TY - JOUR
T1 - A modified apical resection model with high accuracy and reproducibility in neonatal mouse and rat hearts
AU - Bei, Yihua
AU - Chen, Chen
AU - Hua, Xuejiao
AU - Yin, Mingming
AU - Meng, Xiangmin
AU - Huang, Zhenzhen
AU - Qi, Weitong
AU - Su, Zhuhua
AU - Liu, Chang
AU - Lehmann, H. Immo
AU - Li, Guoping
AU - Huang, Yu
AU - Xiao, Junjie
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Neonatal mouse heart can regenerate after left ventricle (LV) apical resection (AR). Since current AR rodent method is accomplished by resecting LV apex until exposure of LV chamber, it is relatively difficult to operate reproducibly. We aimed to develop a modified AR method with high accuracy and reproducibility and to investigate whether cardiac regenerative capacity could be replicated in neonatal rats. For 15% AR of whole heart weight in 1-day-old (P1) neonatal mice, a modified 10 μL pipette tip cut to 0.48 mm in internal diameter was connected to a vacuum pump working at 0.06 ± 0.005 MPa and gently kept in touch with LV apex for nearly but no more than 12 s. LV apex was resected by a single incision adjacent to the pipette tip. The modified AR method in P1 mice achieved cardiac structural and functional recovery at 21 days post resection (dpr). Data from different operators showed smaller variation of resected LV apex and higher reproducibility using the modified AR method. Furthermore, we showed that 5% AR of whole heart weight in P1 neonatal rats using a modified 200 μL pipette tip cut to 0.63 mm in internal diameter led to complete regeneration of LV apex and full preservation of cardiac function at 42 dpr. In conclusion, the modified AR rodent model leads to accurate resection of LV apex with high homogeneity and reproducibility and it is practically convenient for the study of structural, functional, and molecular mechanisms of cardiac regeneration in both neonatal mice and rats. © 2023, The Author(s).
AB - Neonatal mouse heart can regenerate after left ventricle (LV) apical resection (AR). Since current AR rodent method is accomplished by resecting LV apex until exposure of LV chamber, it is relatively difficult to operate reproducibly. We aimed to develop a modified AR method with high accuracy and reproducibility and to investigate whether cardiac regenerative capacity could be replicated in neonatal rats. For 15% AR of whole heart weight in 1-day-old (P1) neonatal mice, a modified 10 μL pipette tip cut to 0.48 mm in internal diameter was connected to a vacuum pump working at 0.06 ± 0.005 MPa and gently kept in touch with LV apex for nearly but no more than 12 s. LV apex was resected by a single incision adjacent to the pipette tip. The modified AR method in P1 mice achieved cardiac structural and functional recovery at 21 days post resection (dpr). Data from different operators showed smaller variation of resected LV apex and higher reproducibility using the modified AR method. Furthermore, we showed that 5% AR of whole heart weight in P1 neonatal rats using a modified 200 μL pipette tip cut to 0.63 mm in internal diameter led to complete regeneration of LV apex and full preservation of cardiac function at 42 dpr. In conclusion, the modified AR rodent model leads to accurate resection of LV apex with high homogeneity and reproducibility and it is practically convenient for the study of structural, functional, and molecular mechanisms of cardiac regeneration in both neonatal mice and rats. © 2023, The Author(s).
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U2 - 10.1038/s41536-023-00284-5
DO - 10.1038/s41536-023-00284-5
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 36806296
SN - 2057-3995
VL - 8
JO - npj Regenerative Medicine
JF - npj Regenerative Medicine
M1 - 9
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