Vanessa Mahoney
Connexin43 contributes to electrotonic conduction across scar tissue in the intact heart
Mahoney, Vanessa; Mezzano, Valeria; Mirams, Gary; Maass, Karen; Li, Zhen; Cerrone, Marina; Vasquez, Carolina; Bapat, Aneesh; Delmar, Mario; Morley, Gregory
Authors
Valeria Mezzano
Prof. GARY MIRAMS GARY.MIRAMS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mathematical Biology
Karen Maass
Zhen Li
Marina Cerrone
Carolina Vasquez
Aneesh Bapat
Mario Delmar
Gregory Morley
Abstract
Studies have demonstrated non-myocytes, including fibroblasts, can electrically couple to myocytes in culture. However, evidence demonstrating current can passively spread across scar tissue in the intact heart remains elusive. We hypothesize electrotonic conduction occurs across non-myocyte gaps in the heart and is partly mediated by Connexin43 (Cx43). We investigated whether non-myocytes in ventricular scar tissue are electrically connected to surrounding myocardial tissue in wild type and fibroblast-specific protein-1 driven conditional Cx43 knock-out mice (Cx43fsp1KO). Electrical coupling between the scar and uninjured myocardium was demonstrated by injecting current into the myocardium and recording depolarization in the scar through optical mapping. Coupling was significantly reduced in Cx43fsp1KO hearts. Voltage signals were recorded using microelectrodes from control scars but no signals were obtained from Cx43fsp1KO hearts. Recordings showed significantly decreased amplitude, depolarized resting membrane potential, increased duration and reduced upstroke velocity compared to surrounding myocytes, suggesting that the non-excitable cells in the scar closely follow myocyte action potentials. These results were further validated by mathematical simulations. Optical mapping demonstrated that current delivered within the scar could induce activation of the surrounding myocardium. These data demonstrate non-myocytes in the scar are electrically coupled to myocytes, and coupling depends on Cx43 expression.
Citation
Mahoney, V., Mezzano, V., Mirams, G., Maass, K., Li, Z., Cerrone, M., …Morley, G. (2016). Connexin43 contributes to electrotonic conduction across scar tissue in the intact heart. Scientific Reports, 6(1), Article 26744. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26744
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 9, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | May 31, 2016 |
Publication Date | May 31, 2016 |
Deposit Date | May 17, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 14, 2019 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Print ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Electronic ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 26744 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26744 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1117015 |
Publisher URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/srep26744 |
PMID | 27244564 |
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