title: Intracellular Ca2+ imaging for micropatterned cardiac myocytes.
abstract: The patterning of cardiac myocytes on a micron scale ( approximately 5 microm) was achieved by microcontact printing of fibronectin onto a hydrophobically pretreated glass substrate. The patterned cardiac myocytes conjugated with each other by forming a gap junction, as judged from the synchronized Ca(2+) transition over the pattern, and thus simultaneously contracted. The dynamic change of the Ca(2+) concentration within the patterned tissue was analyzed quantitatively during successive contraction and relaxation using a Nipkow-type high-speed confocal microscope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Kimiyasu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takoh
authors.forename: Matsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: Tomokazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsue
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018914:Cells, Immobilized / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D002118:Calcium