Open-source low-cost cardiac optical mapping system

Dmitry Rybashlykov, Jaclyn Brennan, Zexu Lin, Igor R. Efimov*, Roman Syunyaev

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Abstract

Fluorescent imaging with voltage- or calcium-sensitive dyes, known as optical mapping, is one of the indispensable modern techniques to study cardiac or neural electrophysiology, unsurpassed by temporal and spatial resolution. High-speed CMOS cameras capable of optical registration of action potential propagation are in general very costly. We present a complete solution priced below US$1,000 (including camera and lens) at the moment of publication with an open-source image acquisition and processing software. We demonstrate that the iDS UI-3130CP rev.2 camera we used in this study is capable of 200x200 977 frames per second (FPS) action potential recordings from rodent hearts, with the signal-to-noise-ratio of a conditioned signal of 16 ± 10. A comparison with a specialized MiCAM Ultimate-L camera has shown that signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) while lower is sufficient for accurate measurements of AP waveform, conduction velocity (± 0.04 m/s) and action potential duration (± 7ms) in mouse and rat hearts. We used 4-aminopyridine to prolong the action potential duration in mouse heart, thus demonstrating that the proposed system is adequate for pharmacological studies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere0259174
JournalPloS one
Volume17
Issue number3 March
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2022

Funding

The research was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (https://www.rfbr. ru/rffi/eng) grant 19-29-04111 (to RS) and Leducq Foundation (https://www.fondationleducq.org/) project RHYTHM (to IE). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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