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Effects of Subnormothermic Regulated Hepatic Reperfusion on Mitochondrial and Transcriptomic Profiles in a Porcine Model. Ann Surg 2023 Feb 01;277(2):e366-e375

Date

08/14/2021

Pubmed ID

34387201

Pubmed Central ID

PMC8840998

DOI

10.1097/SLA.0000000000005156

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85146161896 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   7 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the biological effects of pre-reperfusion treatments of the liver after warm and cold ischemic injuries in a porcine donation after circulatory death model.

SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Donation after circulatory death represents a severe form of liver ischemia and reperfusion injury that has a profound impact on graft function after liver transplantation.

METHODS: Twenty donor pig livers underwent 60 minutes of in situ warm ischemia after circulatory arrest and 120 minutes of cold static preservation prior to simulated transplantation using an ex vivo perfusion machine. Four reperfusion treatments were compared: Control-Normothermic (N), Control- Subnormothermic (S), regulated hepatic reperfusion (RHR)-N, and RHR-S (n = 5 each). The biochemical, metabolic, and transcriptomic profiles, as well as mitochondrial function were analyzed.

RESULTS: Compared to the other groups, RHR-S treated group showed significantly lower post-reperfusion aspartate aminotransferase levels in the reperfusion effluent and histologic findings of hepatocyte viability and lesser degree of congestion and necrosis. RHR-S resulted in a significantly higher mitochondrial respiratory control index and calcium retention capacity. Transcriptomic profile analysis showed that treatment with RHR-S activated cell survival and viability, cellular homeostasis as well as other biological functions involved in tissue repair such as cytoskeleton or cytoplasm organization, cell migration, transcription, and microtubule dynamics. Furthermore, RHR-S inhibited organismal death, morbidity and mortality, necrosis, and apoptosis.

CONCLUSION: Subnormothermic RHR mitigates IRI and preserves hepatic mitochondrial function after warm and cold hepatic ischemia. This organ resuscitative therapy may also trigger the activation of protective genes against IRI. Sub- normothermic RHR has potential applicability to clinical liver transplantation.

Author List

Kim J, Zimmerman MA, Shin WY, Boettcher BT, Lee JS, Park JI, Ali M, Yang M, Mishra J, Hagen CE, McGraw JE, Mathison A, Woehlck HJ, Lomberk G, Camara AKS, Urrutia RA, Stowe DF, Hong JC

Authors

Brent Boettcher DO Associate Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Amadou K. Camara PhD Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Joohyun Kim MD, PhD Associate Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Gwen Lomberk PhD Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Angela Mathison PhD Assistant Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Jyotsna Mishra PHD Research Scientist I in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Jong-In Park PhD Professor in the Biochemistry department at Medical College of Wisconsin
David F. Stowe MD, PhD Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Raul A. Urrutia MD Center Director, Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Harvey J. Woehlck MD Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Ischemia
Liver
Necrosis
Organ Preservation
Reperfusion
Swine
Transcriptome