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Comparison of two procedures of loading with voltage-sensitive dye di-4-ANEPPS in rabbit isolated heart

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NOVÁKOVÁ Marie FIALOVÁ Kateřina BARDOŇOVÁ Jana PROVAZNÍK Ivo

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Computers in Cardiology
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Faculty of Medicine

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web http://cinc2008.org
Field Physiology
Keywords isolated rabbit heart;voltage-sensitive dye;di-4-ANEPPS
Description Recording of monophasic action potentials (MAPs) by optical method using voltage sensitive dyes has been established as possibility to measure membrane potential changes in certain models. We studied two procedures of isolated rabbit hearts loading with di-4-ANEPPS - "slow" method (perfusion with low concentration of dye for longer time) or "fast" method (single microinjection of highly concentrated bolus of the dye in the aorta). Signal-to-noise ratio was evaluated in each minute of continuous exposure to excitatory light and persistence of dye in the tissue was estimated. We conclude that both methods enable us to record MAPs, but during long exposure to light the persistence of the dye in the tissue is insufficient in "fast" method. Although the "slow" loading affects electrophysiological properties of the heart, in case of rabbit heart it is negligible since its relative resistance to the side-effects of di-4-ANEPPS.
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