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Niu D, Zhao G, Liu X, Zhou P, Cao Y. Prevention of Osmotic Injury to Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells for Biopreservation: A First Step Toward Biobanking of Endothelial Cells for Vascular Tissue Engineering. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2016; 22:270-9. [PMID: 26701745 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2015.0364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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High-survival-rate cryopreservation of endothelial cells plays a critical role in vascular tissue engineering, while optimization of osmotic injuries is the first step toward successful cryopreservation. We designed a low-cost, easy-to-use, microfluidics-based microperfusion chamber to investigate the osmotic responses of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) at different temperatures, and then optimized the protocols for using cryoprotective agents (CPAs) to minimize osmotic injuries and improve processes before freezing and after thawing. The fundamental cryobiological parameters were measured using the microperfusion chamber, and then, the optimized protocols using these parameters were confirmed by survival evaluation and cell proliferation experiments. It was revealed for the first time that HUVECs have an unusually small permeability coefficient for Me2SO. Even at the concentrations well established for slow freezing of cells (1.5 M), one-step removal of CPAs for HUVECs might result in inevitable osmotic injuries, indicating that multiple-step removal is essential. Further experiments revealed that multistep removal of 1.5 M Me2SO at 25°C was the best protocol investigated, in good agreement with theory. These results should prove invaluable for optimization of cryopreservation protocols of HUVECs.
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- Dan Niu
- 1 Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui, China
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- 1 Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui, China .,2 Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs , Hefei, Anhui, China
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- 1 Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui, China
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- 2 Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs , Hefei, Anhui, China .,3 Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei, Anhui, China
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- 2 Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs , Hefei, Anhui, China .,3 Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei, Anhui, China
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Müller-Schweinitzer E. Cryopreservation of vascular tissues. Organogenesis 2012; 5:97-104. [PMID: 20046671 DOI: 10.4161/org.5.3.9495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cryopreservation of human blood vessels may become an important tool in bypass surgery and peripheral vascular reconstruction. Ideally cryopreservation of a blood vessel should preserve functional characteristics comparable to those of fresh controls. The key advantage of cryopreservation is the fact that storage at deep subzero temperatures allows storage of structurally intact living vascular tissues for virtually infinite time. Originally developed for long-time storage of isolated cells, the techniques of cryopreservation of tissues are challenged by the fact that these are complex multicellular systems containing diverse types of cells with differing requirements for optimal preservation. Therefore, the post-thaw functional activity of vascular tissues is determined by the type of blood vessel and, in addition, by the cell packing effect. Moreover, evidence from pharmacological studies suggests that cryopreservation induces tissue specific changes in transmembrane signaling and the mechanisms coupling intracellular calcium release, sensitivity and calcium entry into the smooth muscle cells.
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- Else Müller-Schweinitzer
- Heart Surgery Center Basel-Bern; University Hospital and Department of Biomedicine; Basel, Switzerland
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Yamada A, Takahashi R, Toyama R, Okita Y. Acute regeneration and chronic acellular transformation of rabbit cryopreserved aortic allografts. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2012; 45:177-86. [PMID: 22829711 PMCID: PMC3395303 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.11060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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An analysis of rabbit cryopreserved aortic allografts excised on postoperative days (POD) 2, 5, 11, 60, 210, 360, and 720, as well as controls that were untransplanted native aortas and cryopreserved aortas, was performed. On POD2, the number of medial smooth muscle cells in the allografts was reduced to approximately 50%. Ki-67 analysis revealed that medial smooth muscle cells in the allografts proliferated from the 2nd day. By the 11th day, their proliferation ceased and the number of medial smooth muscle cells was restored to almost at the same level as in the controls. Polymorphic microsatellite DNA marker analysis disclosed that the restored medial smooth muscle cells were of donor origin. From 7 months through 2 years, the media of cryopreserved aortic allografts were transformed into acellular structures, in which the elastic fibers were preserved. On the other hand, newly accumulated smooth muscle cells were observed in the adventitia just outside of acellular media after 7 months. In some cases, scattered lamellar calcium deposition was observed in the same regions. This study presents a comprehensive documentation of regeneration and acellular transformation in cryopreserved aortic allografts based on short and long-term analysis.
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- Akitoshi Yamada
- Departments of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine
- Departments of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital
- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital
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- Departments of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine
- Departments of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine
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- Departments of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine
- Departments of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine
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Müller-Schweinitzer E, Grapow M, Konerding MA, Zerkowski HR. Freezing without surrounding cryomedium preserves the endothelium and its function in human internal mammary arteries. Cryobiology 2005; 51:54-65. [PMID: 15936748 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2005.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Revised: 04/07/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Cryopreserved human blood vessels may become important tools in bypass surgery. Optimal cryopreservation of an arterial graft should, therefore, preserve both histological and physiological characteristics of smooth muscle and endothelium comparable to the unfrozen artery. METHODS Rings from human internal mammary arteries (IMA) were investigated in vitro either unfrozen or after immersion into a cryomedium (RPMI 1640 containing 1.8M Me2SO and 0.1M sucrose) and cryostorage with and without surrounding medium. RESULTS In unfrozen IMA, neither contractile responses to noradrenaline (NA) nor endothelium-dependent relaxant responses to acetylcholine (ACH) was modified after exposure of the IMA to cryomedium or during activation of protein kinase C by phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu). Exposure to cryomedium with gradually increasing Me2SO content before starting the cooling process did not improve the post-thaw functional activity of the artery. Optimal post-thaw recovery of contractile responses to NA and PGF(2alpha) was observed after freezing at a speed of -1.2 and -3 degrees C/min in arteries stored with and without surrounding cryomedium. Compared to unfrozen controls, the ACH-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation during active tone induced by 3 microM PGF(2alpha) reached 16 and 56% after freezing with and without surrounding medium. All functional data were reflected by electron microscopy images showing considerably better preservation of the endothelial layer after freezing without medium. CONCLUSION Freezing of human arteries at a mean cooling rate of -3 degrees C/min and storage without surrounding medium offers the prospect of optimal preservation of both smooth muscle and endothelial function in cryopreserved human IMA.
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Wang P, Shu Z, He L, Wang Y, Cui X, Yu J, Lu J, Gao D. The Viability, Structure, and Mechanical Properties of Cryopreserved Rabbit Carotid Artery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1089/cpt.2005.3.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Peitao Wang
- School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
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- School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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Pompilio G, Rossoni G, Alamanni F, Tartara P, Barajon I, Rumio C, Manfredi B, Biglioli P. Comparison of endothelium-dependent vasoactivity of internal mammary arteries from hypertensive, hypercholesterolemic, and diabetic patients. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72:1290-7. [PMID: 11603450 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03053-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endothelium-dependent relaxation is abnormal in a variety of diseased states. Despite the widespread use of the internal mammary artery (IMA) in coronary artery bypass grafting, there is a lack of comparative studies on IMA endothelial-dependent function in patients with major cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS An IMA segment from 48 selected patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting was harvested intraoperatively and assigned to one of four groups (n = 12): diabetics requiring therapy, hypertensives, hypercholesterolemic, and nondiabetic-normotensive-normocholesterolemic patients. Internal mammary artery specimens were cut into rings and suspended in organ bath chambers, and the isometric tension of vascular tissues was recorded. The IMA rings were (1) precontracted with norepinephrine, and the endothelium-derived relaxation was evaluated by cumulative addition of acetylcholine, (2) contracted with cumulative concentrations of endothelin-1, and (3) contracted with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine. Furthermore, the release of prostacyclin by the IMA rings was directly measured during basal tone conditions and at the end of the various pharmacologic interventions. Histology of IMA rings was randomly performed. RESULTS The results obtained in these experiments showed that IMA rings harvested from hypertensive patients have the greatest impairment of endothelium-dependent response to relaxant and contracting stimuli (p < 0.01 versus nondiabetic-normotensive-normocholesterolemic tissues; p < 0.05 versus hypercholesterolemic and diabetic tissues) and prostacyclin release in normal and stimulated conditions. To a lesser extent, hypercholesterolemic and diabetic tissues show similar depression (diabetic > hypercholesterolemic) both of relaxation and prostacyclin production, with respect to nondiabetic-normotensive-normocholesterolemic specimens (p < 0.05). Histology findings (scanning electron microscopy) did not differ in multiple sections from vessel studies. CONCLUSIONS Major cardiovascular risk factors affect the endothelium-dependent vasoactive homeostasis of human IMA differently. Depression of relaxation is highest in patients with a history of hypertension. These findings may be pertinent to early and long-term treatment of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
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- G Pompilio
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centro Cardiologico I. Monzino Foundation IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
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Langerak SE, Groenink M, Wall EE, Wassenaar C, Vanbavel E, Spaan JAE, Baal MC. Impact of current cryopreservation procedures on mechanical and functional properties of human aortic homografts. Transpl Int 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2001.tb00053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herrera B, Eisenberg G, Holberndt O, Desco MM, Rábano A, García-Barreno P, Del Cañizo JF. Paradoxical effects of temperature on vascular tone. Cryobiology 2000; 41:43-50. [PMID: 11017760 DOI: 10.1006/cryo.2000.2263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Temperature may have significant influence on vascular tone in such cases as organ preservation, coronary bypass surgery, and extracorporeal circulation. The aim of this research was to study the direct effect of temperature variation on vascular tone in an attempt to elucidate the mechanisms involved. In a first series of experiments, the isometric tension of two different vessels (rat thoracic aorta and pig renal branch artery) was studied at different temperatures. To study the role of calcium in this response, a second series of experiments was performed. In this the vessels were incubated with the intracellular chelator BAPTA/AM. Further experiments were performed to test the effect of cold storage. Our results show that changes in temperature lead to different results in pig renal artery and rat aorta. A decrease in temperature induced a highly reproducible relaxation in rat aorta, whereas pig renal artery presented cooling-induced contraction. Moreover, whereas calcium depletion failed to inhibit cooling-induced relaxation in rat aorta, it did not provoke cooling-induced contraction in pig renal artery. Similar responses were obtained with cold storage and calcium depletion. We intend to demonstrate that, just as the effect of temperature variation on pig renal artery is due to a metabolic mechanism, its effect on rat aorta may be due to structural factors. This hypothesis is supported by the result of histological studies which demonstrate a higher proportion of elastin fibres in rat aorta than in pig renal artery.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/chemistry
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Calcium/physiology
- Chelating Agents/pharmacology
- Cryopreservation
- Egtazic Acid/analogs & derivatives
- Egtazic Acid/pharmacology
- Elastin/analysis
- Isometric Contraction/drug effects
- Isometric Contraction/physiology
- Male
- Muscle Relaxation/drug effects
- Muscle Relaxation/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/chemistry
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Renal Artery/chemistry
- Renal Artery/drug effects
- Renal Artery/physiology
- Reproducibility of Results
- Swine
- Swine, Miniature
- Temperature
- Vascular Resistance/drug effects
- Vascular Resistance/physiology
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- B Herrera
- Unidad de Medicina y Cirugía Experimental, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, C/Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain
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Rigol M, Heras M, Martínez A, Zurbano MJ, Agustí E, Roig E, Pomar JL, Sanz G. Changes in the cooling rate and medium improve the vascular function in cryopreserved porcine femoral arteries. J Vasc Surg 2000; 31:1018-25. [PMID: 10805894 DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.103793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to design an adequate technique with which to cryopreserve pig femoral arteries and to assess the influence of storage times in vascular function. METHODS Fifty-two femoral arteries were distributed in seven groups. In group A (control), 10 arteries were studied after harvest; in groups B1 and B2, 19 arteries were suspended in RPMI 1640 plus fetal calf serum plus dimethylsulfoxide and were cryopreserved at 1 degrees C per minute or 0.3 degrees C per minute, respectively. In groups C1 to C4, 23 arteries were suspended in modified Krebs-Henseleit plus dimethylsulfoxide plus sucrose, cryopreserved at 0.7 degrees C per minute, and kept frozen for 1, 15, 60, or 180 days, respectively. After being thawed, arteries were examined for contraction and endothelial-dependent vasodilation (organ bath studies), antithrombotic properties of the endothelial layer(perfusion studies), and vessel structure (electron microscopy). RESULTS Endothelial cells were present in both cryopreserved and control arteries. The control vessels showed a mean contraction to norepinephrine (10(-7) mol/L) of 13010 +/- 3181 mg. Arteries in groups B1 and B2 did not respond to norepinephrine. Contraction in groups C1 to C4 was as follows: C1, 5354 +/- 1222 mg; C2, 5187 +/- 2672 mg; C3, 6867 +/- 2292 mg; C4, 7000 +/- 2858 mg, which represent 50% of the control values (P <.001). Vasodilation was similar in control (99% +/- 3%) and cryopreserved arteries (C1, 90% +/- 13%; C2, 93% +/- 12%; C3, 89% +/- 15%; C4, 88% +/- 22%). Storage time did not influence vascular function. Platelet interaction was almost absent and similar in all groups. CONCLUSION A modified cryopreservation technique preserves endothelial function independently of the storage time up to 6 months.
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- M Rigol
- Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clinic, and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Spain
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Mupanomunda MM, Ishioka N, Bukoski RD. Interstitial Ca2+ undergoes dynamic changes sufficient to stimulate nerve-dependent Ca2+-induced relaxation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:H1035-42. [PMID: 10070089 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.3.h1035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We recently described a perivascular sensory nerve-linked dilator system that can be activated by interstitial Ca2+ (Ca2+isf). The present study tested the hypothesis that Ca2+isf in the rat duodenal submucosa varies through a range that is sufficient to activate this pathway. An in situ microdialysis method was used to estimate Ca2+isf. When the duodenal lumen was perfused with Ca2+-free buffer, Ca2+isf was 1.0 +/- 0.13 mmol/l. Ca2+isf increased to 1.52 +/- 0.04, 1.78 +/- 0.10, and 1.89 +/- 0.1 when the lumen was perfused with buffer containing 3, 6, and 10 mmol/l Ca2+, respectively (P < 0.05). Ca2+isf was 1.1 +/- 0.06 mmol/l in fasted animals and increased to 1. 4 +/- 0.06 mmol/l in free-feeding rats (P < 0.05). Wire myography was used to study isometric tension responses of isolated mesenteric resistance arteries. Cumulative addition of extracellular Ca2+-relaxed serotonin- and methoxamine-precontracted arteries with half-maximal effective doses of 1.54 +/- 0.05 and 1.67 +/- 0.08 mmol/l, respectively (n = 5). These data show that duodenal Ca2+isf undergoes dynamic changes over a range that activates the sensory nerve-linked dilator system and indicate that this system can link changes in local Ca2+ transport with alterations in regional resistance and organ blood flow.
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- M M Mupanomunda
- Section of Hypertension and Vascular Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1065, USA
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Stanke F, Riebel D, Carmine S, Cracowski JL, Caron F, Magne JL, Egelhoffer H, Bessard G, Devillier P. Functional assessment of human femoral arteries after cryopreservation. J Vasc Surg 1998; 28:273-83. [PMID: 9719322 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70163-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE An established method of cryostorage that might preserve the vascular and endothelial responses of human femoral arteries (HFAs) to be transplanted as allografts was studied. METHODS HFAs were harvested from multiorgan donors and stored at 4 degrees C in Belzer solution before cryostorage. One hundred eleven HFA rings were isolated and randomly assigned to 1 control group of unfrozen HFAs and 2 groups of HFAs cryopreserved for 7 and 30 days, respectively. Cryopreservation was performed in Elohes solution containing dimethyl sulfoxide (1.8 mmol/L), and the rate of cooling was 1.6 degrees C/min, until -141 degrees C was reached. The contractile and relaxant responses of unfrozen and frozen/thawed arteries were assessed in organ bath by measurement of isometric force generated by the HFAs. RESULTS After thawing, the maximal contractile responses to all the contracting agonists tested (KCl, U46619 [a thromboxane A2-mimetic], norepinephrine, serotonin, and endothelin-1) were in the range of 7% to 34% of the responses in unfrozen HFAs. The endothelium-independent relaxant responses to forskolin and verapamil were weakly altered, whereas the endothelium-independent relaxant responses to sodium nitroprusside were markedly reduced. Cryostorage of HFAs also resulted in a loss of the endothelium-dependent relaxant response to acetylcholine. The vascular and endothelial responses were similarly altered in the HFAs cryopreserved for 7 and 30 days. CONCLUSION The cryopreservation method used provided a limited preservation of HFAs contractility, a good preservation of the endothelium-independent relaxant responses, but no apparent preservation of the endothelium-dependent relaxation. It is possible that further refinements of the cryopreservation protocol, such as a slower rate of cooling and a more controlled stepwise addition of dimethyl sulfoxide, might allow better post-thaw functional recovery of HFAs.
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- F Stanke
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, PCEBM, Faculté de Médecine de Grenoble, and the Blood Transfusion Center, La Tronche, France
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Pompilio G, Polvani GL, Rossoni G, Porqueddu M, Berti F, Barajon I, Petruccioli MG, Guarino A, Aguggini G, Biglioli P, Sala A. Effects of warm ischemia on valve endothelium. Ann Thorac Surg 1997; 63:656-62. [PMID: 9066380 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(96)01035-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study investigates the time-dependent resistance of the endothelium of porcine aortic and pulmonary valves to different periods of warm ischemia (WIT). METHODS Twenty-five 9-month-old swine were divided after death into five groups of WIT (0, 6, 12, 24, and 36 hours). Aortic and pulmonary valves were removed and a total of 15 aortic and 15 pulmonary valve specimens were obtained for each WIT interval. Valves were then examined for (1) their viability rate by the trypan blue dye exclusion method at light microscopy (percent of viability compared with 0 hours of WIT); (2) ultrastructural signs of irreversible or reversible ischemic damage by transmission electron microscopy (cell disruption, dilation of endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasmic edema, nuclear and mitochondrial changes); (3) endothelial function by pharmacologic evaluation of both the endothelial-releasing capacity of prostacyclin and the endothelial-dependent dynamic responses to relaxing (acetylcholine from 1 x 10(-10) mol/L to 1 x 10(-4) mol/L) in aortic and pulmonary valve segments precontracted with norepinephrine (1 x 10(-6) mol/L) and contracting (NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, 1 x 10(-4) mol/L) drugs. RESULTS Our results showed an endothelial progressive time-dependent ischemic injury, which reached significance after 12 hours of exposure. Viability and functional data indicated that 6 hours of WIT only provoked slight endothelial damage (p > 0.05 respect to time 0 hours), with signs at transmission electron microscopy consistent with a reversible injury. At 12 hours of exposure, we observed a significant reduction (p < 0.05) with respect to time 0 of the viability rate of prostacyclin production and of the endothelium-dependent dynamic responses to acetylcholine and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine. These functional impairments, although significant, were not consistent, however, with a complete loss of viability. Transmission electron microscopic observations confirmed the appearance of signs of irreversible injury; nevertheless, some elements were found to be well preserved or presented reversible damage. After 24 hours of WIT, ultrastructural and functional data were consistent with a dramatic decrease compared with controls in endothelial viability and functions (p < 0.01). Finally, after 36 hours of WIT, there was a subtotal loss of viability, of functions (p < 0.001) and, at transmission electron microscopic observations, of the endothelial layer of the valves. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that the endothelial cells are resistant to short periods of WIT (up to 6 hours), and suggest that these cells can endure longer exposures, up to 12 hours of warm ischemia. Periods of 24 and 36 hours of WIT provoke progressive irreversible damage.
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- G Pompilio
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Milan, Italy
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