Name: primary culture of adult rat heart myocytes
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<p class="jove_title">Part I. Preparation for surgery</p>
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<li>The day before the rat surgery, make certain that all solutions are made, but do not add any enzymes yet. Buffers A, B and the wash buffer should all be filtered for sterility prior to storage. The buffers should all be stored at 4 &deg;C.</li>
<li>6-well tissue culture plates must be plated with 10-20 &mu;g/mL laminin in 2 mL 1XSFM the day before as well, and should be stored at 37 &deg;C in a CO<sub>2</sub> incubator.</li>
<li> On the day of the surgery, prepare the surgical i...

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	<li>Miriyala, J., Nguyen, T., Yue, D. T., Colecraft, H. M. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&doptcmdl=Citation&defaultField=Title+Word&term=Role+of+CaVbeta+subunits,+and+lack+of+functional+reserve,+in+protein+kinase+A+modulation+of+cardiac+CaV1.2+channels.">Role of CaVbeta subunits, and lack of functional reserve, in protein kinase A modulation of cardiac CaV1.2 channels.</a> <em style='font-style: italic'>Circ Res</em>. <b>102</b> (7), e54-e64 (2008).</li><li>SX, T. a. k. a. h. a. s. h. i., Mittman, S., Colecraft, H. M. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&doptcmdl=Citation&defaultField=Title+Word&term=Distinctive+modulatory+effects+of+five+human+auxiliary+beta2+subunit+splice+variants+on+L-type+calcium+channel+gating.">Distinctive modulatory effects of five human auxiliary beta2 subunit splice variants on L-type calcium channel gating.</a> <em style='font-style: italic'>Biophys</em>. , 84-845 (2003).</li></ol>

<p class="jove_content">A critical step is the speed with which the isolated heart is hung up on the perfusion system.  The length of the enzymatic digestion period may be a little different for each rat. The adjustment depends on how soft the heart becomes after the regular period of digestion. The slowly recovery of Ca<sup>2+</sup> after enzyme digestion is essential for obtaining Ca<sup>2+</sup>-tolerant healthy cells.</p>
<p class="jove_content">For guinea pig, the protocol is the same except hyaluronidase is used instead of Protease XIV. ...

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primary culture of adult rat heart myocytes

Cultured primary adult rodent heart cells are an important model system for cardiovascular research.  Nevertheless, establishment of robust, viable cultured adult myocytes can be a technically challenging, rate-limiting step for many researchers. Here we described a protocol to obtain a high yield of adult rat heart myocytes that remain viable in culture for several days.  The heart is isolated and perfused with collagenase and protease under low Ca<sup>2+</sup> conditions to recover single myocytes.  Ca<sup>2+</sup>-tolerant cells are obtained by stepwise increases in extracellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentration in three subsequent wash steps.  Cells are filtered, resuspended in culture medium, and plated on laminin coated slips. Cultured myocytes obtained using this protocol are viable for up to four days and are suitable for most experiments including electrophysiology, biochemistry, imaging and molecular biology.

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Primary Culture of Adult Rat Heart Myocytes

<p class="jove_content">In this paper, we described a typical way to isolate and culture adult rat heart myocytes. Collagenase and protease are used to digest and isolate single myocytes. Myocytes cultured follow this protocol meet most experiment requirements. </p>

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