PMID- 33328612 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210308 LR - 20210331 IS - 1750-2799 (Electronic) IS - 1750-2799 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Feb TI - A surgical mouse model of neonatal pressure overload by transverse aortic constriction. PG - 775-790 LID - 10.1038/s41596-020-00434-9 [doi] AB - Cardiac disease is the main cause of death worldwide. Insufficient regeneration of the adult mammalian heart is a major driver of cardiac morbidity and mortality. Cardiac regeneration occurs in early postnatal mice, thus understanding mechanisms of mammalian cardiac regeneration could facilitate the development of novel therapeutic strategies. Here, we provide a detailed description of a neonatal mouse model of pressure overload by transverse aortic constriction (nTAC) that can be applied at postnatal days 1 and 7. We have previously used this model to demonstrate that mice are able to fully adapt to pressure overload following nTAC on postnatal day 1. In contrast, when nTAC is applied in the non-regenerative phase (at postnatal day 7), it is associated with a maladaptive response similar to that seen when transverse aortic constriction (TAC) is applied to adult mice. Once a user is experienced in nTAC surgery, the procedure can be completed in less than 10 min per mouse. We anticipate that this model will facilitate the discovery of therapeutic targets to treat patients or prevent pressure overload-induced cardiac failure in the future. FAU - Malek Mohammadi, Mona AU - Malek Mohammadi M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8410-7865 AD - Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany. mona.malekmohammadi@uni-bonn.de. AD - German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. mona.malekmohammadi@uni-bonn.de. FAU - Abouissa, Aya AU - Abouissa A AD - Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany. AD - German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. FAU - Heineke, Joerg AU - Heineke J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1541-3030 AD - Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany. Joerg.Heineke@medma.uni-heidelberg.de. AD - German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. Joerg.Heineke@medma.uni-heidelberg.de. LA - eng GR - EXC62/3/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)/ GR - HE3658/6-1/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)/ GR - HE 3658/11-1/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201216 PL - England TA - Nat Protoc JT - Nature protocols JID - 101284307 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn/physiology/surgery MH - Aorta/surgery MH - Blood Pressure/physiology MH - Constriction MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Heart/*physiology MH - Heart Diseases/metabolism/physiopathology/*surgery MH - Heart Failure/etiology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred ICR MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/physiology MH - Regeneration/*physiology EDAT- 2020/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/17 05:44 PHST- 2020/01/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/17 05:44 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/s41596-020-00434-9 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41596-020-00434-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Protoc. 2021 Feb;16(2):775-790. doi: 10.1038/s41596-020-00434-9. Epub 2020 Dec 16.