Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems

Abstract The paper presents a newly designed microfluidic system that allows simulation of myocardial hypoxia by biochemical method. The geometry of the microsystem was designed in such a way, that quantitative fluorescent measurements using a spectrofluorometric plate reader was possible. Biochemic...

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Autores principales: Anna Kobuszewska, Elżbieta Jastrzębska, Kamil Żukowski, Zbigniew Brzózka
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4803df6aa5414c97b3eb9a11305ec2ba2021-12-02T18:48:08ZSimulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems10.1038/s41598-020-72660-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/4803df6aa5414c97b3eb9a11305ec2ba2020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72660-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The paper presents a newly designed microfluidic system that allows simulation of myocardial hypoxia by biochemical method. The geometry of the microsystem was designed in such a way, that quantitative fluorescent measurements using a spectrofluorometric plate reader was possible. Biochemical simulation of hypoxia was carried out using potent mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation uncoupler—Carbonyl cyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone (FCCP). Two cardiac cell lines were used in the study—rat cardiomyoblasts (H9C2) and human cardiomyocytes. The effectiveness of biochemical simulation of hypoxia was studied using two fluorescent dyes: carbocyanine iodide (JC-1) and Fluo-4. Changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential and concentration of intracellular calcium ions were tested. The major novelty of this research was the applying the microfluidic system to create hypoxia conditions for cardiac cells using the biochemical approach. In further studies, the presented hypoxia model could be used to develop new methods of treatment of ischemic heart disease for example in cell therapy based on stem cells.Anna KobuszewskaElżbieta JastrzębskaKamil ŻukowskiZbigniew BrzózkaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
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Anna Kobuszewska
Elżbieta Jastrzębska
Kamil Żukowski
Zbigniew Brzózka
Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems
description Abstract The paper presents a newly designed microfluidic system that allows simulation of myocardial hypoxia by biochemical method. The geometry of the microsystem was designed in such a way, that quantitative fluorescent measurements using a spectrofluorometric plate reader was possible. Biochemical simulation of hypoxia was carried out using potent mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation uncoupler—Carbonyl cyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone (FCCP). Two cardiac cell lines were used in the study—rat cardiomyoblasts (H9C2) and human cardiomyocytes. The effectiveness of biochemical simulation of hypoxia was studied using two fluorescent dyes: carbocyanine iodide (JC-1) and Fluo-4. Changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential and concentration of intracellular calcium ions were tested. The major novelty of this research was the applying the microfluidic system to create hypoxia conditions for cardiac cells using the biochemical approach. In further studies, the presented hypoxia model could be used to develop new methods of treatment of ischemic heart disease for example in cell therapy based on stem cells.
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author Anna Kobuszewska
Elżbieta Jastrzębska
Kamil Żukowski
Zbigniew Brzózka
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Elżbieta Jastrzębska
Kamil Żukowski
Zbigniew Brzózka
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title Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems
title_short Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems
title_full Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems
title_fullStr Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of hypoxia of myocardial cells in microfluidic systems
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