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ABSTRACTS – ORAL PRESENTATIONS - AMCA, spol. s r.o.

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P50. NON-INVASIVE ANALYSIS OF BEATING PARAMETERS IN IN VITRO<br />

CARDIOMYOCYTE CULTURE<br />

Dominika Sýkorová 1,3 , Pavel Karas 2 , Jana Navrátilová 1,3 , Lucia Binó 1,3 , Lukáš Kohút 4 , Lukáš<br />

Kubala 1,3,5 , Jiří Pacherník 1,5<br />

1<br />

Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech<br />

Republic;<br />

2<br />

Centre for Biomedical Image Analysis, Faculty of Informatics Masaryk University, Brno,<br />

Czech Republic;<br />

3<br />

Institute of Biophysics ASCR v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic;<br />

4<br />

Research Center for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk<br />

University, Brno, Czech Republic;<br />

5<br />

International Clinical Research Center – Centre of Biomolecular and Cellular<br />

Engineering, St. Anne‘s University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic.<br />

Studying of tissue and cellular functions via non-invasive methods represents a powerful<br />

tool for monitoring of various experimental and pathological conditions with minimal<br />

effect on observed processes. Cardiomyocytes are highly specified cells with unique<br />

ability of spontaneous beating. The beating characteristics such as beating frequencies<br />

and chronotropic changes are related to cardiomyocytes differentiation/maturation<br />

status and are modulated by cell culture conditions. Beating characteristic is modulated<br />

in response to various stimuli. Response of cardiomyocyte beating to tested compound<br />

is suggested to be valuable marker for testing cardiotoxicity. However, the detection of<br />

beating patter of cardiomyocytes in cell culture conditions is highly challenging.<br />

Here we introduce the Cardio Analyser software developed for digital movie analysis<br />

of beating properties of cardiomyocytes in vitro culture. Potential and capabilities of<br />

the software were tested on cardiomyocytes in vitro culture under various experimental<br />

conditions. Based on our results, this non-invasive method gives promising results in<br />

studies of the response of cells to various external stimulations, such as differentiation<br />

promoting agents or treatments.<br />

Cardio Analyser can be also useful in preliminary drug screening studies as a quick and<br />

inexpensive tool which doesn’t require extensive expertise.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

This work was supported by grants from MEYS CR MSM0021622430 and Cost CZ<br />

LD11015, from GAČR 13-29358S, and from the European Social Fund - projects<br />

OganoNET (CZ.1.07/2.4.00/31.0245) and HistoPARK (CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0185). LK was<br />

supported by the European Regional Development Fund - Project FNUSA-ICRC (No.<br />

CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0123).<br />

Analytical Cytometry VII 147

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