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Adult mammalian cardiac myocytes in long-term culture offer advantages over intact heart tissue and freshly isolated ventricular cell preparations for a variety of experimental studies. To characterize this preparation in detail, we have examined the physiological properties of isolated adult rat ventricular cells maintained in culture for 10-14 days. Adult rat myocytes in longterm culture contracted spontaneously, with electrical coupling of adjacent cells, at 1-3 Hz. Most myocytes showed myofibrils with well-developed mitochondria and transverse tubular systems. They showed predominantly the V1 type myosin heavy chain isoform. In standard physiological superfusion media (pH 7.35), the intracellular pH of cultured cells measured with 2',7'-bis-carboxyethyl-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) was 7.26 +/- 0.03, and was regulated by an amiloride-sensitive Na-H exchanger. The time-averaged free intracellular Ca2+ level of cultured adult rat myocytes measured with fura-2 at an extracellular Ca2+ level of 1 mM was 99.0 +/- 16.8 nM. Ouabain, Bay k 8644 or isoproterenol caused a significant rise in time-averaged intracellular [Ca2+], while the dihydropyridine Ca channel blocker nifedipine induced a decrease in intracellular [Ca2+]. Measurements of contractile state with an optical-video system demonstrated that ouabain. Bay k 8644, isoproterenol, or elevated extracellular [Ca2+] increased the amplitude of cell motion and the rates of both shortening and relaxation, while nifedipine lowered them. Microelectrode impalements indicated a resting potential of -75 +/- 1 mV and an action potential amplitude of 100 +/- 2 mV. Exposure of cultured adult rat cardiocytes to the thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (10 nM) for 48 hours resulted in a 2-fold increase in NaK-ATPase alpha-1 catalytic subunit mRNA accumulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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