Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 387-394.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1938

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Improvement and preliminary evaluation of neonatal rat cardiac regeneration model

ZHU Hao1, DING Shengguang1, HUANG Haitao1, XU Jiahong2, ZHONG Chongjun1   

  1. 1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China;
    2. Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China
  • Received:2017-04-03 Online:2017-06-30 Published:2017-06-30

Abstract:

An improved neonatal rat cardiac regeneration model was established and a preliminary evaluation was conducted. Neonatal rats of 12 h and exercised apical resection surgery with low-temperature anesthesia were used. Postoperative survival rates were taken on 1, 3, 7 and 21 d, and the cross-sectional area were measured to evaluate the advantage of the improved technique. In the control group, postoperative survival rate at 1 d was 61%, while the improved group was 77%. In addition, survival rates of the improved group on 3, 7 and 21 d were higher than that in the control group. Variation of resected apex crosssectional area was smaller in the improved group. In conclusion, the improved neonatal rat cardiac regeneration model is more stable and more uniform with a higher operation
success rate. This model may be used to investigate genes and the signaling pathways mediating mammalian heart regeneration.

Key words: apical resection, cell proliferation, heart regeneration