期刊
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
卷 107, 期 1, 页码 35-U70出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.211458
关键词
cardiac tissue engineering; drug screening; predictive toxicology; automation
资金
- European Union
- Foundation LeDucq
Rationale: Tissue engineering may provide advanced in vitro models for drug testing and, in combination with recent induced pluripotent stem cell technology, disease modeling, but available techniques are unsuitable for higher throughput. Objective: Here, we present a new miniaturized and automated method based on engineered heart tissue (EHT). Methods and Results: Neonatal rat heart cells are mixed with fibrinogen/Matrigel plus thrombin and pipetted into rectangular casting molds in which two flexible silicone posts are positioned from above. Contractile activity is monitored video-optically by a camera and evaluated by a custom-made software program. Fibrin-based mini-EHTs (FBMEs) (150 mu L, 600 000 cells) were transferred from molds to a standard 24-well plate two hours after casting. Over time FBMEs condensed from a 12 x 3 x 3 mm gel to a muscle strip of 8 mm length and, depending on conditions, 0.2 to 1.3 mm diameter. After 8 to 10 days, FBMEs started to rhythmically deflect the posts. Post properties and the extent of post deflection allowed calculation of rate, force (0.1 to 0.3 mN), and kinetics which was validated in organ baths experiments. FBMEs exhibited a well-developed, longitudinally aligned actinin-positive cardiac muscle network and lectin-positive vascular structures interspersed homogeneously throughout the construct. Analysis of a large series of FBME (n = 192) revealed high yield and reproducibility and stability for weeks. Chromanol, quinidine, and erythromycin exerted concentration-dependent increases in relaxation time, doxorubicin decreases in contractile force. Conclusions: We developed a simple technique to construct large series of EHT and automatically evaluate contractile activity. The method shall be useful for drug screening and disease modeling. (Circ Res. 2010; 107: 35-44.)
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