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Harada A, Matsumoto N, Kinoshita Y, Matsu K, Inage Y, Morimoto K, Yamanaka S, Kurobe M, Yokoo T, Kume H, Ohki T, Kobayashi E. Maturation and development of fetal pig intestinal tissue in immunodeficient mice. Acta Cir Bras 2024; 39:e390624. [PMID: 38422327 PMCID: PMC10911478 DOI: 10.1590/acb390624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to compare the degree of maturation and development of fetal pig segmental intestinal tissue with that of spheroids created by in-vitro reaggregation of dissociated fetal intestinal cells after transplantation into immunodeficient mice. METHODS Fetal pig small intestines were transplanted as segmental grafts into the omentum and subrenal capsules of immunodeficient mice or enzymatically treated to generate single cells. Spheroids made by in-vitro reaggregation of these cells were transplanted into the subrenal capsules of immunodeficient mice. The segmental grafts and spheroids were harvested four and eight weeks after transplantation, and the structural maturity and in-vivo development of these specimens were histologically evaluated. RESULTS The spheroids were engrafted and supplied blood vessels from the host mice, but an intestinal layered structure was not clearly observed, and there was almost no change in size. On the other hand, the segmental grafts formed deep crypts in the mucus membrane, the inner circular layer, and outer longitudinal muscles. The crypts of the transplanted grafts harvested at eight weeks were much deeper, and the smooth muscle layer and the enteric nervous system were more mature than those of grafts harvested at the fourth week, although the intestinal peristaltic wave was not observed. CONCLUSIONS Spheroids created from fetal small intestinal cells could not form layered structures or mature sufficiently. Conversely, segmental tissues structurally matured and developed after in-vivo transplantation and are therefore potential grafts for transplantation.
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- Atsushi Harada
- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Pediatric Surgery – Department of Surgery – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
- The University of Tokyo – Graduate School of Medicine – Department of Urology – Tokyo – Japan
- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Department of Kidney Regenerative Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Department of Pediatrics – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Pediatric Surgery – Department of Surgery – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension – Department of Internal Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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- The University of Tokyo – Graduate School of Medicine – Department of Urology – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Division of Pediatric Surgery – Department of Surgery – Tokyo – Japan
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- The Jikei University School of Medicine – Department of Kidney Regenerative Medicine – Tokyo – Japan
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Yoshida A, Noda T, Tani M, Oyama T, Watanabe Y, Kiyomoto H, Nishiyama A. The role of basic fibroblast growth factor to enhance fetal intestinal mucosal cell regeneration in vivo. Pediatr Surg Int 2009; 25:691-5. [PMID: 19547988 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-009-2405-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The limited application of small bowel transplantation for short bowel syndrome, mainly on the account of the morbidity and long-term implications of the procedure, has led to a search for alternative therapies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) could facilitate regeneration of fetal small intestinal mucosa in vivo. METHODS Intestinal epithelial organoid units harvested from fetal Lewis rats were injected into adult male Lewis rats whose colon was denuded of mucosa, as syngeneic recipients. One experimental group transplanted with the addition of 50 ng/ml bFGF, was compared with a control group that were transplanted without bFGF. The grafts were harvested and analyzed using histology and immunohistochemistry 3 weeks after operation. RESULTS There were 4 anesthetic deaths, two in each group, and 11 deaths due to adhesive ileus. In no rat did neomucosa fully cover the denuded colonic muscle throughout the whole length of lumen. Histologically, the structure of the neomucosa, when present, was normal small intestinal mucosa. The small intestinal mucosa was partially restored in 100% (6 of 6) of bFGF, and in 28.6% (2 of 7) of those not given bFGF (P = 0.0021). CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that bFGF can facilitate the restoration of intestinal epithelial cells, at least to some degree. Potentially, refinements of this technique could be used to facilitate the physiologic tissue engineering of small intestine in a way that allows it to move peristaltically, and have an application in the management of patients with short bowel syndrome.
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- Atsushi Yoshida
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan.
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The adult intestinal epithelium contains a relatively simple, highly organized, and readily accessible stem cell system. Excellent methods exist for the isolation of intestinal epithelium from adults, and as a result collecting large quantities of intestinal stem and progenitor cells for study or culture and subsequent clinical applications should be routine. It is not, however, for two reasons: (1) adult intestinal epithelial cells rapidly initiate apoptosis on detachment from the basement membrane, and (2) in vitro conditions necessary for survival, proliferation, and differentiation are poorly understood. Thus to date the study of intestinal stem and progenitor cells has been largely dependent on in vivo approaches. We discuss existing in vivo assays for stem and progenitor cell behavior as well as current methods for isolating and culturing the intestinal epithelium.
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Tahara K, Murakami T, Fujishiro J, Takahashi M, Inoue S, Hashizume K, Matsuno K, Kobayashi E. Regeneration of the rat neonatal intestine in transplantation. Ann Surg 2005; 242:124-32. [PMID: 15973110 PMCID: PMC1357713 DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000168089.64630.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Based on development of stem cell technology, newborn tissue, even undergoing cryopreservation, possesses promising potential as a donor source in the field of organ transplantation. However, the precise regeneration processes remains unclear. This study was designed to investigate the regenerative potential of newborn intestine with or without cryopreservation in the transplantation. METHODS Newborn rat intestines with or without cryopreservation were transplanted subcutaneously into the syngeneic host, and specimens were evaluated by histology, multiple immunostaining, and comprehensive gene expression analysis. RESULTS We determined that newborn rat intestine possessed regenerative potential in the syngeneic host even after cryopreservation, where angiogenesis was induced early in the submucosa with subsequent maturation in the crypts. Furthermore, newborn intestinal graft could facilitate the survival of maturation-incompetent 10-day-old graft that lacked regenerating activity (P < 0.01, n = 13). Tissue aggregates from the maturation-incompetent graft underwent reconstitution of their histologic configuration in the presence of newborn intestinal aggregates. Comprehensive gene expression analysis showed that 37 genes were preferentially up-regulated, while 19 genes were down-regulated in the regenerating 10-day-old graft (supported by the newborn graft). CONCLUSIONS Regeneration of newborn intestine is implicated in neo-angiogenesis in the host, and the newborn intestinal graft is capable of mediating the survival of the maturation-incompetent 10-day-old graft. Notwithstanding ethical and legal limitations in the clinic, these results may provide new insights into the regenerative role of newborn grafts.
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- Kazunori Tahara
- Division of Organ Replacement Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Ogita K, Suita S, Taguchi T, Nakamura M, Uesugi T. Effect of a nucleoside/nucleotide-free diet in rat allogenic small intestinal transplantation. Pediatr Surg Int 2004; 20:5-8. [PMID: 14689214 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-1076-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study is to estimate the effect of nucleoside (NS) and nucleotide (NT) on the recipient and graft immune response after rat allogenic small intestinal transplantation. Seven-week-old Lewis rats were randomly assigned to two groups, including the NS/NT free group ( n=6) and the NS/NT supplemented group ( n=6), according to the diet received. The recipient Lewis rats were each given diet for 12 days, and then, on the nineteenth day of gestation, a 2 cm jejunum from the donor fetal Fischer rat was transplanted into the abdominal wall of the recipient rats using a non-vascular anastomotic technique. The recipient rats were killed on day 2 after transplantation, and then the recipient plasma interleukin-2 (IL-2) level was measured. In addition, the histological findings of the graft were analyzed. The IL-2 level of the NS/NT free group was significantly lower than that of the NS/NT supplemented group. In order to determine the grade of rejection, the morphological findings were blindly graded on a scale of 0-4. The mean grade of the NS/NT free group was also significantly lower than that of the NS/NT supplemented group. The NS/NT free diet is therefore considered to have an immunosuppressive effect on rat allogenic small intestinal transplantation based on the recipient plasma IL-2 levels and the histological findings of the grafts.
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- Keiko Ogita
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Chan KL, Chan KW, Tam PKH. Fetal and neonatal intestines: allografts with high resistance to ischemia and reperfusion injury. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:980-2. [PMID: 12034269 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)02727-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- K L Chan
- Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, SAR, Hong Kong, China.
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Uchida H, Tahara K, Takizawa T, Inose K, Yashiro T, Hashizume K, Ikeda H, Takahashi M, Kobayashi E. Experimental small bowel transplantation using a newborn intestine in rats: IV. Effect of cold preservation on graft neovascularization. J Pediatr Surg 2001; 36:1805-10. [PMID: 11733911 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.28843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE University of Wisconsin (UW) solution is one of the most superior organ preservation solutions for liver, kidney, and pancreas; however, it still is controversial for intestinal preservation. Here, the authors studied the efficacy of preservation with 2 kinds of solutions, UW and modified TOM (m-TOM) solutions in our experimental newborn intestinal transplantation model. UW solution was used as a standard intracellular and m-TOM solution as an extracellular preservation solution. Lactated ringer (LR) solution was used as a control. METHODS Newborn intestine, which were preserved in these solutions for 24 or 48 hours, were transplanted in the subcutaneous spaces of the syngeneic recipients without surgical vascular anastomosis and histologically examined 14 days after grafting. The preserved grafts were evaluated histologically by use of light and electron microscopy just after preservation. The biochemical parameters such as LDH and serotonin also were measured in the supernatants of preservation solutions. RESULTS Fresh newborn grafts were revascularized successfully at a rate of 80% (16 of 20). After 24 hours of preservation, 65% (13 of 20), 75% (15 of 20), and 85% (17 of 20) of the grafts were observed to be revascularized in LR, m-TOM, and UW solutions, respectively. After 48 hours of preservation, 60% (12 of 20), 80% (16 of 20), and 80% (16 of 20) of the grafts also were revascularized in the respective solutions (no statistic difference among the groups). The cold-preservation did not affect the neovascularization of newborn intestine until 48 hours. Histologic findings of the preserved intestine and biochemical analyses showed that UW and m-TOM solutions kept villous architectures of the preserved grafts, however, might be harmful to enterochromaffin cells. CONCLUSION Long-time preservation of newborn intestine did not interfere with neovascularization and maturation. J Pediatr Surg 36:1805-1810.
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- H Uchida
- Division of Organ Replacement Research, Center for Molecular Medicine and Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Tahara K, Uchida H, Kawarasaki H, Hasizume K, Kobayashi E. Experimental small bowel transplantation using newborn intestine in rats: III. Long-term cryopreservation of rat newborn intestine. J Pediatr Surg 2001; 36:602-4. [PMID: 11283886 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.22295] [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: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND If long-term organ cryopreservation can be attained, a significant achievement will have been made to address the problem for donor shortage. Fetal intestine has been known to revascularize naturally without vascular anastmosis. The authors have confirmed previously that the newborn intestine also could develop to maturity in the host omentum. Here, the authors examined whether the cryopreserved newborn intestine could revascularize in the syngeneic combination using the 2 different solutions and whether cryopreservation affect their antigenicity in the allogeneic combination. METHODS Inbred rat strains of LEW (MHC haplotype; RT1(l)) and BN (RT1(n)) were used. LEW newborn intestinal grafts were stored in RPMI-1640 or University of Wisconsin solution with 10% DEMSO (n = 10 in each group). The grafts were placed into a cold (4 degrees C) preservation solution for 30 minutes and then placed into a freezing chamber and cooled to -80 degrees C at -1 degrees C/min after 12 hours quenched to -180 degrees C in liquid nitrogen for longer than 30 days. Then, the cryopreserved grafts under the 2 different solutions were transplanted syngenicaly (LEW to LEW). The cryopreserved BN grafts also were implanted into the LEW omentum pouch. The allotransplantation was received with a 14-day high-dose course of tacrolimus (0.64 mg/kg, intramuscularly). The grafts were evaluated histologically at 4 weeks after transplantation. Fresh newborn intestines implanted in this syngeneic and allogeneic combination were evaluated as each control group. RESULT In the syngeneic combination, more than 90% of the mature intestine were obtained. There was no significant difference among the different solution and the fresh group. However, in the allogeneic combination, both fresh and cryopreserved grafts were histologically poor. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report showing that long-term cryopreservation was not harmful for neovascularization of newborn intestine. Long-term cryopreservation did not reduce the antigenicity of the newborn intestine. J Pediatr Surg 36:602-604.
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- K Tahara
- Division of Organ Replacement Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, 3-1-1, Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Kawachi, Tochigi 332-0498, Japan
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Uchida H, Kobayashi E, Ogino Y, Mizuta K, Hashizume K, Fujimura A. Experimental intestinal transplantation using mouse fetal intestine in the rat: combination effect of FK 506 with cyclophosphamide. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:2799-800. [PMID: 10578297 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00573-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- H Uchida
- Division of Organ Replacement Research, Jichi Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Uchida H, Kobayashi E, Yanagisawa K, Mizuta K, Kitoh Y, Fujimura A, Tominaga S, Kawarasaki H, Hashizume K. Experimental small bowel transplantation using newborn intestine in rats: II. Revascularization of newborn intestine is independent of vascular endothelial growth factor. J Pediatr Surg 1999; 34:1396-400. [PMID: 10507436 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(99)90018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fetal and newborn intestine often are revascularized after subcutaneous transplantation without surgical vascular anastomosis. However, the mechanism of this ability remains unclear. METHODS First, the ability of natural revascularization in newborn organs was tested. Newborn organs in whole (liver, kidney, heart, intestine, spleen, and pancreas) were grafted i nto the subcuta neous tissue of the adult rat and evaluated histopathologically 2 weeks after transplantation. Second, expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA in the intestinal graft was determined before and after transplantation. Finally, we tested whether the free graft survival of newborn intestine was interrupted by TNP-470, an antiangiogenic agent. RESULTS Spleen and intestine were revascularized at a higher rate (91.6%, 75%, respectively), and kidney and heart grafts survived at a lower rate (41.7%, 25%, respectively). But all of liver and pancreas grafts failed to be revascularized. VEGF mRNA was not induced in the course of revascularizing. Furthermore, TNP-470 did not interfere with neovascularization of the newborn intestinal graft in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Each organ had an organ-specific angiogenic activity. Neovascularization of intestinal graft was not dependent on VEGF expression.
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- H Uchida
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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