Heart samples were weighed, homogenized in deionized water, and hydrolyzed overnight in 6N HCl at 120°C. Lysates were transferred to and desiccated in 96-well plates and reconstituted in deionized water. After incubation with 50 mM chloramine T (Sigma-Aldrich) followed by 1 M dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (Sigma-Aldrich), the OD values were read at 570 nm. The concentration of hydroxyproline was determined by a 1–100 µg/ml standard curve of hydroxyproline (Sigma-Aldrich) and normalized to starting heart tissue mass (Wu et al., 2014 (link)).