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Single Fiber Function Core. Co-Directors: Ken Campbell and Karyn Esser Seed Funds from Center for Muscle Biology and ~5 Principal Investigators. Outline. Types of muscle we can use and how we prepare them Overview of the experimental approach
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Single Fiber Function Core Co-Directors: Ken Campbell and Karyn Esser Seed Funds from Center for Muscle Biology and ~5 Principal Investigators
Outline • Types of muscle we can use and how we prepare them • Overview of the experimental approach • What measurements can we make and what do they tell us? • How do I get started with the Core?
What muscles can we use? • Almost anything - skeletal and cardiac • We have more experience with mammalian tissue but we can in principle do other things (e.g. lobster!) • Human samples • Prior KY experience with: rat psoas, rat soleus, rat diaphgram various murine skeletal muscles, murine diaphragm rat, murine, porcine and human myocardium
Chemically Permeabilized Muscle Normal (Intact) muscle Permeabilized ('skinned') muscle
Practicalities • We normally store skeletal 'bundles' at -20C for ~3 weeks Problems if you store longer than that • Potential to get longer-term storage with cryopreservation? • Cardiac tissue is simply ground up with a homogenizer. We often work with frozen tissue that has been in the freezer for months
Outline • Types of muscle we can use and how we prepare them • Overview of the experimental approach • What measurements can we make and what do they tell us? • How do I get started with the Core?
Chemically Permeabilized Muscle Normal (Intact) muscle Permeabilized ('skinned') muscle
Muscle Experimental Setup
Outline • Types of muscle we can use and how we prepare them • Overview of the experimental approach • What measurements can we make and what do they tell us? • How do I get started with the Core?
45 Year Old Female, LV ExplantFamilial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Campbell, Mitov, Ferreira, Shekar and Bonnell (Unpublished)
Short-range force increases with stretch velocityin human myocardium pCa 5.9 ~10% Maximal Activation Campbell, Mitov, Ferreira, Shekar and Bonnell (Unpublished)
Outline • Types of muscle we can use and how we prepare them • Overview of the experimental approach • What measurements can we make and what do they tell us? • How do I get started with the Core? Speak to Ken k.s.campbell@uky.edu