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13 March 2024 Single-cell investigation of excitation wavefront propagation in in vitro human induced cardiomyocytes using a digital holographic stimulation system
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Abstract
Cardiomyocytes form an electrically coupled syncytium, enabling synchronized action potential wavefronts. Optogenetics facilitates the study of cardiac excitation wavefronts in vivo and in vitro. We demonstrate a laser-optical system utilizing computer-generated holograms to stimulate and inhibit light-sensitive human stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes, allowing e.g. non-destructive modeling of myocardial scarring and exctiation wavefront control. With rapid frame rates upt to 1.7 kHz, our system spatially positions multiple foci or complex illumination patterns, achieving defined 3D-distributed excitation wavefronts for quickly changing stimulation protocols. High-speed video microscopy assesses contractions in samples. We show successful coupling of cardiomyocyte contraction to optical stimulation and stimulation-wavefront shape-dependencies, paving the way for patient-specific disease modeling using multi-photong holographic light shaping and red-shifted opsins in 3D cardiac organoids.
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Felix Schmieder, Lars Büttner, Adam T. Pierce, Wouter Derks, Olaf Bergmann, and Jürgen W Czarske "Single-cell investigation of excitation wavefront propagation in in vitro human induced cardiomyocytes using a digital holographic stimulation system", Proc. SPIE 12829, Optogenetics and Optical Manipulation 2024, 128290I (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003492
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KEYWORDS
Wavefronts

Digital holography

In vitro testing

Wave propagation

Holography

Action potentials

3D modeling

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