>Addgene</td><td>12253</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pMD2.G</td><td>Addgene</td><td>12259</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The lentiviral transfer vector, pLVX-IRES-Puro</td><td>Clontech</td><td>632183</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Opti-MEM (serum-free medium)</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>31985070</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Transfection reagent</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>polyethyleneimine&amp;ldquo;Max&amp;rdquo;, (MW 40,000) - High Potency Linear PEI (Equivalent to Mw 25,000 in Free Base Form)&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Polysciences</td><td>24765-2</td><td>It can be substituted with X-tremeGENE 9 from Roche</td></tr><tr><td>X-tremeGENE 9</td><td>Roche</td><td>6365779001</td><td>substitute for PEI as transfection reagent</td></tr><tr><td>Chloroquine</td><td>Sigma</td><td>C6628</td><td>Dissolve in water and make 100 mM stock solution. Inhibition of endosomal acidification can be achieved with 10-100 &amp;mu;M Chloroquine.</td></tr><tr><td>HEPES</td><td>Sigma</td><td>H3375</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10 ml Luer-Lok syringe, sterilized</td><td>BD</td><td>309604</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.45 &amp;mu;m filters</td><td>Sigma</td><td>F8677</td><td>Use only cellulose acetate or polyethersulfone (PES) (low protein binding) filters. Do not use nitrocellulose filters. Nitrocellulose binds surface proteins on the lentiviral envelope and destroys the virus.</td></tr><tr><td>Hexadimethrine bromide</td><td>Sigma</td><td>H9268</td><td>Dissolve in water and make 8 mg/ml stock solution, then filter it to sterilize.</td></tr><tr><td>Polyethylene glycol 6,000</td><td>Sigma</td><td>81260</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sodium chloride</td><td>Sigma</td><td>S9888</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sodium hydroxide</td><td>Sigma</td><td>S5881</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Section 3 Adenoviral transduction</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>HEK 293T cells</td><td>ATCC</td><td>CRL-11268</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Some 10 cm cell culture dishes</td><td>Sigma</td><td>CLS430165</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>96-Well microplate with lid, flat-bottom, tissue culture, sterile</td><td>BD Falcon</td><td>353072</td><td>For titration</td></tr><tr><td>Multichannel pipette, 10-100 &amp;mu;l, 8-channel</td><td>eppendorf</td><td>3122 000.035</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Section 4 Live cell imaging</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spinning disk confocal microspopy</td><td>PerkinElmer</td><td>L7267000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A temperature-controlled chamber</td><td>Any brand</td><td></td><td>To keep temperature at 37 &amp;deg;C</td></tr><tr><td>A CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; environmental system</td><td>Any brand</td><td></td><td>Optional to maintain CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; concentration optimal</td></tr><tr><td>CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; Independent medium, no glutamine</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>18045-054&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</td><td>For long time time-lapse imaging</td></tr><tr><td>DMEM, high glucose, HEPES, no phenol red</td><td>invitrogen</td><td>21063-029</td><td>For long time time-lapse imaging</td></tr></tbody></table>

live cell imaging of primary rat neonatal cardiomyocytes following adenoviral and lentiviral transduction using confocal spinning disk microscopy

原代大鼠新生心肌细胞是有用的基本体外心血管研究，因为它们可以很容易地分离出大量的单一步骤。由于在显微镜技术的进步是相对容易捕捉到活细胞的图像进行调查的实时有关的光毒性的细胞的细胞事件以最小的关注的目的。本协议描述了如何利用共聚焦旋转盘显微镜下慢病毒和腺病毒转导调节细胞的特性采取原代大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞的活细胞慢速拍摄的图像。两种不同类型的病毒的应用可以更容易地实现合适的转导率和表达水平的两个不同的基因。以及聚焦活细胞图像可以使用显微镜的自动对焦系统，可以保持稳定的聚焦长的时间段来获得。应用这种方法，外源性工程师的功能表达在培养的原代细胞编蛋白进行分析。此外，该系统可用于通过化学式调制器的使用的siRNA以及检查基因的功能。

为了说明的技术中，慢病毒编码EGFP（增强型绿色荧光蛋白）标记的Cx43（连接蛋白43）或突变的Cx43蛋白32，来表达EGFP-标记的蛋白质在细胞和腺病毒编码FGFR1DN（成纤维细胞生长因子受体1显性失活）被用来关闭FGF信号在细胞33-35。三天之后的心肌细胞的分离，该分离的心肌细胞转导的慢病毒，以表达EGFP-标记的蛋白质在细胞内。然后后的慢病毒转导后3天，分离的心肌细胞进一步转导?...

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Live Cell Imaging of Primary Rat Neonatal Cardiomyocytes Following Adenoviral and Lentiviral Transduction Using Confocal Spinning Disk Microscopy

This protocol describes a method of live cell imaging using primary rat neonatal cardiomyocytes following lentiviral and adenoviral transduction using confocal spinning disk microscopy. This enables detailed observations of cellular processes in living cardiomyocytes.

原代大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞的活细胞成像继腺病毒和慢病毒转导利用共聚焦旋转盘显微镜

Primary rat neonatal cardiomyocytes are useful in basic in vitro cardiovascular research because they can be easily isolated in large numbers in a single ...

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13.5K 次观看.  Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine and Institute of Cell Biology. This protocol describes a method of live cell imaging using primary rat neonatal cardiomyocytes following lentiviral and adenoviral transduction using confocal spinning disk microscopy. This enables detailed observations of cellular processes in living cardiomyocytes.

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Isolation and Cryopreservation of Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes

Cell culture has become increasingly important in cardiac research, but due to the limited proliferation of cardiomyocytes, culturing cardiomyocytes is difficult and time consuming. The most commonly used cells are neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs), which require isolation every time cells are needed. The birth of the rats can be unpredictable. Cryopreservation is proposed to allow for cells to be stored until needed, yet freezing/thawing methods for primary cardiomyocytes are challenging due to the sensitivity of the cells. Using the proper cryoprotectant, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), cryopreservation was achieved. By slowly extracting the DMSO while thawing the cells, cultures were obtained with viable NRCMs. NRCM phenotype was verified using immunocytochemistry staining for &#945;-sarcomeric actinin. In addition, cells also showed spontaneous contraction after several days in culture. Cell viability after thawing was acceptable at 40-60%. In spite of this, the methods outlined allow one to easily cryopreserve and thaw NRCMs. This gives researchers a greater amount of flexibility in planning experiments as well as reducing the use of animals.

The isolation of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes is a time consuming and unpredictable procedure. This study describes methods for cryopreservation and thawing of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes that allows for more efficient use of cells. The thawed NRCMs can be used for various experiments without the need for performing isolations each time.

隔离和乳鼠心肌细胞冷冻保存

Cell culture has become increasingly important in cardiac research, but due to the limited proliferation of cardiomyocytes, culturing cardiomyocytes is ...

科研

发育生物学

Visualization of Cell Cycle Variations and Determination of Nucleation in Postnatal Cardiomyocytes

Cardiomyocytes are prone to variations of the cell cycle, such as endoreduplication (continuing rounds of DNA synthesis without karyokinesis and cytokinesis) and acytokinetic mitosis (karyokinesis but no cytokinesis). Such atypical cell cycle variations result in polyploid and multinucleated cells rather than in cell division. Therefore, to determine cardiac turnover and regeneration, it is of crucial importance to correctly identify cardiomyocyte nuclei, the number of nuclei per cell, and their cell cycle status. This is especially true for the use of nuclear markers for identifying cell cycle activity, such as thymidine analogues Ki-67, PCNA, or pHH3. Here, we present methods for recognizing cardiomyocytes and their nuclearity and for determining their cell cycle activity. We use two published transgenic systems: the Myh6-H2B-mCh transgenic mouse line, for the unequivocal identification of cardiomyocyte nuclei, and the CAG-eGFP-anillin mouse line, for distinguishing cell division from cell cycle variations. Combined together, these two systems ease the study of cardiac regeneration and plasticity.

To distinguish cell division from cell cycle variations in cardiomyocytes, we present protocols using two transgenic mouse lines: Myh6-H2B-mCh transgenic mice, for the unequivocal identification of cardiomyocyte nuclei, and CAG-eGFP-anillin mice, for distinguishing cell division from cell cycle variations.

细胞周期变化的可视化和核测定心肌出生后

Cardiomyocytes are prone to variations of the cell cycle, such as endoreduplication (continuing rounds of DNA synthesis without karyokinesis and ...

Isolation and Genetic Manipulation of Adult Cardiac Myocytes for Confocal Imaging

Cardiac myocytes isolated from adult hearts are widely accepted as a model somewhere half way between embryonic and neonatal muscle cells on one side and a working heart on the other. Thus, cardiomyocytes serve as good models for cardiac cellular physiology and pathophysiology, for pharmaceutical investigations as well as for the exploration of transgenic animal models. Here we describe a method of isolating the cells from the heart. Furthermore we show how a genetic manipulation on cardiac myocytes can be performed without breeding a transgenic animal: This is the combination of long term culture (1 week) and adenoviral gene transfer. The latter one is described from the construction of the virus to the transduction of the cells. It can be used for the expression of genetically encoded biosensors (GEBs), fluorescent fusion proteins, but also for protein over expression and down regulation, e.g. using RNAi. Here we provide an example for the expression of a fusion protein staining a subcellular structure (Golgi). Such protein expression can be visualized by confocal imaging of z-stacks for a 3D-reconstruction of subcellular structures. The protocol comprises state-of-the-art in cell culture, molecular biology and biophysics and thus provides an approach for exploring new horizons in cellular cardiology.

Adult cardiac myocytes are primary cells that can be isolated from animal hearts and cultured for several days. Within this culture period adenoviral gene transfer can be used to express genetically encoded biosensors (GEBs) or fluorescent fusion proteins. Both approaches allow cellular investigations by means of confocal microscopy.

成人的心肌细胞的分离和遗传操作共聚焦成像

Cardiac myocytes isolated from adult hearts are widely accepted as a model somewhere half way between embryonic and neonatal muscle cells on one side and ...

生物学

Ultrasound-guided Transthoracic Intramyocardial Injection in Mice

Murine models of cardiovascular disease are important for investigating pathophysiological mechanisms and exploring potential regenerative therapies. Experiments involving myocardial injection are currently performed by direct surgical access through a thoracotomy. While convenient when performed at the time of another experimental manipulation such as coronary artery ligation, the need for an invasive procedure for intramyocardial delivery limits potential experimental designs. With ever improving ultrasound resolution and advanced noninvasive imaging modalities, it is now feasible to routinely perform ultrasound-guided, percutaneous intramyocardial injection. This modality efficiently and reliably delivers agents to a targeted region of myocardium. Advantages of this technique include the avoidance of surgical morbidity, the facility to target regions of myocardium selectively under ultrasound guidance, and the opportunity to deliver injectate to the myocardium at multiple, predetermined time intervals. With practiced technique, complications from intramyocardial injection are rare, and mice quickly return to normal activity on recovery from anesthetic. Following the steps outlined in this protocol, the operator with basic echocardiography experience can quickly become competent in this versatile, minimally invasive technique.

Echocardiography-guided percutaneous intramyocardial injection represents an efficient, reliable, and targetable modality for the delivery of gene transfer agents or cells into the murine heart. Following the steps outlined in this protocol, the operator can quickly become competent in this versatile, minimally invasive technique.

超声引导下经皮内注射小鼠

Murine models of cardiovascular disease are important for investigating pathophysiological mechanisms and exploring potential regenerative therapies. ...

医学

Isolation and Culture of Neonatal Mouse Cardiomyocytes

Cultured neonatal cardiomyocytes have long been used to study myofibrillogenesis and myofibrillar functions. Cultured cardiomyocytes allow for easy investigation and manipulation of biochemical pathways, and their effect on the biomechanical properties of spontaneously beating cardiomyocytes.	
The following 2-day protocol describes the isolation and culture of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. We show how to easily dissect hearts from neonates, dissociate the cardiac tissue and enrich cardiomyocytes from the cardiac cell-population. We discuss the usage of different enzyme mixes for cell-dissociation, and their effects on cell-viability. The isolated cardiomyocytes can be subsequently used for a variety of morphological, electrophysiological, biochemical, cell-biological or biomechanical assays. We optimized the protocol for robustness and reproducibility, by using only commercially available solutions and enzyme mixes that show little lot-to-lot variability. We also address common problems associated with the isolation and culture of cardiomyocytes, and offer a variety of options for the optimization of isolation and culture conditions.

Primary mouse cardiomyocyte cultures are one of the pivotal tools for the investigation of myofibrillar organization and function. The following protocol describes the isolation and culture of primary cardiomyocytes from neonatal mouse hearts. The resulting cardiomyocyte cultures may be subsequently used for a variety of biomechanical, biochemical and cell-biological assays.

分离新生小鼠心肌文化和

Cultured neonatal cardiomyocytes have long been used to study  myofibrillogenesis and myofibrillar functions. Cultured cardiomyocytes allow  for easy ...

一种减轻组织损伤的新型微创慢注射方法

A Novel Cell Injection Method with Minimum Invasion

Directly injecting cells into tissues is a necessary process in cell administration and/or replacement therapy. The cell injection requires a sufficient amount of suspension solution to allow the cells to enter the tissue. The volume of the suspension solution affects the tissue, and this can cause major invasive injury as a result of the cell injection. This paper reports on a novel cell injection method, called slow injection, that aims to avoid this injury. However, pushing out the cells from the needle tip requires a sufficiently high injection speed according to Newton's law of shear force. To solve the above contradiction, a non-Newtonian fluid, such as gelatin solution, was used as the cell suspension solution in this work. Gelatins solution have temperature sensitivity, as their form changes from gel to sol at approximately 20 &#176;C. Therefore, to maintain the cell suspension solution in the gel form, the syringe was kept cooled in this protocol; however, once the solution was injected into the body, the body temperature converted it to a sol. The interstitial tissue fluid flow can absorb excess solution. In this work, the slow injection technique allowed cardiomyocyte balls to enter the host myocardium and engraft without surrounding fibrosis. This study employed a slow injection method to inject purified and ball-formed neonatal rat cardiomyocytes into a remote area of myocardial infarction in the adult rat heart. At 2 months following the injection, the hearts of the transplanted groups showed significantly improved contractile function. Furthermore, histological analyses of the slow-injected hearts revealed seamless connections between the host and graft cardiomyocytes via intercalated disks containing gap junction connections. This method could contribute to next-generation cell therapies, particularly in cardiac regenerative medicine.

作者聚焦:一种侵入性最小的新型细胞注射方法  

This method eliminates any major invasion during cell injections caused by the cell suspension solution.

一种侵袭性最小的新型细胞注射方法

Directly injecting cells into tissues is a necessary process in cell administration and/or replacement therapy. The cell injection requires a sufficient ...

生物工程

Time-Lapse Imaging of Neuronal Arborization using Sparse Adeno-Associated Virus Labeling of Genetically Targeted Retinal Cell Populations

Discovering mechanisms that pattern dendritic arbors requires methods to visualize, image, and analyze dendrites during development. The mouse retina is a powerful model system for the investigation of cell type-specific mechanisms of neuronal morphogenesis and connectivity. The organization and composition of retinal subtypes are well-defined, and genetic tools are available to access specific types during development. Many retinal cell types also constrain their dendrites and/or axons to narrow layers, which facilitates time-lapse imaging. Mouse retina explant cultures are well suited for live-cell imaging using confocal or multiphoton microscopy, but methods optimized for imaging dendrite dynamics with temporal and structural resolution are lacking. Presented here is a method to sparsely label and image the development of specific retinal populations marked by the Cre-Lox system. Commercially available adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) used here expressed membrane-targeted fluorescent proteins in a Cre-dependent manner. Intraocular delivery of AAVs in neonatal mice produces fluorescent labeling of targeted cell types by 4-5 days post-injection (dpi). The membrane fluorescent signals are detectable by confocal imaging and resolve fine branch structures and dynamics. High-quality videos spanning 2-4 h are acquired from imaging retinal flat-mounts perfused with oxygenated artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF). Also provided is an image postprocessing pipeline for deconvolution and three-dimensional (3D) drift correction. This protocol can be used to capture several cellular behaviors in the intact retina and to identify novel factors controlling neurite morphogenesis. Many developmental strategies learned in the retina will be relevant for understanding the formation of neural circuits elsewhere in the central nervous system.

Here, we present a method for investigating neurite morphogenesis in postnatal mouse retinal explants by time-lapse confocal microscopy. We describe an approach for sparse labeling and acquisition of retinal cell types and their fine processes using recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors that express membrane-targeted fluorescent proteins in a Cre-dependent manner.

使用稀疏腺相关病毒标记遗传靶向视网膜细胞群的神经元树化延时成像

Discovering mechanisms that pattern dendritic arbors requires methods to visualize, image, and analyze dendrites during development. The mouse retina is a ...

神经科学

Isolation, Culture and Transduction of Adult Mouse Cardiomyocytes

Cultured cardiomyocytes can be used to study cardiomyocyte biology using techniques that are complementary to in vivo systems. For example, the purity and accessibility of in vitro culture enables fine control over biochemical analyses, live imaging, and electrophysiology. Long-term culture of cardiomyocytes offers access to additional experimental approaches that cannot be completed in short term cultures. For example, the in vitro investigation of dedifferentiation, cell cycle re-entry, and cell division has thus far largely been restricted to rat cardiomyocytes, which appear to be more robust in long-term culture. However, the availability of a rich toolset of transgenic mouse lines and well-developed disease models make mouse systems attractive for cardiac research. Although several reports exist of adult mouse cardiomyocyte isolation, few studies demonstrate their long-term culture. Presented here, is a step-by-step method for the isolation and long-term culture of adult mouse cardiomyocytes. First, retrograde Langendorff perfusion is used to efficiently digest the heart with proteases, followed by gravity sedimentation purification. After a period of dedifferentiation following isolation, the cells gradually attach to the culture and can be cultured for weeks. Adenovirus cell lysate is used to efficiently transduce the isolated cardiomyocytes. These methods provide a simple, yet powerful model system to study cardiac biology.

This protocol describes a step-by-step method for the reproducible isolation and long-term culture of adult mouse cardiomyocytes with high yield, purity, and viability.

分离培养和成年小鼠心肌细胞转导

Cultured cardiomyocytes can be used to study cardiomyocyte biology using techniques that are complementary to in vivo systems. For example, the purity and ...

原代大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞的活细胞成像继腺病毒和慢病毒转导利用共聚焦旋转盘显微镜

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