We would like to thank all Ross lab and Murphy lab members. This work is supported by American Heart Association (14SDG17790005) to Y.C. NIH (HL115933, HL127806) and VA Merit (BX003260) to R.S.R.

For work with neonatal mice, please refer to local university/institute guidelines set forth by the animal care programs and adhere to one&#8217;s institutional and other appropriate regulations. All methods described in this protocol have been approved by the UC San Diego Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and adhere to federal and state regulations.
1. Preparation of Reagents
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The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.

In this study, we have established a simple protocol for isolating and culturing mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes. By using these cardiomyocytes, we also optimized the conditions to measure oxygen consumption rate by using an extracellular flux analyzer system. The protocol allows one to use mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes as a model system to examine how various factors can alter oxygen consumption in the principal working cells of the heart, akin to what would be measured in the intact organ. Our protocol is different from ...

To sustain a continuous cardiac contractile function, cardiomyocytes must maintain a constant supply of cellular energy primarily in the form of ATP1. In the heart, approximately 95% of ATP is generated by mitochondria, mainly through oxidative phosphorylation, showing that mitochondria play a crucial bioenergetic role in cardiac function2,3. Supporting this notion is that dysregulation of mitochondrial function can lead to cardiomyopathy and heart failure4,5. Conversely, restoring mitochondrial function has been shown to improve cardiac function of the failing heart6,7. Therefore, studying the mechanism of mitochondrial bioenergetics and identifying novel regulators of mitochondrial function in cardiomyocytes will not only reveal mechanistic insights of cardiac energy production but also could provide insight that will lead to development of new therapeutic targets to treat heart diseases6,8.
Compared to the whole heart, which contains a mixture of myocytes and non-myocytes9, cardiomyocyte cultures are extremely pure, with minimal contamination of non-myocytes from the heart, such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells10. In addition, isolating cardiomyocytes from neonatal pups enables culturing a large number of cells in a small amount of time, compared to isolating cells from adult hearts10,11. Most importantly, primary cultured adult mouse cardiomyocytes have short survival times (e.g. 24 h) and at longer time points de-differentiate. Neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes can survive and be manipulated for upwards of 7 days in culture, making them ideal for testing the effects of drug compounds and gene manipulation on the function of mitochondria in cardiomyocytes10. Of course, there are significant biological differences between the adult and neonatal cells, but the longer duration available for culture of neonatal cells makes them appropriate for many different types of studies, including those of mitochondrial function.
To date, primary cultured neonatal mouse and rat cardiomyocytes have been used as models to study cardiac bioenergetics12,13. In recent years, studies used an extracellular flux analyzer to measure oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and evaluate oxidative capacity in mouse and rat neonatal cardiomyocytes14,15. While compared to rats, the cell viability of mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes is lower and has greater variability16. Also, the ability to study cells from genetically engineered mouse models makes the mouse cell model very important. Given that OCR studies are so sensitive to cell number and seeding density, development of a reproducible, reliable, and simple protocol to achieve consistent cell yield and viability is needed.
Here, we report an optimized protocol that has been developed which uses cultured mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes along with a 96-well-format extracellular flux analyzer for OCR analysis. This protocol greatly increases reproducibility of the assay. In addition, the protocol not only provides a novel and reproducible method for OCR analysis, but also could be adapted to a larger size culture for other experimental purposes, such as that which may be needed to study myofibrillar functions and intracellular signaling pathways.
In particular, this protocol describes a one-day procedure for isolation and culture of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes in a 96-well cell culture plate. In addition, it describes the procedure to measure oxygen consumption using an extracellular flux analyzer. All solutions used are sterile or sterile filtered. All tools are sterilized by 75% ethanol. We provide a&#160;Table of Materials for various parts of the procedure. For culturing cardiomyocytes, all procedures and steps are performed in a standard cell culture hood. This protocol is developed for the isolation of neonatal mouse hearts from one litter (approximately 8-10 pups). However, the protocol can also be adapted for isolating cardiomyocytes from multiple litters.

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			<td height="28" style="height:28px;width:269px;">Antimycin A</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">A8674</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Inhibits complex III of the mitochondria</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Cell strainer 100 &#956;m pores</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">FALCON</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">352360</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To capture undigested tissue</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Collagenase type II</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Worthington</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">LS004176</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make collagenase digestion solution</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">D-Glucose</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">75351</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make mitochodnrial stress test medium</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">DMEM high glucose</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Life technologies</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">11965-092</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make cell culture medium</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">DMEM without NaHCO3, Glucose, pyruvate, glumanine, and Hepes</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">D5030-10X1L</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make mitochodnrial stress test medium</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">FCCP (Carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone)</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">C2920</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Uncouples mitochondrial respiration</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Fetal bovine serum (FBS)</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Life technologies</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">26140-079</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make cell culture medium</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">Fibronectin from bovine plasma</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">F1141-5MG</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make coating solution for tissue culture plates</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Fine scissors</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Fine Sciences Tools</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">14060-10</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">For dissection of hearts</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">Gelatin from porcine skin</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">G-1890</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make coating solution for tissue culture plates</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">HBSS (Hank&#39;s balnced salt solution,without Ca2+, Mg2+)</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Cellgro</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">21-022-CV</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To wash hearts and make pre-digestion and collagnase digestion solution</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">HEPES (1M)</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Fisher scientific</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">15630080</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make mitochodnrial stress test medium</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Horse serum</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Life technologies</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">26050-088</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make cell culture medium</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">L-Glutamine</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">G-3126</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make mitochodnrial stress test medium</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">M-199</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Cellgro</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">10-060-CV</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make cell culture medium</td>
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		<tr height="44">
			<td height="44" style="height:44px;width:269px;">Moria spoon</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Fisher scientific</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">NC9190356</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To wash hearts&#160;</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Oligomycin</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">75351-5MG</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Inhibits mitochondrial ATP synthase</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">RIPA buffer</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Fisher scientific</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">89900</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To lyse the cells for protein assay</td>
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		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Rotenone</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">R8875</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Inhibits complex I of the mitochondria</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">Seahorse XFe96 Extracellular Flux 
			Analyzer</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Agilent</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Device used to analyze oxygen consumption rate</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">Seahorse XFe96 FluxPak</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">Agilent</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">102601-100</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Package of flux analyzer culture plates, sensor cartridges, and calibrant</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:269px;">Sodium pyruvate</td>
			<td style="width:187px;">SIGMA</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">P2256</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">To make mitochodnrial stress test medium</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:269px;">Straight scissors</td>
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analyzing oxygen consumption rate in primary cultured mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes using an extracellular flux analyzer

Mitochondria and oxidative metabolism are critical for maintaining cardiac muscle function. Research has shown that mitochondrial dysfunction is an important contributing factor to impaired cardiac function found in heart failure. By contrast, restoring defective mitochondrial function may have beneficial effects to improve cardiac function in the failing heart. Therefore, studying the regulatory mechanisms and identifying novel regulators for mitochondrial function could provide insight which could be used to develop new therapeutic targets for treating heart disease. Here, cardiac myocyte mitochondrial respiration is analyzed using a unique cell culture system. First, a protocol has been optimized to rapidly isolate and culture high viability neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. Then, a 96-well format extracellular flux analyzer is used to assess the oxygen consumption rate of these cardiomyocytes. For this protocol, we optimized seeding conditions and demonstrated that neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes oxygen consumption rate can be easily assessed in an extracellular flux analyzer. Finally, we note that our protocol can be applied to a larger culture size and other studies, such as intracellular signaling and contractile function analysis.

By using the protocol described, hearts were isolated from day 0 neonatal pups. 5 x 105 cells/pup were obtained, and cardiomyocytes were seeded at densities of 10 x 103, 20 x 103, or 30&#160;x 103 cells/well, in 96 well plates (Figure 2A). After overnight culture, cardiomyocytes were found well-attached to the coated plastic surface and there were very few unattached cells (the unattached cells will still appear as ...

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Analyzing Oxygen Consumption Rate in Primary Cultured Mouse Neonatal Cardiomyocytes Using an Extracellular Flux Analyzer

The goal of this protocol is to illustrate how to use mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes as a model system to examine how various factors can alter oxygen consumption in the heart.

Mitochondria and oxidative metabolism are critical for maintaining cardiac muscle function. Research has shown that mitochondrial dysfunction is an ...

This protocol allows us to isolate and culture high bi-BBT, known only to mouse cardiomyocytes. To evaluate mitochondrial function, oxygen consumption rate of cardiomyocytes can be analyzed by an actual silver flux analyzer. One of the advantages of this technique is that oxygen consumption of cardiomyocytes can be easily measured in their adherent state in 96-well format, which enables testing of multiple conditions with a large number of replicates.This vessel provides important insights into the research area of cardiology. In addition to oxygen consumption, we can also study other metabolic parameters, such as greygrices and peracid epoxidation. Achieving high variability of cardiomyocytes is critical for this experiment.This requires efficient digestion of hearts. Since neo-natal cardiomyocytes are very fragile, gentle handling of cardiomyocytes is also important. In the cell culture hood, aliquot 5ml of HBSS to each well of a 6-well cell culture plate and place it on ice.In addition, aliquot 10ml of HBSS to a 10cm cell culture dish, then, prepare 20 ml of Trypsin Predigestion solution in a 50ml sterile conical tube. Keep all the solutions on ice. Next, extract the heart and transfer it immediately to the sterile cell culture dish containing HBSS.Remove any residual lung tissue and larger vessels. Wash the heart in HBSS using gentle agitation. Subsequently, cut the heart with fine scissors into 8 pieces and transfer the heart tissue with forceps into one well of a 6-well cell culture plate with HBSS.Using a moria spoon, wash the heart tissue by transferring it from well to well in the 6-well plate filled with HBSS. Then transfer the heart tissue into a conical tube containing 20ml of Trypsin and incubate with gentle agitation at 4 degree celsius for 4 hours. In this procedure, prewarm the collagenase digestion solution in a water bath at 37 degrees celsius.Transfer the conical tube containing heart tissue and predigestion solution from 4 degrees celsius to a cell culture hood. Let the heart tissue sink to the bottom of the tube and remove the predigestion solution by using a 10ml serological pipette. Next, add 10ml of HBSS into the tube.Resuspend the heart tissue with HBSS 2 to 3 times to wash out Trypsin using a 10ml serological pipette. Aspirate HBSS and add 10ml of prewarmed collagenase digestion solution into the tube with heart tissue. For the first digestion, incubate the tube with heart tissue in a water bath at 37 degrees celsius for 10 minutes without agitation.Afterward, transfer the tube to the cell culture hood. Triturate the tissue by resuspending it gently 10 times using a 10ml serological pipette. This will allow the heart to disperse and the cells to be released from the heart tissue.Let the undigested tissue sink. Transfer the digested solution enriched in cardiomyocytes to a new conical tube and immediately add an equal amount of cell culture medium to stop the collagenase digestion. Then add 10ml of collagenase digestion solution into the tube containing the remaining undigested heart tissue.For the second digestion, incubate the tube with heart tissue in a 37 degree celsius water bath for 10 minutes. Repeat the procedures of the first digestion and transfer the digested solution enriched in cardiomyocytes to a new conical tube before stopping the collagenase digestion. Next, place a sterile cell strainer in a new sterile 50ml conical tube.Pre-wet the cell strainer with 2 to 3 ml of cell culture medium and pass the cells through the cell strainer. Subsequently, rinse the cell strainer with cell culture medium. Then, centrifuge the conical tube containing cardiomyocytes for 5 minutes at 180 times gravity.After 5 minutes, aspirate the supernatant and resuspend the cell pellet in 10ml of cell culture medium. Plate the cells onto a 10cm cell culture dish and incubate them for one hour. Afterward, gently agitate the plate.Wash off the non-adherent cells and resuspend the cells by repeatedly pipetting the cell culture medium over the dish using a 10ml serological pipette. Then, transfer the non-adherent cells into a new 10cm cell culture dish and incubate them for another hour. After an hour, gently agitate the plate and wash off the non-adherent cells.Transfer the cardiomyocytes into a new 50ml conical tube. Next, prepare a 96-well culture plate by aliquoting 50 microliters of coating solution in each well of the 96-well cell culture plate. If bubbles are present, remove them using a 20 microliter pipette.Incubate the plate at 37 degrees celsius for at least one hour to allow drying of the matrix coating. Then, count the cells using a hemocytometer. Plate the cells into the extra-cellular matrix coated 96-well cell culture plate at a density between 10 to 30 thousand cells per well.And place the cells in the incubater. To preform the oxygen consumption assay, hydrate a flux analyzer sensor cartridge for at least 3 hours, add 200 microliters of calibrant solution into each well of the utility plate. Place the sensor cartridge back onto the utility plate and incubate in 37 degrees celsius without CO2 or O2 supplementation for at least 3 hours.One hour prior to the assay, gently remove the cell culture medium and wash the cells with 200 microliters of prewarmed mitochondrial stress test medium twice. After the second wash, add 175 microliters of prewarmed mitochondrial stress test medium. Then culture the cells at 37 degrees celsius without carbon dioxide or oxygen supplementation.Prepare 3ml of each of the test compounds in mitochondrial stress test medium. Load 25 microliters of each compound into the injector ports of the sensor cartridge using a multi-channel pipette. State of the cells and any pretreatments can affect maximum restoration elicited by injection of uncoupler FCCP.Cell sensitivity to the uncoupler can also change, therefore, it is critical to optimize the working concentration of FCCP for each particular treatment. Subsequently, set up extra-cellular flux assay protocol and start the program. First, put the sensor cartiridge into the machine for calibration.Replace the calibrant for the assay plate once calibration step is done. If desired, after the assay, carefully discard all assay medium using a multi-channel pipette. And store the cell culture mircoplate at negative 20 degrees celsius for future cell normalization using protein assay.By using the protocol described, hearts were isolated from day 0 neo-natal pups and cardiomyocytes were seeded at densities of 10, 20 or 30 thousand cells per well in 96-well plates. After overnight culture, cardiomyocytes were found well attached to the coated plastic surface and there were very few unattached cells. At this point, spontaneously contracting cardiomyocytes were easily visible.A seeding density of 30, 000 cells per well showed confluence one day after seeding as the cells spread. Cardiomyocytes were immunostained with an antibody against sarcomeric alpha actinin, a cardiomyocyte specific marker. As shown here, most of the cells showed positive staining of alpha actinin indicating the high purity of the cardiomyocyte isolation.A scheme of one typical mitochondrial stress test is shown here. The mitochondrial stress test starts with a base line measurement of the oxygen consumption rate, this is followed by the injection of Oligo myosin which inhibits ATPA's. Then, the uncoupling agent FCCP was injected to measure maximum oxygen consumption rate.Finally, with the injection of two electron transport complex inhibitors, mitochondrial respiration completely stops and OCR decreases to its lowest level. To obtain consistent and reproducible results. It is critical to achieve high survivablity.Therefore, it is important to use newborn neonates and gently handled heart tissues in cardiomyocytes. By using new or existing genetically manipulated mouse lines, this method can be easily translated to data that may lead to understanding new mechanisms for bioenergetic regulation in the heart. Mitochondrial play key roles in heart function.We expect this method to help identifying novel regulators and pathways regulating oxidating metabolism and finding new therapeutic targets for treating heart failure.

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8.6K vues.  University of California San Diego. Ce protocole nous permet d’isoler et de culture le bi-BBT élevé, connu seulement aux cardiomyocytes de souris. Pour évaluer la fonction mitochondriale, le taux de consommation d’oxygène des cardiomyocytes peut être analysé par un analyseur réel de flux d’argent. Un des avantages de cette technique est que la consommation d’oxygène des cardiomyocytes peut être facilement mesurée dans leur état d’adhérent en format 96-puits, ce qui permet de tester de multiples conditions ...