Journal
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00182
Keywords
optogenetic; optical mapping; fluorescence; cardiac; action potential; calcium; conduction (action potential); arrhythmias
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Funding
- EPSRC studentship (Sci-Phy-4-Health Centre for Doctoral Training) [L016346]
- Wellcome Trust [109604/Z/15/Z]
- British Heart Foundation [FS/16/35/31952, PG/17/55/33087, RG/17/15/33106, FS/13/43/30324, PG/17/30/32961]
- European Union [633196]
- Leducq Foundation
- Wellcome Trust [109604/Z/15/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
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Optogenetic control of the heart is an emergent technology that offers unparalleled spatio-temporal control of cardiac dynamics via light-sensitive ion pumps and channels (opsins). This fast-evolving technique holds broad scope in both clinical and basic research setting. Combination of optogenetics with optical mapping of voltage or calcium fluorescent probes facilitates 'all-optical' electrophysiology, allowing precise optogenetic actuation of cardiac tissue with high spatio-temporal resolution imaging of action potential and calcium transient morphology and conduction patterns. In this review, we provide a synopsis of optogenetics and discuss in detail its use and compatibility with optical interrogation of cardiac electrophysiology. We briefly discuss the benefits of all-optical cardiac control and electrophysiological interrogation compared to traditional techniques, and describe mechanisms, unique features and limitations of optically induced cardiac control. In particular, we focus on state-of-the-art setup design, challenges in light delivery and filtering, and compatibility of opsins with fluorescent reporters used in optical mapping. The interaction of cardiac tissue with light, and physical and computational approaches to overcome the 'spectral congestion' that arises from the combination of optogenetics and optical mapping are discussed. Finally, we summarize recent preclinical work applications of combined cardiac optogenetics and optical mapping approach.
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