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Robertson FP, Fuller BJ, Davidson BR. An Evaluation of Ischaemic Preconditioning as a Method of Reducing Ischaemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Surgery and Transplantation. J Clin Med 2017; 6:jcm6070069. [PMID: 28708111 PMCID: PMC5532577 DOI: 10.3390/jcm6070069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Liver Ischaemia Reperfusion (IR) injury is a major cause of post-operative liver dysfunction, morbidity and mortality following liver resection surgery and transplantation. There are no proven therapies for IR injury in clinical practice and new approaches are required. Ischaemic Preconditioning (IPC) can be applied in both a direct and remote fashion and has been shown to ameliorate IR injury in small animal models. Its translation into clinical practice has been difficult, primarily by a lack of knowledge regarding the dominant protective mechanisms that it employs. A review of all current studies would suggest that IPC/RIPC relies on creating a small tissue injury resulting in the release of adenosine and l-arginine which act through the Adenosine receptors and the haem-oxygenase and endothelial nitric oxide synthase systems to reduce hepatocyte necrosis and improve the hepatic microcirculation post reperfusion. The next key step is to determine how long the stimulus requires to precondition humans to allow sufficient injury to occur to release the potential mediators. This would open the door to a new therapeutic chapter in this field.
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- Francis P Robertson
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal Free Campus, University College London, 9th Floor, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal Free Campus, University College London, 9th Floor, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal Free Campus, University College London, 9th Floor, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
- Department of Hepaticopancreatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Royal Free Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
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Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiparkinsonian effects of adenosine A 2A receptor antagonists. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2015; 132:71-78. [PMID: 25735490 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2014] [Revised: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The purpose of the study was to examine derivatives of annelated xanthines (imidazo-, pyrimido-, and diazepino-purinediones) for potential anti-inflammatory effects in carrageenan-induced paw edema in mice. Additionally, their antioxidant activity using the FRAP (ferric-reducing ability of plasma) assay and lipid peroxidation in rat brain homogenate were analyzed. All the studied derivatives showed affinity for adenosine A2A receptor. The preliminary assays found that five (KD-114, KD-57, KD-129, KD-50, and KD-358) pyrimidopurinedione derivatives, administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) at a dose of 100mg/kg, had stronger anti-inflammatory effects. At a concentration of 10-5M, three of the derivatives KD-57, KD-114, and KD-129 most influenced the total antioxidant ability. The most efficient anti-inflammatory compound, KD-114, also showed the strongest binding to A2A receptors and when administered at a dose of 5mg/kg (i.p.), effectively reversed haloperidol-induced catalepsy and significantly increased the striatal extracellular dopamine level in the rat striatum. This effect was weaker than the one produced by CSC (1mg/kg i.p.), and only slightly weaker than that produced by ZM 241385 (3mg/kg i.p.) used as reference drugs. From the results of the present studies, it may be concluded that anti-inflammatory and antiparkinsonian effects of the examined compounds correlate with their influence on adenosine A2A receptors, the most probable antagonism to these subtype receptors.
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Zhu X, Shiba H, Fung JJ, Wang LF, Arakawa Y, Irefin S, Demetris AJ, Kelly DM. The role of the A2a receptor agonist, regadenoson, in modulating hepatic artery flow in the porcine small-for-size liver graft. J Surg Res 2011; 174:e37-45. [PMID: 22225980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Revised: 08/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatic artery vasoconstriction plays a major role in the pathophysiology of the small-for-size (SFS) liver graft injury and is reversed by adenosine. The A2a adenosine receptor (AR) has been suggested to be one of the key receptors that modulate hepatic hemodynamic changes. The aim of the study is to define the effects of the A2a AR agonist, regadenoson, in modulating hepatic artery flow (HAF) in SFS liver grafts of a porcine model. METHODS Seven female recipient pigs (66-70 kg) receiving 20% liver grafts were treated with regadenoson, 0.1 ug/kg/min starting on POD1 (n = 7). Results were compared with those with untreated 20% liver grafts (n= 8). The recipients were observed for 14 d. Hepatic artery flow (HAF) and portal vein flow (PVF) were recorded. Liver biopsies and serum samples were also taken at the designed time points through postoperative day (POD)14. RESULTS Dose-response curves of regadenoson established 0.1 ug/kg/min as the most effective dose of regadenoson for maintaining an increase in HAF. No adverse effects were seen with regadenoson infusion. HAF immediately increased by up to 2.2-fold after regadenoson infusion. The levels of daily average of HAF and percentage of HAF in total liver blood flow were 34.5% and 41.8%, respectively, higher in the regadenoson group than in the untreated group. Histologic scores of hepatic artery spasm and bile duct necrosis were significantly lower in the regadenoson group than in the untreated group (P = 0.01 and 0.04, respectively). The complication rates of hepatic artery thrombosis and gastrointestinal bleeding were lower in the regadenoson group than in the untreated group (0/7, 0% versus 2/8, 25% and 0/7, 0% versus 2/8 and 25%, respectively). The 14-d survival rates were 4/7 (57.1 %) in regadenoson group compared with 2/8 (25%) in the untreated group. CONCLUSION Adenosine A2a AR agonist, regadenoson, increases HAF in the recipients of SFS grafts with modest improvements in outcome.
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- Xiaocheng Zhu
- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Nilsson B, Friman S, Wallin M, Gustafsson B, Delbro D. The liver protective effect of ischemic preconditioning may be mediated by adenosine. Transpl Int 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02104.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Laubach VE, French BA, Okusa MD. Targeting of adenosine receptors in ischemia-reperfusion injury. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2010; 15:103-18. [PMID: 21110787 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2011.541441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is a common problem after transplantation as well as myocardial infarction and stroke. IR initiates an inflammatory response leading to rapid tissue damage. Adenosine, produced in response to IR, is generally considered a protective signaling molecule and elicits its physiological responses through four distinct adenosine receptors. The short half-life, lack of specificity and rapid metabolism limits the use of adenosine as a therapeutic agent. Thus, intense research efforts have focused on the synthesis and implementation of specific adenosine receptor agonists and antagonists as potential therapeutic agents for a variety of inflammatory conditions including IR injury. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW Current knowledge on IR injury with a focus on lung, heart and kidney and studies that have advanced our understanding of the role of adenosine receptors and the therapeutic potential of adenosine receptor agonists and antagonists for the prevention of IR injury. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN Insight into the role of adenosine receptor signaling in IR injury. TAKE HOME MESSAGE No therapies are currently available that specifically target IR injury; however, targeting of specific adenosine receptors may offer therapeutic strategies in this regard.
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- Victor E Laubach
- University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, 22908, USA.
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Gazoni LM, Walters DM, Unger EB, Linden J, Kron IL, Laubach VE. Activation of A1, A2A, or A3 adenosine receptors attenuates lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 140:440-6. [PMID: 20398911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Adenosine and the activation of specific adenosine receptors are implicated in the attenuation of inflammation and organ ischemia-reperfusion injury. We hypothesized that activation of A(1), A(2A), or A(3) adenosine receptors would provide protection against lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS With the use of an isolated, ventilated, blood-perfused rabbit lung model, lungs underwent 18 hours of cold ischemia followed by 2 hours of reperfusion. Lungs were administered vehicle, adenosine, or selective A(1), A(2A), or A(3) receptor agonists (CCPA, ATL-313, or IB-MECA, respectively) alone or with their respective antagonists (DPCPX, ZM241385, or MRS1191) during reperfusion. RESULTS Compared with the vehicle-treated control group, treatment with A(1), A(2A), or A(3) agonists significantly improved function (increased lung compliance and oxygenation and decreased pulmonary artery pressure), decreased neutrophil infiltration by myeloperoxidase activity, decreased edema, and reduced tumor necrosis factor-alpha production. Adenosine treatment was also protective, but not to the level of the agonists. When each agonist was paired with its respective antagonist, all protective effects were blocked. The A(2A) agonist reduced pulmonary artery pressure and myeloperoxidase activity and increased oxygenation to a greater degree than the A(1) or A(3) agonists. CONCLUSION Selective activation of A(1), A(2A), or A(3) adenosine receptors provides significant protection against lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. The decreased elaboration of the potent proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha and decreased neutrophil sequestration likely contribute to the overall improvement in pulmonary function. These results provide evidence for the therapeutic potential of specific adenosine receptor agonists in lung transplant recipients.
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- Leo M Gazoni
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Kelly DM, Zhu X, Shiba H, Irefin S, Trenti L, Cocieru A, Diago T, Wang LF, Quintini C, Chen Z, Alster J, Nakagawa S, Miller C, Demetris A, Fung JJ. Adenosine restores the hepatic artery buffer response and improves survival in a porcine model of small-for-size syndrome. Liver Transpl 2009; 15:1448-57. [PMID: 19877203 DOI: 10.1002/lt.21863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The aim of the study is to define the role of the HABR in the pathophysiology of the SFS liver graft and to demonstrate that restoration of hepatic artery flow (HAF) has a significant impact on outcome and improves survival. Nine pigs received partial liver allografts of 60% liver volume, Group 1; 8 animals received 20% LV grafts, Group 2; 9 animals received 20% LV grafts with adenosine infusion, Group 3. HAF and portal vein flow (PVF) were recorded at 10 min, 60 min and 90 min post reperfusion, on POD 3 and POD 7 in Group 1, and daily in Group 2 and 3 up to POD 14. Baseline HAF and PVF (ml/100 g/min) were 29 +/- 12 (mean +/- SD) and 74 +/- 8 respectively, with 28% of total liver blood flow (TLBF) from the HA and 72% from the PV. PVF peaked at 10 mins in all groups, increasing by a factor of 3.8 in the 20% group compared to an increase of 1.9 in the 60% group. By POD 7-14 PVF rates approached baseline values in all groups. The HABR was intact immediately following reperfusion in all groups with a reciprocal decrease in HAF corresponding to the peak PVF at 10 min. However in the 20% group HAF decreased to 12 +/- 8 ml/100 g/min at 90 min and remained low out to POD 7-14 despite restoration of normal PVF rates. Histopathology confirmed evidence of HA vasospasm and its consequences, cholestasis, centrilobular necrosis and biliary ischemia in Group 2. HA infusion of adenosine significantly improved HAF (p < .0001), reversed pathological changes and significantly improved survival (p = .05). An impaired HABR is important in the pathophysiology of the SFSS. Reversal of the vasospasm significantly improves outcome.
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- Dympna M Kelly
- Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Taha MO, Simões MJ, Mendonça MV, Lugo FRC, Carmo-Filho R, Lazarini JL, Bessa MZ, Marconi TD, Magalhães KG, Soares JH, Tersariol ILS, Monteiro HP, Oliveira-Júnior IS, Oliveira I, Jurkiewicz A, Caricati-Neto A. Role of purines on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion lesions in rabbit. Transplant Proc 2009; 41:807-11. [PMID: 19376358 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.01.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this work, we evaluate the effects of adenosine 5' triphosphate (ATP) on hepatic lesions caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in liver rabbit. Rabbits were pretreated with ATP (15 mg/kg IV) or saline solution 0.9% (SS), before the hepatic I/R procedure. We evaluated the effects of ATP on hepatic injury before and after I/R. The warm hepatic I/R procedure caused profound acute liver injury, as indicated by elevated serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactic dehydrogenase levels, as well as a high apoptotic cell count. All these changes were attenuate by ATP treatment before the hepatic I/R procedure. These results suggested that ATP exerted protective effects on hepatic I/R lesions in the rabbit. This ATP effect may be related to improved energy metabolism during reperfusion in ischemic livers protecting against functional damage of cellular and subcellular membranes during lipid peroxidation.
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- M O Taha
- Department of Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Taha M, Simões M, Haddad M, Capelato R, Budny N, Matsumoto A, Soares P, Santos W, Armeato G, Araki C, Gomes J, Magalhães K, Tersariol I, Monteiro H, Oliveira I, Jurkiewicz A, Caricati-Neto A. l-Arginine Supplementation Protects Against Hepatic Ischemia–Reperfusion Lesions in Rabbits. Transplant Proc 2009; 41:816-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.02.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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F2-isoprostanes and 2-arachidonylglycerol as biomarkers of lipid peroxidation in pigs with hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury. J Surg Res 2009; 161:139-45. [PMID: 19439322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2008] [Revised: 12/14/2008] [Accepted: 01/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the present study, we examined the changes of F(2)-isoprostanes (non-cyclooxygenase-derived prostanoids), endocannabinoids (2-arachidonylglycerol; 2-AG, arachidoylethanolamide; AEA), and malondialdehyde (MDA: a conventional index of lipid peroxidation) in a porcine warm hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) model to evaluate the usefulness of each parameter as a marker of lipid peroxidation. METHODS Five female pigs weighing 20 to 22 kg were used in this experiment. Total liver ischemia was achieved by clamping the hepatic pedicle. To prevent splanchnic congestion during occlusion of the portal vein, a portocaval shunt was created with a Dacron graft. After 90 min of ischemia, the liver was reperfused for 120 min. We measured the plasma levels of four markers (F(2)-isoprostanes, 2-AG, AEA, and MDA) from a viewpoint of whether it is useful as a sensitive marker of lipid peroxidation. RESULTS Based on statistical analysis using repeated-measures ANOVA, F(2)-isoprostanes demonstrated the most significant changes and were considered to be a highly sensitive marker (P = 0.0001). 2-AG showed less prominent but significant changes (P = 0.0286), followed by MDA (P = 0.0310). However, AEA did not show statistically significant changes over time. The pattern of change in the serum transaminase levels, a classic marker of liver damage, as well as the histologic changes, resembled the profile of F(2)-isoprostanes, 2-AG, and MDA. CONCLUSIONS F(2)-isoprostanes and 2-AG may be useful as markers of oxidative stress in hepatic I/R injury.
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Ellman PI, Reece TB, Law MG, Gazoni LM, Singh R, Laubach VE, Linden J, Tribble CG, Kron IL. Adenosine A2A Activation Attenuates Nontransplantation Lung Reperfusion Injury. J Surg Res 2008; 149:3-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2007] [Revised: 08/01/2007] [Accepted: 08/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chemotaxis allows polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) to rapidly reach infected and inflamed sites. However, excessive influx of PMN damages host tissues. Better knowledge of the mechanisms that control PMN chemotaxis may lead to improved treatments of inflammatory diseases. Recent findings suggest that ATP and adenosine are involved in PMN chemotaxis. Therefore, these purinergic signaling processes may be suitable targets for novel therapeutic approaches to ameliorate host tissue damage.
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- W G Junger
- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, East Stoneman 8M 10C, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Magata S, Taniguchi M, Suzuki T, Shimamura T, Fukai M, Furukawa H, Fujita M, Todo S. The effect of antagonism of adenosine A1 receptor against ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. J Surg Res 2007; 139:7-14. [PMID: 17336335 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 09/11/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adenosine is known to exert protective roles in hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury, while all adenosine receptors do not play the cytoprotective roles. We have tested our hypothesis that blockage of adenosine binding to A(1) receptor by its antagonist, KW3902 [8-(noradamantan-3-yl)-1,3-dipropylxanthine] attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS Adult female beagle dogs underwent a 2 h total hepatic vascular exclusion (THVE) with a venovenous bypass. Nontreated animals that underwent THVE with a venovenous bypass alone were used as the control (Group CT, n=6). KW3902 was given to the animals by continuous intraportal infusion for 60 min before ischemia at a dose of 1 microg/kg/min (Group KW, n=6). Two wk survival, hemodynamics, hepatic tissue blood flow (HTBF), liver function, energy metabolism, cAMP concentration, and histopathological findings were studied. RESULTS Two wk animal survival was significantly improved in group KW compared with that in group CT (group CT: 16.7% versus group KW: 83.3%). HTBF, liver function, and hepatic adenine nucleotide concentration were remarkably better in group KW than group CT. In addition, cAMP concentration in group KW was maintained significantly higher than group CT. Histopathological examination revealed preservation of hepatic architecture and suppression of neutrophil infiltration into hepatic tissue in group KW. CONCLUSION Administration of adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist before ischemia attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury. To elicit the beneficial effect of adenosine against ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver, it is important to oppose adenosine A1 receptor activation.
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- Shinichiro Magata
- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for end stage liver disease and is often used for primary liver malignancies. The main limitation of its wider application is the availability of suitable donor organs. The use of marginal donor organs, split-liver transplantation and living-related liver transplantation techniques contribute to increase the donor pool. However, the use of these techniques is associated with a higher risk of post transplantation organ dysfunction, predominantly due to ischaemia, preservation and reperfusion injury (IPRI). A number of studies have demonstrated that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy influences IPRI and consequential acute cellular rejection. This article reviews the rationale of HBO therapy in the field of transplantation with particular emphasis on liver transplantation.
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Mikami T, Kitagawa J. Intense exercise induces the degradation of adenine nucleotide and purine nucleotide synthesis via de novo pathway in the rat liver. Eur J Appl Physiol 2005; 96:543-50. [PMID: 16369820 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of intense exercise on the metabolism of adenine nucleotides in the liver. In the first experiment, to determine the degradation of adenine nucleotides, hepatic adenine nucleotides of rats were labeled by an intraperitoneal administration of 15N-labeled adenine the day before treadmill running to exhaustion. In the second experiment, to determine the de novo synthesis of purine nucleotides after intense exercise, 14C-glycine was intraperitoneally administered to rats performing intense running on a treadmill. In the first experiment, hepatic levels of ATP and total adenine nucleotides showed a reduction immediately after exercise. In contrast, hepatic levels of AMP, adenosine, hypoxanthine and uric acid showed an increase immediately after exercise. The hepatic 15N level continued to decline during the recovery period after exercise. Urinary excretion of 15N-urate was 40% higher in the exercised rats than in the control rats. In the second experiment, the radioactivity of 14C detected in the fraction of hepatic urate and allantoin was approximately 300% higher in the exercised rats than in the control rats. 14C-radioactivity that excreted into urine as urate and allantoin was approximately 200% higher in the exercised rats. Intense exercise led to the degradation of hepatic adenine nucleotides, which were not utilized for the re-synthesis of nucleotide and further degraded to hypoxanthine or uric acid. Intense exercise induced the synthesis of purine nucleotides in the liver via a de novo pathway and these synthesized nucleotides were also degraded to nucleosides and excreted into urine.
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- Toshio Mikami
- Department of Health and Sports Science, Nippon Medical School, 2-297-2 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, 211-0063, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Noji T, Karasawa A, Kusaka H. Adenosine uptake inhibitors. Eur J Pharmacol 2004; 495:1-16. [PMID: 15219815 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2004] [Revised: 04/30/2004] [Accepted: 05/10/2004] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Adenosine is a purine nucleoside and modulates a variety of physiological functions by interacting with cell-surface adenosine receptors. Under several adverse conditions, including ischemia, trauma, stress, seizures and inflammation, extracellular levels of adenosine are increased due to increased energy demands and ATP metabolism. Increased adenosine could protect against excessive cellular damage and organ dysfunction. Indeed, several protective effects of adenosine have been widely reported (e.g., amelioration of ischemic heart and brain injury, seizures and inflammation). However, the effects of adenosine itself are insufficient because extracellular adenosine is rapidly taken up into adjacent cells and subsequently metabolized. Adenosine uptake inhibitors (nucleoside transport inhibitors) could retard the disappearance of adenosine from the extracellular space by blocking adenosine uptake into cells. Therefore, it is expected that adenosine uptake inhibitors will have protective effects in various diseases, by elevating extracellular adenosine levels. Protective or ameliorating effects of adenosine uptake inhibitors in ischemic cardiac and cerebral injury, organ transplantation, seizures, thrombosis, insomnia, pain, and inflammatory diseases have been reported. Preclinical and clinical results indicate the possibility of therapeutic application of adenosine uptake inhibitors.
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- Tohru Noji
- Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., 1188 Shimotogari, Nagaizumi, Sunto, Shizuoka 411-8731, Japan.
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Taniguchi M, Magata S, Suzuki T, Shimamura T, Jin MB, Iida J, Furukawa H, Todo S. Dipyridamole protects the liver against warm ischemia and reperfusion injury. J Am Coll Surg 2004; 198:758-69. [PMID: 15110810 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2003] [Revised: 12/08/2003] [Accepted: 12/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenosine, a metabolite of adenosine triphosphate degradation during ischemia, is reported to attenuate ischemia and reperfusion injury in several tissues. Dipyridamole is a nucleoside transport inhibitor that augments endogenous adenosine. In this study, we tested whether dipyridamole would attenuate hepatic I/R injury. For this purpose, dipyridamole was applied to a 2-hour total hepatic vascular exclusion model in dogs. STUDY DESIGN Dipyridamole (DYP) was given by continuous intravenous infusion for 1 hour before ischemia at a dose of 0.25 mg/kg (high-DYP, n = 6), 0.1 mg/kg (medium-DYP, n = 6), or 0.05 mg/kg (low-DYP, n = 6). Nontreated animals were used as ischemic controls (CT, n = 12). Two-week survival, systemic and hepatic hemodynamics, liver function tests, energy metabolism, adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) levels, platelet numbers, arachidonic acid metabolites, and histopathology were analyzed. RESULTS Two-week animal survival was 25% in CT, 17% in high-DYP, 100% in medium-DYP, and 17% in low-DYP. Dipyridamole significantly improved postreperfusion hepatic blood flow and energy metabolism, attenuated liver enzyme release and purine catabolite production, and augmented cyclic AMP levels. The medium dose of dipyridamole lessened platelet aggregation, thromboxane B2 production, and polymorphonuclear neutrophil infiltration, and improved survival. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated marked hepatoprotective effects of dipyridamole against severe ischemia and reperfusion injury in canine livers. Dipyridamole is a promising agent for liver surgery and transplantation.
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- Masahiko Taniguchi
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, N-15 W-7 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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OBJECTIVE Advances in the understanding of sepsis have failed to deliver satisfactory new treatments aimed at attenuating inflammatory-mediated organ dysfunction. Phagocytic cells play a pivotal role in driving the inflammatory response and causing direct tissue injury. Adenoreceptor stimulation may attenuate such inflammatory-mediated damage by down-regulating phagocytic activity and preventing excessive respiratory burst activation. DATA A Medline database was used to perform a literature search for all articles relating to the use of adenosine as an immunomodulatory agent. CONCLUSION There is convincing evidence to suggest that adenoreceptor modulation can prevent tissue injury through a variety of pathways. The use of adenosine modulation in ischemia/reperfusion injury has been the subject of considerable investigation, although experience with its use in sepsis is limited.
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Kelly ME, Miller PR, Greenhaw JJ, Fabian TC, Proctor KG. Novel resuscitation strategy for pulmonary contusion after severe chest trauma. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 2003; 55:94-105. [PMID: 12855887 DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000029042.37577.a6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adenosine A2a receptor stimulation can increase coronary perfusion and also reduce leukocyte-mediated inflammatory responses in some conditions. Hextend is a novel colloid solution that may have antioxidant properties. All these actions might be beneficial after severe chest trauma, but have never been investigated. To fill these gaps, this study evaluated the therapeutic potential of a novel adenosine A2a agonist during fluid resuscitation from severe chest trauma with either standard-of-care crystalloid or Hextend. METHODS Anesthetized, ventilated swine received unilateral, blunt trauma to the right chest via captive bolt gun, followed by a 10- to 12-mL/kg arterial hemorrhage. After 25 minutes of shock, ATL-146e was started (10 ng/kg/min intravenously for 180 minutes). After an additional 5 minutes, the minimum amount of either colloid (Hextend, 5% hetastarch in lactate-buffered, balanced electrolyte solution) or crystalloid (lactated Ringer's [LR] solution) was administered to maintain mean arterial pressure > 70 mm Hg and heart rate < 100 beats/min and to correct lactate for 180 minutes postinjury. Cardiopulmonary function was monitored and serial bronchoalveolar lavage samples were analyzed for protein, leukocyte infiltration, and expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 isozymes as markers of the inflammatory cascade. RESULTS Fluid requirements were reduced by half with Hextend compared with LR (p < 0.05). ATL-146e in either Hextend or LR transiently increased cardiac output, cardiac contractility, and systemic oxygen delivery (all p < 0.05). Pao(2)/Fio(2) ratio was 50 to 100 higher and bronchoalveolar lavage leukocytes were reduced by half with Hextend versus LR (both p < 0.05), but there was no added effect of ATL-146e. COX-1 expression was induced in macrophages (Mphis), whereas COX-2 was induced in neutrophils. Neither Hextend nor ATL-146e reduced COX expression. CONCLUSION Hextend reduced the volume for initial resuscitation, which may offer logistical advantages in prehospital field conditions or whenever there is limited medical resources or prolonged transport times; ATL-146e improved early cardiac performance without causing hypotension or bradycardia; when administered 25 to 30 minutes after injury, neither Hextend nor ATL-146e altered inflammatory changes in pulmonary Mphis or infiltrating PMNs; and further studies are needed to determine whether these short-term benefits correlate with long-term outcome.
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- Michael E Kelly
- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Takeda K, Jin MB, Fujita M, Fukai M, Sakurai T, Nakayama M, Taniguchi M, Suzuki T, Shimamura T, Furukawa H, Todo S. A novel inhibitor of Rho-associated protein kinase, Y-27632, ameliorates hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats. Surgery 2003; 133:197-206. [PMID: 12605181 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND A Rho-ROCK signal system induces vascular contraction and neutrophil migration, both of which are characteristic features found with ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. We tested our hypothesis that a novel ROCK I inhibitor, Y-27632, attenuates hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury. METHODS Rats underwent 70% partial hepatic ischemia for 120 minutes and subsequent reperfusion. Y-27632 of 10mg/kg was given orally 1 hour before ischemia, while distilled water was given to the control animals. One week animal survival, systemic hemodynamics, hepatic tissue blood flow, liver function tests, plasma endothelin-1, serum hyaluronic acid levels, myeloperoxidase activity and malondialdehyde level in liver tissue, membrane attack complex-1 and intracellular adhesion molecule-1 staining, and histological architecture were analyzed. RESULTS Y-27632 prolonged 1-week animal survival from 25% of untreated animals to 75% accompanied with significant amelioration of hepatic tissue blood flow, liver function tests and histological architecture without any adverse effects on systemic hemodynamics. In addition, plasma endothelin-1 and serum hyaluronic acid levels decreased markedly compared to the control, concomitant with remarkable suppression of membrane attack complex-1 stain positive neutrophils infiltration, myeloperoxidase activity and malondialdehyde level. CONCLUSION Present study suggests that activation of a Rho-ROCK signal system is associated with ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver, and that Y-27632 may be an attractive agent for application in major liver resection using temporary inflow occlusion and hepatic preservation.
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- Keisa Takeda
- First Department of Surgery, Department of Organ Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, N15-W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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Fiser SM, Tribble CG, Kaza AK, Long SM, Kern JA, Cassada DC, Linden J, Rieger J, Laubach VE, Matisoff A, Kron IL. Adenosine A2A receptor activation decreases reperfusion injury associated with high-flow reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 124:973-8. [PMID: 12407381 DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION High pulmonary artery flow rates can result in severe reperfusion injury after lung transplantation. Our hypothesis was that selective activation of the adenosine A(2A) receptor with a highly specific analog (ATL-146e) would inhibit leukocyte activation and decrease reperfusion injury after high-flow reperfusion. METHODS Using our isolated, ventilated, blood-perfused rabbit lung model, all groups (n = 8 per group) underwent lung harvest, 4 hours of cold storage, and blood reperfusion for 30 minutes. Measurements of pulmonary artery pressure (in millimeters of mercury), arterial oxygenation (in millimeters of mercury), myeloperoxidase, peak inspiratory pressure, and wet/dry weight ratio were obtained. Groups 1 (high flow) and 2 (high flow ATL-146e) underwent reperfusion at 120 mL/min for 30 minutes. Groups 3 (controlled high flow) and 4 (controlled high flow ATL-146e) underwent controlled reperfusion with an initial reperfusion of 60 mL/min for the first 5 minutes, followed by a rate of 120 mL/min for 25 minutes. During reperfusion, groups 2 and 4 received ATL-146e at 4 microg. kg(-1). min(-1). RESULTS ATL-146e significantly improved lung physiologic measurements under both high-flow (group 1 vs group 2) and controlled high-flow (group 3 vs group 4) conditions after 30 minutes. CONCLUSIONS The adenosine A(2A) receptor analogue ATL-146e significantly decreases the severity of reperfusion injury in the setting of both high-flow and controlled high-flow reperfusion.
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- Steven M Fiser
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Serracino-Inglott F, Virlos IT, Habib NA, Williamson RCN, Mathie RT. Adenosine preconditioning attenuates hepatic reperfusion injury in the rat by preventing the down-regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. BMC Gastroenterol 2002; 2:22. [PMID: 12241560 PMCID: PMC130052 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-2-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2002] [Accepted: 09/20/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous work has suggested that in the liver, adenosine preconditioning is mediated by nitric oxide. Whether the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase plays a part in this mechanism has however not yet been investigated. METHODS Wistar rats were used (6 in each group)--Groups: (1) sham, (2) ischemia-reperfusion, (3) adenosine + ischemia-reperfusion, (4) endothelial isoform inhibitor + adenosine + ischemia-reperfusion. RESULTS Using immunohistochemistry, this study has revealed a decrease in the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase following hepatic ischemia-reperfusion. This was prevented by adenosine pre-treatment. When an inhibitor of endothelial nitric oxide synthase was administered prior to adenosine pre-treatment, pre-conditioning did not occur despite normal expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that adenosine attenuates hepatic injury by preventing the downregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase that occurs during ischemia-reperfusion.
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- Ferdinand Serracino-Inglott
- Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK
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Ishikawa H, Jin MB, Ogata T, Taniguchi M, Suzuki T, Shimamura T, Magata S, Horiuchi H, Ogata K, Masuko H, Fujita M, Furukawa H, Todo S. Role of cyclic nucleotides in ischemia and reperfusion injury of canine livers. Transplantation 2002; 73:1041-8. [PMID: 11965029 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200204150-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In a series of canine liver ischemia experiments, we have shown that amelioration of hepatic injury is achievable by the inhibition of vasoconstriction, cytokine production, platelet aggregation, and neutrophil infiltration. Cyclic adenosine diphosphate (cAMP) was considered to be involved in most of these events. In our study, we tested our hypothesis that augmentation of endogenous cAMP by phosphodiesterase (PDE) 3 inhibitor, amrinone (AM), or adenylate cyclase stimulator, NKH477 (NKH), could attenuate ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. METHODS Thirty-six beagle dogs were used. They were divided into group CT (untreated control), group AM, group NKH, and group CB (treated by both agents). AM or NKH were administered i.v. 1 hr before ischemia (group preAM and group preNKH) or 15 min before reperfusion (pos-AM and postNKH). Combination group animals were treated only before ischemia. Animal survival, hepatic tissue blood flow, liver enzymes, platelet counts, energy metabolism, hepatic cAMP and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate levels, and histopathology were analyzed. RESULTS Two-week animal survival was significantly improved by pre- or posttreatment with either agent. After reperfusion, hepatic tissue blood flow, liver enzyme release, platelet counts, energy metabolism, tissue cAMP levels, and histological architecture were also ameliorated markedly. Combination of both agents induced severe liver damage and lethal hypotension. AM treatment exhibited more protective effects than NKH, particularly when it was given before ischemia. Interestingly, not only cyclic guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, were also restored at higher levels after reperfusion by preischemia treatment. CONCLUSIONS Administration of amrinone or NKH477 maintained hepatic tissue concentrations of cyclic nucleotides, and attenuated ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. Thus, regulation of hepatic tissue cyclic nucleotides is an important alternative for prevention of hepatic damage in liver preservation and surgery.
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- Hiroto Ishikawa
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Pi F, Badosa F, Sola A, Roselló Catafau J, Xaus C, Prats N, Gelpí E, Hotter G. Effects of adenosine on ischaemia-reperfusion injury associated with rat pancreas transplantation. Br J Surg 2001; 88:1366-75. [PMID: 11578294 DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01866.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND During cold preservation, cellular consumption of adenosine triphosphate leads to the accumulation of nucleotides and nucleosides. The precise role of adenosine in modulating the inflammatory response of cold-preserved pancreas after reperfusion remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of adenosine on the inflammatory response associated with the process of ischaemia-reperfusion in rat pancreas transplantation. METHODS The effect of adenosine from preservation solution on the levels of high-energy nucleotides and their breakdown products after cold ischaemic preservation was determined. In addition, the inflammatory response associated with the process of ischaemia-reperfusion in pancreas transplantation was quantified with and without pretreatment with the adenosine antagonist theophylline, and during preservation of the organ in University of Wisconsin solution with and without adenosine. RESULTS Adenosine from preservation solution is able to modify the nucleotide and nucleoside content of preserved pancreas, indicating that adenosine is incorporated and metabolized in tissue. Administration of the adenosine antagonist to transplanted rats moderated the increases in nitrite and nitrate, myeloperoxidase activity and lipoperoxidation levels in the pancreas. CONCLUSION Adenosine in the preservation solution may enhance the inflammatory response in rat pancreas transplantation.
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- F Pi
- Department of Surgery, Hospital de Viladecans, Institut Catala de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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Net M, Valero R, Almenara R, Rull R, Gonzalez FJ, Taurá P, Lopez-Boado MA, Deulofeu R, Elena M, Capdevila L, Cabrer C, Visa J, García-Valdecasas JC. Hepatic xanthine levels as viability predictor of livers procured from non-heart-beating donor pigs. Transplantation 2001; 71:1232-7. [PMID: 11397955 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200105150-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate hepatic content of adenine nucleotides and their degradation products in non-heart-beating donor (NHBD) pigs and its relationship with recipient survival. METHODS Thirty animals were transplanted with an allograft from NHBDs. After warm ischemia (WI) time (20, 30, or 40 min), cardiopulmonary bypass and normothermic recirculation (NR) were run for 30 min. Afterward, the animals were cooled to 15 degrees C and liver procurement was performed. RESULTS Survival rate was 100% in the 20WI, 70% in the 30WI, and 50% in the 40WI. Livers from non-surviving animals had higher levels of xanthine after NR than livers from surviving animals. Logistic regression analysis revealed that xanthine at the end of NR was the only variable able to predict survival with a calculated sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 60%. Prolongation of warm ischemic period leaded to a greater xanthine accumulation as well as increased plasma alpha-glutathione S-transferase levels at reperfusion. Xanthine at NR and alpha-glutathione S-transferase at reperfusion significantly correlated, indicating that donor xanthine contributes to some extent to the severity of the lesion by ischemia-reperfusion. CONCLUSIONS It is suggested that xanthine content in the donor is able to predict survival after transplantation. Xanthine is significantly involved in the hepatic lesion elicited by warm ischemia and subsequent ischemia-reperfusion associated to liver transplantation from a NHBD.
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- M Net
- Department of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry and Transplant Coordination of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Ogata K, Jin MB, Taniguchi M, Suzuki T, Shimamura T, Kitagawa N, Magata S, Fukai M, Ishikawa H, Ono T, Furukawa H, Fujita M, Todo S. ATTENUATION OF ISCHEMIA AND REPERFUSION INJURY OF CANINE LIVERS BY INHIBITION OF TYPE II PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 WITH LY3297221. Transplantation 2001; 71:1040-6. [PMID: 11374398 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200104270-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Membrane phospholipid breakdown, caused by ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) of the liver, releases free fatty acids including arachidonic acids and lysophospholipids, which serve as precursors of various inflammatory lipid derivatives. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is a key enzyme that initiates this reaction. In this study, we tested our hypothesis that a type II PLA2 inhibitor, LY329722, could attenuate hepatic I/R injury caused by a 2-hr total hepatic vascular exclusion (THVE) in dogs. METHODS Eighteen beagle dogs, subjected to a 2-hr THVE, were divided into three groups. Group 1 (n=6) was untreated and served as a control group. LY329722 was administered to animals in group 2 (n=6) intravenously (0.2 mg x kg(-1) x hr(-1)) for 60 min before ischemia, and to animals in group 3 (n=6) for 60 min starting 15 min before reperfusion (0.2 mg x kg(-1) x hr(-1)). Animal survival, systemic and splanchnic hemodynamics, hepatic tissue blood flow, liver functions, energy metabolism, hepatic venous thromboxane B2 and endothelin-1 levels, phospholipid levels and tumor necrosis factor-a mRNA expression in liver tissue, and histopathologic findings were evaluated. RESULTS Two-week animal survival was 33% (two of six) in group 1, and 100% (six of six) in groups 2 and 3. LY329722 improved systemic and splanchnic hemodynamics, hepatic tissue blood flow, and energy metabolism, reduced liver enzyme, thromboxane B2, and endothelin-1 release, prevented hepatic phospholipid degradation and tumor necrosis factor-alpha mRNA expression, and lessened histopathologic damage and the number of neutrophil infiltrating into the liver tissue. CONCLUSION The present study demonstrated that a type II PLA2 inhibitor, LY329722, attenuated hepatic I/R injury caused by a 2-hr THVE model in dogs.
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- K Ogata
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Taniguchi M, Magata S, Suzuki T, Shimamura T, Jin MB, Ishikawa H, Ogata K, Furukawa H, Todo S. Effect of dipyridamole on ischemia and reperfusion injury of canine liver. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:933. [PMID: 11267134 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02274-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- M Taniguchi
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Katsuragi K, Hirohashi K, Takemura S, Minamiyama Y, Tanaka H, Sakata C, Tanaka S, Nishino Y, Shuto T, Kubo S, Kinoshita H. Phosphodiesterase type III inhibitor enhances the protective effects of adenosine against ischemic hepatic injury in rats. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:976-7. [PMID: 11267153 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02293-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- K Katsuragi
- Second Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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Jeong C, Lee SM. The beneficial effect of ATP-MgCl(2) on hepatic ischemia/reperfusion-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 403:243-50. [PMID: 10973626 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00485-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to determine whether ATP-MgCl(2) administration in rats could protect hepatic mitochondrial function and improve energy metabolism during hepatic ischemia and subsequent reperfusion. Global hepatic ischemia was produced for 60 min followed by reperfusion. The rats then received 0.5 ml of saline or ATP-MgCl(2) intravenously. In saline-treated ischemic rats, serum alanine-aminotransferase levels peaked at 5 h. The aminotransferase level was significantly reduced in the ATP-MgCl(2) treatment group. The wet weight-to-dry weight ratio of the liver was significantly increased by ischemia/reperfusion. ATP-MgCl(2) treatment minimized the increase in this ratio. The ketone body ratio in blood, which reflects the mitochondrial free NAD(+)/NADH ratio, decreased after ischemia and at 1 h following reperfusion. This decrease was somewhat improved by ATP-MgCl(2) infusion. At 1 and 5 h after reperfusion, mitochondrial monoamine oxidase and glutamate dehydrogenase activities decreased. ATP-MgCl(2) infusion following ischemia restored the lost activities. Hepatic ATP levels in saline-treated rats were found to be 50% lower 5 h following reperfusion; however, treatment with ATP-MgCl(2) resulted in significantly higher ATP levels and energy charge. The accumulation of purine catabolites in ischemic tissues was reduced during reperfusion. ATP-MgCl(2) infusion resulted in accumulation of adenosine in reperfused liver. Mitochondrial lipid peroxidation was elevated in the saline-treated ischemic group, but this elevation was inhibited by ATP-MgCl(2) infusion. The present results lead us to conclude that the amelioration of liver function which occurs with ATP-MgCl(2) infusion following ischemia may be mediated through improvement in ischemia-induced mitochondrial energy metabolism.
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- C Jeong
- College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Chunchun-dong, Changan-gu, Kyonggi-do 440-746, Suwon, South Korea
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Tian YH, Schäfer T, Sckell A, Schilling MK. Adenosine deaminase inhibition attenuates reperfusion low flow and improves graft survival after rat liver transplantation. Transplantation 2000; 69:2277-81. [PMID: 10868626 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200006150-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Low flow or no flow is a prefinal step after reperfusion of hepatic allografts. Adenosine is an intrinsic key regulator of physiological and pathological hepatic blood flow. METHODS In a model of rat liver transplantation, the effect of donor pretreatment with adenosine deaminase inhibitors (0, 0.1, 1, 10 micromol erythro-9-[2-hydroxy-3-nonyl]adenine) was studied on hepatic interstitial adenosine concentrations, microcirculatory flow, leukocyte adhesion, and graft survival by means of microdialysis sampling, intravital video microscopy, and laser Doppler flowmetry. RESULTS Donor pretreatment with 1 micromol erythro-9-[2-hydroxy-3-nonyl]adenine increased interstitial adenosine concentrations 5- to 10-fold, for more than 24 hr of cold storage. In LDF studies, mean donor blood flow was increased from 420 +/- 42 perfusion units (PU) to 832 +/- 52 PU and from 475 +/- 79 to 720 +/- 81 PU after reperfusion, and in intravital video microscopy studies from 247 +/- 24 to 281 +/- 39 pl/sec. There was no difference in the number of leukocytes sticking, but a significantly lower percentage of leukocytes rolling (26.1 +/- 1.9 vs. 36.5 +/- 7.5%) along the endothelial wall in the treatment group. Transplant survival after 44 hr cold storage in UW solution was 8/10 in the treatment group and 1/13 in the control group. CONCLUSIONS Donor pretreatment with erythro-9-[2-hydroxy-3-nonyl]adenine increases survival of critically injured liver grafts. Donor or recipient treatment rather than addition of protectants to cold storage solutions are successful strategies to overcome preservation injury and possibly adverse donor factors.
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- Y H Tian
- Department of Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland
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Yokota R, Fukai M, Shimamura T, Suzuki T, Watanabe Y, Nagashima K, Kishida A, Furukawa H, Hayashi T, Todo S. A novel hydroxyl radical scavenger, nicaraven, protects the liver from warm ischemia and reperfusion injury. Surgery 2000; 127:661-9. [PMID: 10840362 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2000.105864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reactive oxygen species have been considered to be involved in liver injury at the procurement, preservation, and transplantation from donors without beating hearts. A novel hydroxyl radical scavenger, nicaraven with hydrophilic and lipophilic properties, infiltrates both intracellular and extracellular spaces where it effectively scavenges reactive oxygen species. Protection by nicaraven against ischemia and reperfusion damage of the brain, heart, and kidneys has been shown. The effect of this agent on the liver remains unclear. METHODS Two-hour total hepatic vascular exclusion was used. Eighteen beagle dogs were randomly assigned to 2 groups: 12 animals were not treated (group I) and 6 were treated with nicaraven (group II). Nicaraven was administered intravenously (2mg/kg/min) for 60 minutes before ischemia and for 3 hours, starting 30 minutes before reperfusion. RESULTS Two-week survival rates were 25% in group I and 100% in group II (P <.01). Nicaraven inhibited lipid peroxidation in the liver, improved hepatic and systemic hemodynamics and energy metabolism, and suppressed liver enzyme release, endothelin-1 elevation in hepatic venous blood, histologic damage, and neutrophil infiltration into the liver. CONCLUSIONS Nicaraven exerted hepatic protection against warm ischemia and reperfusion injury. This may indicate nicaraven as a potential candidate to attenuate liver injury from warm ischemia and preservation in transplantation from donors without beating hearts.
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- R Yokota
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Nilsson B, Friman S, Gustafsson BI, Delbro DS. Preconditioning protects against ischemia/reperfusion injury of the liver. J Gastrointest Surg 2000; 4:44-9. [PMID: 10631361 DOI: 10.1016/s1091-255x(00)80031-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) of an organ may induce protection against the injury caused by longer duration of ischemia and subsequent reperfusion. In a standardized model of such injury in the rat liver, we used the following protocol to investigate whether adenosine played a role in IPC by preventing its enzymatic degradation by dipyridamole pretreatment according to the following protocol: group 1, nonischemic control rats; group 2, ischemic control rats subjected to 60 minutes of ischemia by clamping of the common hepatic artery followed by 60 minutes of reperfusion; group 3, IPC with 10 minutes of ischemia followed by 15 minutes of reperfusion, prior to the ischemia/reperfusion period as in group 2; group 4, pharmacologic preconditioning with administration of dipyridamole prior to the ischemia/reperfusion period as in group 2. Peripheral liver blood flow was significantly reduced during clamping (groups 2 to 4). After unclamping, blood flow was still reduced in the ischemic rats (group 2) but had returned to preclamp values in the animals that had been subjected to ischemic (group 3) or pharmacologic (group 4) preconditioning. Liver cell injury was significantly increased in the ischemia group (group 2) only. In our experimental model of ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat liver, we found an equally beneficial effect with ischemic and pharmacologic preconditioning. Adenosine appears to be a crucial factor in IPC.
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- B Nilsson
- Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Ross SD, Tribble CG, Linden J, Gangemi JJ, Lanpher BC, Wang AY, Kron IL. Selective adenosine-A2A activation reduces lung reperfusion injury following transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999; 18:994-1002. [PMID: 10561110 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(99)00066-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The adenosine-A2A receptor on the neutrophil is responsible for several anti-inflammatory actions. We hypothesized that DWH-146e, a selective adenosine-A2A agonist, would reduce lung reperfusion injury following transplantation. METHODS We used an isolated, whole blood-perfused, ventilated rabbit lung model. Donor rabbits underwent lung harvest after pulmonary arterial PGE1 injection and Euro-Collins preservation solution flush, and lungs were preserved for 18 hours at 4 degrees C. Group I lungs (n = 9) served as control subjects. Group II lungs (n = 9) were reperfused with whole blood that was first passed through a leukocyte-depleting filter. In group III (n = 9), DWH-146e was added to the blood reperfusate (25 microg/kg) immediately before reperfusion and was administered throughout the reperfusion period (1 microg/kg/min). All lungs were reperfused for 30 minutes. RESULTS Arterial oxygenation in group II and group III was significantly higher than that of group I after 30 minutes of reperfusion (514.27 +/- 35.80 and 461.12 +/- 43.77 vs 91.41 +/- 20.58 mm Hg, p < .001). Pulmonary vascular resistance was significantly reduced in group III (22,783 +/- 357 dynes x s x cm(-5)) compared to both group II and group I (31,057 +/- 1743 and 36,911 +/- 2173 dynes x s x cm(-5), p < .001). Airway compliance was improved in groups II and III when compared to group I (1.68 +/- 0.08 and 1.68 +/- 0.05 vs 1.36 +/- 0.13, p = .03). Microvascular permeability in group III was reduced to 106.82 +/- 17.09 compared with 165.70 +/- 21.83 ng Evans blue dye per gram of tissue in group I (p = .05). Group III myeloperoxidase activity was 39.88 +/- 4.87 compared with 88.70 +/- 18.69 deltaOD/g/min in group I (p = .03); group II myeloperoxidase activity was 56.06 +/- 7.46. CONCLUSIONS DWH-146e reduced lung neutrophil sequestration and dramatically improved pulmonary graft function. Neutrophils are important components of the inflammatory cascade of reperfusion injury and their source may include both the circulating blood and the lung graft itself. Selective adenosine-A2A activation interrupts the neutrophil-mediated inflammatory response and reduces lung reperfusion injury following transplantation.
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- S D Ross
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA
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BACKGROUND/AIM Adenosine is an endogenous nucleoside that is released under metabolically unfavourable circumstances such as ischaemia or infection. It exerts potent anti-inflammatory effects by decreasing tumour necrosis factor release and costimulating interleukin-10 production by human monocytes. The aim of this study was to assess the cytokine response to adenosine in whole blood cultures from alcoholic cirrhotic patients. METHODS Whole blood from 17 patients and 17 healthy controls stimulated with lipopolysaccharide was cultured in the presence of adenosine at different concentrations and, in some experiments, with the adenosine deaminase inhibitor deoxycoformycin. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell response was compared to whole blood, and plasma adenosine deaminase activity was measured. RESULTS Adenosine (100 microM) significantly inhibited TNF release and increased IL-10 production in whole blood cultures from controls stimulated with lipopolysaccharide, but not from cirrhotic patients. However, the response to adenosine was restored in peripheral mononuclear cells of patients in the absence of autologous plasma. To test the hypothesis that plasma adenosine deaminase, which was increased in the patients' plasma, was actually involved in this blunted response to adenosine in alcoholic cirrhosis, we performed adenosine dose-response experiments and pharmacologically blocked adenosine deaminase activity with deoxycoformycin. In both kinds of experiment, adenosine-induced inhibition of TNF release could be restored in alcoholic cirrhotic patients. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that increased circulating adenosine deaminase activity blunts the anti-inflammatory properties of adenosine in alcoholic cirrhotic patients.
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- O Le Moine
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hopital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Bilbao G, Contreras JL, Eckhoff DE, Mikheeva G, Krasnykh V, Douglas JT, Thomas FT, Thomas JM, Curiel DT. Reduction of ischemia-reperfusion injury of the liver by in vivo adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 gene. Ann Surg 1999; 230:185-93. [PMID: 10450732 PMCID: PMC1420860 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199908000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the possibility of reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R injury) to the mouse liver by in vivo adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of the antiapoptotic human Bcl-2 gene. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Ischemia-reperfusion injury has been demonstrated in a number of clinically relevant diseases such as myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, sepsis, peripheral vascular disease, and organ transplantation. In this regard, apoptosis plays a central role. METHODS Normal C57BL/6 mice were used. An adenovirus (deltaE1) vector containing the human Bcl-2 gene was developed in the authors' laboratory. An adenovirus vector encoding an irrelevant gene (beta-galactosidase, AdCMVLacZ) was used as a control. Taking advantage of the hepatotropic properties of adenovirus vectors, gene transfer was performed with 1 x 10(9) plaque-forming units by intravenous tail injection, 48 hours before the ischemic injury. Ischemic-reperfusion injury was induced by temporal and segmental occlusion of hepatic blood flow. Aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase activity was measured using standard assays. Liver biopsies were obtained before and 6 hours after I/R injury for morphologic assessment, and apoptosis was determined in situ with a histochemical assay. RESULTS The expression of AdCMVhBcl-2 vector was confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and functionally validated in apoptotic studies in endothelial cells. Expression of the Bcl-2 gene protects against I/R injury, as shown by a significant decrease in transaminases (p < 0.05) and necrosis and apoptosis (p < 0.001), and permanent survival (p < 0.0001), compared with sham-operated animals and animals treated with AdCMVLacZ. CONCLUSIONS Genetic modification of the liver to induce cytoprotection has potential applications to prevent I/R injury to the liver in surgical interventions, including liver transplantation.
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- G Bilbao
- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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Iida J, Shimamura T, Suzuki T, Jin MB, Taniguchi M, Fukai M, Yokota R, Horiuchi H, Magata S, Kishida A, Furukawa H, Todo S. Inhibition of thromboxane A2 synthesis by OKY-046 attenuates ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:1061-2. [PMID: 10083474 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01904-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J Iida
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Tanaka H, Hirohashi K, Sakata C, Katsuragi K, Huang H, Takemura S, Tsukamoto T, Kubo S, Kinoshita H. Effects of adenosine on dopamine-induced hepatic impairment in the dog model. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:445-6. [PMID: 10083182 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01734-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- H Tanaka
- Second Department of Surgery, Osaka City University, Japan
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Shimamura T, Jin MB, Suzuki T, Iida J, Kishida A, Furukawa H, Todo S. Nitric oxide enhancement attenuates ischemia and reperfusion injury of canine livers. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:1065-7. [PMID: 10083476 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01906-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- T Shimamura
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Shimamura T, Zhu Y, Zhang S, Jin MB, Ishizaki N, Urakami A, Totsuka E, Kishida A, Lee R, Subbotin V, Furukawa H, Starzl TE, Todo S. Protective role of nitric oxide in ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. J Am Coll Surg 1999; 188:43-52. [PMID: 9915241 PMCID: PMC3018864 DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(98)00259-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The suppressed production of nitric oxide (NO), associated with endothelial dysfunction, is thought to be a cause of ischemia and reperfusion injury of the liver. But findings of the salutary effects of NO enhancement on such injury have been conflicting. In this study, we tested our hypothesis that NO enhancement would attenuate ischemic liver injury. For this purpose, an NO precursor, L-arginine, and a novel NO donor, FK409, were applied to a 2-hour total hepatic vascular exclusion model in dogs. STUDY DESIGN L-arginine was administered IV at a dose of 100 mg/kg twice (n = 5), while 300 mg/kg twice of FK409 was infused continuously into the portal vein (n = 5). The drugs were given to the animals for 30 and 60 minutes before and after ischemia, respectively. Non-treated animals were used as the control (n = 10). Two-week survival, systemic and hepatic hemodynamics indices, liver function tests, energy metabolism, and histopathology were analyzed. RESULTS Both treatments comparably augmented hepatic tissue blood flow, decreased liver enzyme release, and increased high-energy phosphate restoration during the reperfusion period, all of which contributed to rescuing all of the treated animals from the 2-hour total hepatic ischemia. In contrast, ischemia caused 70% mortality in the control group. Histologically, structural abnormality and neutrophil infiltration were markedly attenuated by the treatments. Systemic hypotension was observed in the animals treated with FK409, however. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that NO enhancement alleviates the liver injury caused by ischemia and reperfusion. The supplementation of L-arginine, rather than FK409, is considered more applicable to clinical use because of the absence of systemic adverse effects.
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- T Shimamura
- First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Maeda T, Murase N, Subbotin V, Sakamoto T, Yamada T, Terakura M, Todo S. Analogs of cyclic nucleotides in rat liver preservation. Transplantation 1998; 66:844-51. [PMID: 9798692 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199810150-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cyclic nucleotides mediate intracellular signal transduction of several vasodilators. In addition to its vascular relaxant effects, cAMP is known to protect endothelial cells and to suppress Kupffer cell activation. On the other hand, cGMP potently ameliorates adhesion of leukocytes and platelets. We tested the effects of two analogs of cyclic nucleotides (8bromo cyclic adenosine monophosphate [8br-cAMP] and 8bromo cyclic guanosine monophosphate [8br-cGMP]) in rat liver preservation. METHODS In experiment 1, either analog (0.1-1.0 mM) alone was added to University of Wisconsin (UW) solution in a survival study. In experiment 2, donors and recipients were also treated with 8br-cAMP or 8br-cGMP, with the following three groups tested: group 1=control; group 2=administration of 8br-cAMP to donors, UW solution, and recipients; group 3=administration of 8br-cGMP to donors, UW solution, and recipients. Experiment 3 tested combined treatments: group 4=administration of 8br-cGMP to donors and UW solution, and cAMP to recipients; group 5=administration of 8br-cAMP to donors and UW solution, and 8br-cGMP to recipients. To elucidate the roles of each nucleotide, two further groups were tested: group 6=administration of 8br-cAMP to donors and UW solution; group 7=administration of 8br-cGMP to recipients. In experiment 4, rats in groups 1, 5, 6, and 7 were killed at several time points after reperfusion, and percent graft blood flow (%BF), number of accumulated neutrophils, plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1, and serum alanine aminotransferase levels were examined. RESULTS In experiments 1 and 2, no significant effect was observed on animal survival. In experiment 3, a significant increase in animal survival was observed only in group 5 (100%, 7/7, P=0.0004 vs. group 1: 16.7%, 2/12). In group 5, no improvement of %BF was observed during the early phase of reperfusion (15 and 30 min) compared with that in group 1. On the other hand, the %BF of group 5 was significantly higher in the later phase (6 hr), consistent with the decrease in accumulation of neutrophils observed then. Production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and serum alanine aminotransferase levels were also reduced with this treatment. Histologically, the bleeding and segmental necrosis, observed in group 1, were completely prevented in group 5. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that restoration of grafts with cAMP and administration of cGMP to recipients led to successful transplantation, and that the two analogs acted synergistically in opposing preservation and reperfusion injury without improvement of graft blood flow during the early phase of reperfusion. The effect was due to their regulation of neutrophil activation and sequestration.
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- T Maeda
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Totsuka E, Todo S, Zhu Y, Ishizaki N, Kawashima Y, Jin MB, Urakami A, Shimamura T, Starzl TE. Attenuation of ischemic liver injury by prostaglandin E1 analogue, misoprostol, and prostaglandin I2 analogue, OP-41483. J Am Coll Surg 1998; 187:276-86. [PMID: 9740185 PMCID: PMC3022419 DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(98)00179-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostaglandin has been reported to have protective effects against liver injury. Use of this agent in clinical settings, however, is limited because of drug-related side effects. This study investigated whether misoprostol, prostaglandin E1 analogue, and OP-41483, prostaglandin I2 analogue, which have fewer adverse effects with a longer half-life, attenuate ischemic liver damage. STUDY DESIGN Thirty beagle dogs underwent 2 hours of hepatic vascular exclusion using venovenous bypass. Misoprostol was administered intravenously for 30 minutes before ischemia and for 3 hours after reperfusion. OP-41483 was administered intraportally for 30 minutes before ischemia (2 microg/kg/min) and for 3 hours after reperfusion (0.5 microg/kg/min). Animals were divided into five groups: untreated control group (n=10); high-dose misoprostol (total 100 microg/kg) group (MP-H, n=5); middle-dose misoprostol (50 microg/kg) group (MP-M, n=5); low-dose misoprostol (25 microg/kg) group (MP-L, n=5); and OP-41483 group (OP, n=5). Animal survival, hepatic tissue blood flow (HTBF), liver function, and histology were analyzed. RESULTS Two-week animal survival rates were 30% in control, 60% in MP-H, 100% in MP-M, 80% in MP-L, and 100% in OP. The treatments with prostaglandin analogues improved HTBF, and attenuated liver enzyme release, adenine nucleotrides degradation, and histologic abnormalities. In contrast to the MP-H animals that exhibited unstable cardiovascular systems, the MP-M, MP-L, and OP animals experienced only transient hypotension. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that misoprostol and OP-41483 prevent ischemic liver damage, although careful dose adjustment of misoprostol is required to obtain the best protection with minimal side effects.
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- E Totsuka
- Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582, USA
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Kobayashi J, Takeyoshi I, Ohwada S, Iwanami K, Matsumoto K, Muramoto M, Morishita Y. The effects of FR167653 in extended liver resection with ischemia in dogs. Hepatology 1998; 28:459-65. [PMID: 9696012 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) are cytokines commonly associated with inflammatory conditions such as hepatic injury after ischemia-reperfusion. FR167653 has been characterized as a potent suppressant of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha production. In this study, we evaluated the effect of FR167653 in an extended liver resection with ischemia in a dog model. The right portal pedicle was clamped for 60 minutes, while the left portal branch was patent to avoid portal congestion. Following reperfusion, 75% of the liver (including the right central, quadrate, left central, left lateral, and papillary lobes) were resected. Animals were divided into two groups: a control group (n = 10), and a FR-treated group (n = 6) in which FR167653 was administered via the portal vein. Hepatic venous blood was collected to measure alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP), and hyaluronic acid (HA) levels, and IL-1beta expression was also measured by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). ALT, AST, LDH, PNP, and HA levels after reperfusion were significantly lower (P < .05) in the FR-treated group than in the control group, and the FR-treated group showed inhibited IL-1beta expression. Liver tissue blood flow, measured by a laser Doppler flow meter, was kept higher in the FR-treated group than in the control group. Histologically, tissue damage was mild in the FR-treated group. The 2-day survival rate was statistically better (P < .05) in the FR-treated group than in the control group. We conclude that FR167653 provides a protective effect for liver parenchyma and sinusoidal endothelial cells in extended liver resection with ischemia.
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- J Kobayashi
- Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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Kawashima Y, Jin MB, Urakami A, Zhang S, Zhu Y, Ishizaki N, Shimamura T, Totsuka E, Lee RG, Subbotin VM, Starzl TE, Todo S. Amelioration of liver damage induced by ischemia and reperfusion with FR167653; a newly synthesized cytokine suppressive antiinflammatory drug. Transplant Proc 1998; 30:49-52. [PMID: 9474953 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(97)01175-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Y Kawashima
- Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Cold ischaemia-reperfusion injuries are an unavoidable feature of current liver transplantation procedures. Damage to liver grafts accures mainly from hypothermic storage under hypoxic conditions (cold ischaemia), from sustained ischaemia during implantation into the recipient (rewarming ischaemia) and from restoration of blood and oxygen to the graft (reperfusion injury). These three stages are characterized by progressive deteriorations in hepatic function, with sinusoidal endothelial cells most affected during cold ischaemia. Activation of Kupffer cells (hepatic macrophages) at reperfusion augments damage to both endothelial and parenchymal cells by the release of numerous compounds which initiate and perpetrate injury and impair the hepatic microcirculation. The key events in the expression of ischaemia-reperfusion injury are detailed and therapeutic interventions are described which target these steps. The treatments discussed include University of Wisconsin (UW) preservation solution, calcium channel blockade, inhibitors of Kupffer cell activation, promoters of microvascular vasodilation, hepatoprotectants and the use of anti-oxidants.
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- J M Tredger
- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
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Urakami A, Todo S, Zhu Y, Zhang S, Jin MB, Ishizaki N, Shimamura T, Totsuka E, Subbotin V, Lee R, Starzl TE. Attenuation of ischemic liver injury by monoclonal anti-endothelin antibody, AwETN40. J Am Coll Surg 1997; 185:358-64. [PMID: 9328384 PMCID: PMC2675945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Enhanced production of endothelin-1 (ET-1), vasoconstrictive 21 amino acids produced by endothelial cells during ischemia and after reperfusion of the liver, is known to cause sinusoidal constriction and microcirculatory disturbances, which lead to severe tissue damage. Using a 2-hour hepatic vascular exclusion model in dogs, we tested our hypothesis that neutralization of ET-1 by monoclonal anti-ET-1 and anti-ET-2 antibody (AwETN40) abates vascular dysfunction and ameliorates ischemia/reperfusion injury of the liver. STUDY DESIGN After skeletonization, the liver was made totally ischemic by cross-clamping the portal vein, the hepatic artery, and the vena cava (above and below the liver). Veno-venous bypass was used to decompress splanchnic and inferior systemic congestion. AwETN40, 5 mg/kg, was administered intravenously 10 minutes before ischemia (treatment group, n = 5). Nontreated animals were used as controls (control group, n = 10). Animal survival, hepatic tissue blood flow, liver function tests, total bile acid, high-energy phosphate, ET-1 levels, and liver histopathology were studied. RESULTS Treatment with AwETN40 improved 2-week animal survival from 30% to 100%. Hepatic tissue blood flow after reperfusion was significantly higher in the treatment group. The treatment significantly attenuated liver enzyme release, total bile acid, and changes in adenine nucleotides. Immunoreactive ET-1 levels in the hepatic venous blood of the control group showed a significant increase and remained high for up to 24 hours after reperfusion. Histopathologic alterations were significantly lessened in the treatment group. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that ET-1 is involved in ischemia/reperfusion injury of the liver, which can be ameliorated by the monoclonal anti-ET-1 and anti-ET-2 antibody AwETN40.
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- A Urakami
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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