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Mechanical and Electrical Phenotype of hiPSC‐Cardiomyocytes on Fibronectin‐Based Hydrogels

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We introduce fibronectin‐based PEG hydrogels with controlled rigidity to enable the culture of iPSC‐derived cardiomyocytes. These substrates offer an alternative to the current culture of these cells on fibronectin‐coated glass, providing enhanced structural and functional behavior. The system provides a more physiologically relevant platform to assess
Ana Da Silva Costa, Lineta Stonkute, Sara Trujillo, Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva, Francis Burton, Matthew J. Dalby, Oana Dobre, Godfrey Smith, Manuel Salmeron‐Sanchez   +8 more
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Patient‐Derived 3D Bioprinted Cardiac Organoid Constructs Reveal Key Pathological Features of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Patient‐derived cardiac organoids reveal key features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy, including apoptosis, oxidative stress, calcium handling defects, and mechanical remodeling. By integrating organoids into alginate–gelatin bioprinted constructs, disease phenotypes are organized into scalable 3D cardiac tissues displaying extracellular ...
Vittoria Marini, Margalida Campaner Socias, Andreas Dimopoulos, Lorenza Rinvenuto, Enrico Pozzo, Diana Stalkopf, Angelo Serafini, Sara Morri, Ashley Wang, Rita La Rovere, Yoke Chin Chai, Sveva Bollini, Geert Bultynck, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Ioannis Papantoniou, Maurilio Sampaolesi   +15 more
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Connexin43 Deficiency Leads to Ventricular Arrhythmias by Reprogramming Proline Metabolism

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The study demonstrated that connexin43 (Cx43) knockout caused arrhythmic phenotype and decreased proline content in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, Cx43 interacts with the amino acid transporter SNAT2 (sodium‐dependent neutral amino acid transporter), and its deficiency disrupts proline transport and metabolism.
Hangying Ying, Hangping Fan, Yunhe Wang, Ruhong Jiang, Dongsheng Cai, Hui Cheng, Hao Wang, Chenyang Jiang, Ping Liang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

MECHANISMS OF DISEASE Acute Oxygen-Sensing Mechanisms [PDF]

, 2005
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, ONE OF THE THREE SCIENTISTS CREDITED WITH THE discovery of oxygen, described the death of mice that were deprived of oxygen. However, he was also well aware of the toxicity of too much oxygen, stating, “For as a candle burns much faster
Buckler, Keith J., E. Kenneth Weir, M.D., López Barneo, José, Stephen L. Archer, M.D   +3 more
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Altered excitation-contraction coupling in human chronic atrial fibrillation [PDF]

, 2012
This review focuses on the (mal)adaptive processes in atrial excitation-contraction coupling occurring in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Cellular remodeling includes shortening of the atrial action potential duration and effective refractory ...
Grandi, E., Pandit, S.V., Workman, A.J.
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Isovolumic relaxation strain imaging is an accurate and sensitive approach for detection of active diastolic dysfunction: A preclinical study

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
A modified approach was developed to accurately identify the isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT) using an apical three‐chamber view. Compared with conventional echocardiography, isovolumic relaxation strain imaging (IVSI) helps to detect the earlier alternations of diastolic function in transverse aortic constriction (TAC) mice.
Jingjing Liang, Juncheng Wang, Jun Cheng, Yanggan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A protein interaction mechanism for suppressing the mechanosensitive Piezo channels

Nature Communications, 2017
Mechanosensitive Piezo channels are important for a wide range of mechanotransduction processes. Here the authors show that Piezos interact with sarcoplasmic /endoplasmic-reticulum Ca2+ ATPases (SERCA) and give mechanistic insights into mechanogating and
Tingxin Zhang, Shaopeng Chi, Fan Jiang, Qiancheng Zhao, Bailong Xiao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiac muscle thin filament structures reveal calcium regulatory mechanism

Nature Communications, 2020
The contraction of cardiac and skeletal muscles is regulated by Ca2+ released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscle cells. Here the authors provide molecular insights into Ca2+ regulation of muscle contraction by determining the cryo-EM structures of
Yurika Yamada, Keiichi Namba, Takashi Fujii   +2 more
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Vascular smooth muscle contraction in hypertension [PDF]

, 2018
Hypertension is a major risk factor for many common chronic diseases, such as heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, vascular dementia and chronic kidney disease.
Alves-Lopes, Rheure, Anagnostopoulou, Aikaterini, Arner, Anders, De Lucca Camargo, Livia, Montezano, Augusto C., Rios, Francisco J., Touyz, Rhian M.   +6 more
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The myth of the metabolic baseline: sleep–wake cycles undermine a foundational assumption in organismal biology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Basal and standard metabolic rate (BMR and SMR) are cornerstones of physiological ecology and are assumed to be relatively fixed intrinsic properties of organisms that represent the minimum energy required to sustain life. However, this assumption is conceptually flawed. Many core maintenance processes underlying SMR are temporally partitioned
Helena Norman, Daphne Cortese, Amelia Munson, Jan Lindström, Shaun S. Killen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source