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Isolation, Culture and Identification of Equine Cardiac Fibroblasts
Received date: 2025-09-25
Online published: 2026-03-16
This study aimed to establish an in vitro isolation and culture method for equine cardiac fibroblasts and analyze their biological characteristics, thereby providing a critical cellular model for equine exercise physiology and cardiac remodeling research. Using fetal horse heart tissue aged 3 to 6 months as experimental material, cardiac fibroblasts were isolated via a combined digestion method with trypsin and type Ⅱ collagenase. Subsequently, morphological observation, immunofluorescence characterization, growth curve analysis, apoptosis detection, and chromosomal karyotype analysis were performed on the cells. The results showed as follows: 1) the combined digestion method with trypsin and type Ⅱ collagenase successfully isolated equine cardiac fibroblasts, which could be sub-cultured continuously. Even at passage 16, the equine cardiac fibroblasts retained typical fibroblast characteristics and maintained good viability. 2) Immunofluorescence staining confirmed that the cultured cells were equine cardiac fibroblasts. 3) The cell cryopreservation and thawing test indicated that cells from both passage 3 and passage 16 maintained a viability above 90% after cryopreservation and thawing. 4) Growth curve analysis demonstrated that the isolated equine cardiac fibroblasts grew stably and healthily under in vitro culture conditions, exhibiting strong proliferative capacity. 5) Analysis based on low apoptosis rates and normal karyotypes indicated the cells were currently in good condition. In summary, this study successfully isolated equine cardiac fibroblasts using a combined digestion method with trypsin and type Ⅱ collagenase. The obtained cells exhibit typical morphology, strong proliferative capacity, and maintain excellent viability after multiple passages and cryopreservation.
Key words: horse; cardiac fibroblasts; primary isolation; biological characteristics
WUSIMAN Adina , FU Yijie , ZHANG Zihan , PENG Jiangfei , CHANG Xiaokang , YANG Liping , BAO Yike , CHU Hongzhong , YAO Runchen , ZHAI Manjun , ZENG Yaqi . Isolation, Culture and Identification of Equine Cardiac Fibroblasts[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2026 , 38(3) : 2195 -2202 . DOI: 10.12418/CJAN2026.176
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