ABSTRACTS â ORAL PRESENTATIONS - AMCA, spol. s r.o.
ABSTRACTS â ORAL PRESENTATIONS - AMCA, spol. s r.o.
ABSTRACTS â 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 />
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