Name: standardized rat coronary ring preparation and real-time recording of dynamic tension changes along vessel diameter
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This work was supported by the Key R&#38;D project of Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Plan (2022YFS0438), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82104533), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M683273), and the Science &#38; Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2021YJ0175).

The animal protocol was reviewed and approved by the Management Committee from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Record No. 2021-11). Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (260-300 g, 8-10 weeks old) were used for the present study. The rats were kept in an animal chamber and were free to drink and eat during the experiment.
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The disturbance of coronary microcirculation, which involves a wide range of patients with CAD, has been gradually recognized and concerned the basis for adequate myocardium perfusion. Considering the serious complications of sudden coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease, timely drug prevention and treatment are extremely important for a clinical individual with CAD17. Inevitably, the secrecy of coronary artery anatomy and the complexity of its physiological structure have severely rest...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) has been widely recognized and concerned as a typical and representative cardiovascular disease, being the leading cause of death in both developed and developing countries1,2. As a blood and oxygen supply route for normal cardiac physiological function, circulating blood enters and nourishes the heart through two main coronary arteries and a blood vascular network on the surface of the myocardium3,4. Cholesterol and fat deposits in the coronary arteries cut off the heart&#39;s blood supply and the violent inflammatory response of the vascular system, causing atherosclerosis, stable angina, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac death5,6. In response to pathological stenosis of the coronary arteries, compensatory accelerated physiological heartbeat satisfies the blood supply of the heart itself or vital organs of the body by increasing the output of the left ventricle7. If prolonged coronary stenosis is not relieved in time, extensive new blood vessels may develop in certain areas of the heart8. At present, the clinical treatment of CAD often adopts drug thrombolysis or surgical mechanical thrombolysis and an exogenous bionic vascular bypass with frequent medication and great surgical disability9. Therefore, the functional investigation of coronary artery physiological activity is still an urgent breakthrough for cardiovascular diseases10.
There are no available technical means to detect coronary physiological activity, except for wireless telemetry systems, which can dynamically record in vivo coronary pressure, vascular tension, blood oxygen saturation, and pH values11. Therefore, considering coronary arteries&#39; textural secrecy and complexity, accurate identification and isolation of coronary arteries are undoubtedly the best choices for exploring multiple mechanisms of CAD in vitro4.
A series multi myograph system, in particular a wire micrograph microvascular tension detector (see Table of Materials), is a very mature marketable device for recording in vitro tissue tension changes of small vascular, lymphatic, and bronchial tubes with the characteristics of high precision and continuous dynamic recording12. The said system has been extensively employed to record in vitro tissue tension characteristics of cavity structures with diameters of 60 &#181;m to 10 mm. The continuous heating features of the platform of the wire micrograph largely offset the stimulation of the adverse external environment. Meanwhile, the constant inputs of the gas mixture and the pH values allow us to obtain more accurate vascular tension data in a similar physiological state13. However, considering the complexity of anatomical localization of rat coronary arteries (Figure 1), its isolation has been perplexing and limiting the mechanism&#39;s exploration of diversified cardiovascular disease and drug development. Therefore, the present protocol introduces the anatomical location and separation process of the rat coronary artery in detail, followed by tension measurement on the platform of the wire micrograph14.

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			<td>Apigenin</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>150731</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>CaCl2</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A501330</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>D-glucose</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A610219</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>HEPES</td>
			<td>Xiya Reagent Co., Ltd., Shandong, China</td>
			<td>S3872</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>KCl</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A100395</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>KH2PO4</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A100781</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>LabChart Professional version 8.3&#160;</td>
			<td>ADInstruments, Australia</td>
			<td>&#8212;</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>MgCl2&#183;6H2O</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A100288</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Multi myograph system&#160;</td>
			<td>Danish Myo Technology, Aarhus, Denmark</td>
			<td>620M</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>NaCl</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A100241</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>NaHCO3</td>
			<td>Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China</td>
			<td>A100865</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Steel wires</td>
			<td>Danish Myo Technology, Aarhus, Denmark</td>
			<td>400447</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>U46619</td>
			<td>Sigma, USA</td>
			<td>D8174</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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standardized rat coronary ring preparation and real-time recording of dynamic tension changes along vessel diameter

As a key event of cardiovascular system diseases, coronary artery disease (CAD) has been widely regarded as the main culprit of atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris, which seriously threaten the life and health of people all over the world. However, how to record the dynamic biomechanical characteristics of isolated blood vessels has long puzzled people. Meanwhile, precise positioning and isolation of coronary arteries to measure in vitro dynamic vascular tension changes have become a trend in CAD drug development. The present protocol describes the macroscopic identification and microscopic separation of rat coronary arteries. The contraction and dilation function of the coronary artery ring along the vessel diameter was monitored using the established multi myograph system. The standardized and programmed protocols of coronary ring tension measurement, from sampling to data acquisition, tremendously improve the repeatability of the experimental data, which ensures the authenticity of vascular tension records after physiological, pathological, and drug intervention.

Anatomically positioned, rat coronary arteries distributed and hidden deep in myocardial tissue were not easily recognized. By comparing the coronary arteries of humans (Figure 1A) and rats (Figure 1B), rapid and accurate separation of rat coronary arteries was conducted according to the sampling process in Figure 2. After precisely locating the right auricle, pulmonary artery, and apex from the front under an optical microscope, th...

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Standardized Rat Coronary Ring Preparation and Real-Time Recording of Dynamic Tension Changes Along Vessel Diameter

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