Sebastian Pieperhoff
Heart on a Plate: Histological and Functional Assessment of Isolated Adult Zebrafish Hearts Maintained in Culture
Pieperhoff, Sebastian; Wilson, Kathryn S.; Baily, James; de Mora, Kim; Maqsood, Sana; Vass, Sharron; Taylor, Jonathan; Del-Pozo, Jorge; MacRae, Calum A.; Mullins, John J.; Denvir, Martin A.
Authors
Kathryn S. Wilson
James Baily
Kim de Mora
Sana Maqsood
Dr Sharron Vass S.Vass@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Jonathan Taylor
Jorge Del-Pozo
Calum A. MacRae
John J. Mullins
Martin A. Denvir
Contributors
Thomas Brand
Editor
Abstract
The zebrafish is increasingly used for cardiovascular genetic and functional studies. We present a novel protocol to maintain and monitor whole isolated beating adult zebrafish hearts in culture for long-term experiments. Excised whole adult zebrafish hearts were transferred directly into culture dishes containing optimized L-15 Leibovitz growth medium and maintained for 5 days. Hearts were assessed daily using video-edge analysis of ventricle function using low power microscopy images. High-throughput histology techniques were used to assess changes in myocardial architecture and cell viability. Mean spontaneous Heart rate (HR, min−1) declined significantly between day 0 and day 1 in culture (96.7±19.5 to 45.2±8.2 min−1, mean±SD, p = 0.001), and thereafter declined more slowly to 27.6±7.2 min−1 on day 5. Ventricle wall motion amplitude (WMA) did not change until day 4 in culture (day 0, 46.7±13.0 µm vs day 4, 16.9±1.9 µm, p = 0.08). Contraction velocity (CV) declined between day 0 and day 3 (35.6±14.8 vs 15.2±5.3 µms−1, respectively, p = 0.012) while relaxation velocity (RV) declined quite rapidly (day 0, 72.5±11.9 vs day 1, 29.5±5.8 µms−1, p = 0.03). HR and WMA responded consistently to isoproterenol from day 0 to day 5 in culture while CV and RV showed less consistent responses to beta-agonist. Cellular architecture and cross-striation pattern of cardiomyocytes remained unchanged up to day 3 in culture and thereafter showed significant deterioration with loss of striation pattern, pyknotic nuclei and cell swelling. Apoptotic markers within the myocardium became increasingly frequent by day 3 in culture. Whole adult zebrafish hearts can be maintained in culture-medium for up to 3 days. However, after day-3 there is significant deterioration in ventricle function and heart rate accompanied by significant histological changes consistent with cell death and loss of cardiomyocyte cell integrity. Further studies are needed to assess whether this preparation can be optimised for longer term survival.
Citation
Pieperhoff, S., Wilson, K. S., Baily, J., de Mora, K., Maqsood, S., Vass, S., Taylor, J., Del-Pozo, J., MacRae, C. A., Mullins, J. J., & Denvir, M. A. (2014). Heart on a Plate: Histological and Functional Assessment of Isolated Adult Zebrafish Hearts Maintained in Culture. PLOS ONE, 9(5), Article e96771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096771
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 1, 2014 |
Online Publication Date | May 13, 2014 |
Publication Date | May 13, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Sep 21, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 21, 2016 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Print ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | e96771 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096771 |
Keywords | Zebrafish, hearts, culture experiments, cardiac ventricles, heart rate, histology, Isoproterenol, apoptosis, myocardium, |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/369648 |
Contract Date | Sep 21, 2016 |
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