Fig. 5. Endothelin 1 is not required for AV conduction tissue development.
(A) Representative images of wild-type and endothelin 1
morphant fish. endothelin 1 morphants fail to develop structures
derived from the pharyngeal arches, including the mandible. (B)
endothelin 1 morphant fish develop normal AV conduction block on
treatment with terfenadine at 48 hpf. Inset of contemporaneous recordings of
atrial and ventricular contraction using intensity-time plots from regions
over the respective chambers in an endothelin 1 morphant embryo
demonstrating 1:1 AV conduction. (C) endothelin 1 morphant
fish develop a normal AV conduction delay as seen in this calcium activation
map of a single cardiac cycle at 48 hpf. Isochronal lines (50 mseconds)
obtained by fluorescence microscopy are superimposed on a maximum intensity
projection image.