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Kraft CJ, Namsrai BE, Tobolt D, Etheridge ML, Finger EB, Bischof JC. CPA toxicity screening of cryoprotective solutions in rat hearts. Cryobiology 2024; 114:104842. [PMID: 38158172 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2023.104842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
In clinical practice, donor hearts are transported on ice prior to transplant and discarded if cold ischemia time exceeds ∼5 h. Methods to extend these preservation times are critically needed, and ideally, this storage time would extend indefinitely, enabling improved donor-to-patient matching, organ utilization, and immune tolerance induction protocols. Previously, we demonstrated successful vitrification and rewarming of whole rat hearts without ice formation by perfusion-loading a cryoprotective agent (CPA) solution prior to vitrification. However, these hearts did not recover any beating even in controls with CPA loading/unloading alone, which points to the chemical toxicity of the cryoprotective solution (VS55 in Euro-Collins carrier solution) as the likely culprit. To address this, we compared the toxicity of another established CPA cocktail (VEG) to VS55 using ex situ rat heart perfusion. The CPA exposure time was 150 min, and the normothermic assessment time was 60 min. Using Celsior as the carrier, we observed partial recovery of function (atria-only beating) for both VS55 and VEG. Upon further analysis, we found that the VEG CPA cocktail resulted in 50 % lower LDH release than VS55 (N = 4, p = 0.017), suggesting VEG has lower toxicity than VS55. Celsior was a better carrier solution than alternatives such as UW, as CPA + Celsior-treated hearts spent less time in cardiac arrest (N = 4, p = 0.029). While we showed substantial improvement in cardiac function after exposure to vitrifiable concentrations of CPA by improving both the CPA and carrier solution formulation, further improvements will be required before we achieve healthy cryopreserved organs for transplant.
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- Casey J Kraft
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA; Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA.
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Sethia N, Rao JS, Khashim Z, Schornack AMR, Etheridge ML, Peterson QP, Finger EB, Bischof JC, Dutcher CS. On Chip Sorting of Stem Cell-Derived β Cell Clusters Using Traveling Surface Acoustic Waves. Langmuir 2024. [PMID: 38318799 PMCID: PMC10883307 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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There is a critical need for sorting complex materials, such as pancreatic islets of Langerhans, exocrine acinar tissues, and embryoid bodies. These materials are cell clusters, which have highly heterogeneous physical properties (such as size, shape, morphology, and deformability). Selecting such materials on the basis of specific properties can improve clinical outcomes and help advance biomedical research. In this work, we focused on sorting one such complex material, human stem cell-derived β cell clusters (SC-β cell clusters), by size. For this purpose, we developed a microfluidic device in which an image detection system was coupled to an actuation mechanism based on traveling surface acoustic waves (TSAWs). SC-β cell clusters of varying size (∼100-500 μm in diameter) were passed through the sorting device. Inside the device, the size of each cluster was estimated from their bright-field images. After size identification, larger clusters, relative to the cutoff size for separation, were selectively actuated using TSAW pulses. As a result of this selective actuation, smaller and larger clusters exited the device from different outlets. At the current sample dilutions, the experimental sorting efficiency ranged between 78% and 90% for a separation cutoff size of 250 μm, yielding sorting throughputs of up to 0.2 SC-β cell clusters/s using our proof-of-concept design. The biocompatibility of this sorting technique was also established, as no difference in SC-β cell cluster viability due to TSAW pulse usage was found. We conclude the proof-of-concept sorting work by discussing a few ways to optimize sorting of SC-β cell clusters for potentially higher sorting efficiency and throughput. This sorting technique can potentially help in achieving a better distribution of islets for clinical islet transplantation (a potential cure for type 1 diabetes). Additionally, the use of this technique for sorting islets can help in characterizing islet biophysical properties by size and selecting suitable islets for improved islet cryopreservation.
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- Nikhil Sethia
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Division of Solid Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Schulze Diabetes Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
- Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Division of Solid Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Guo Z, Zuchowicz N, Bouwmeester J, Joshi AS, Neisch AL, Smith K, Daly J, Etheridge ML, Finger EB, Kodandaramaiah SB, Hays TS, Hagedorn M, Bischof JC. Conduction-Dominated Cryomesh for Organism Vitrification. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024; 11:e2303317. [PMID: 38018294 PMCID: PMC10797434 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202303317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
Abstract
Vitrification-based cryopreservation is a promising approach to achieving long-term storage of biological systems for maintaining biodiversity, healthcare, and sustainable food production. Using the "cryomesh" system achieves rapid cooling and rewarming of biomaterials, but further improvement in cooling rates is needed to increase biosystem viability and the ability to cryopreserve new biosystems. Improved cooling rates and viability are possible by enabling conductive cooling through cryomesh. Conduction-dominated cryomesh improves cooling rates from twofold to tenfold (i.e., 0.24 to 1.2 × 105 °C min-1 ) in a variety of biosystems. Higher thermal conductivity, smaller mesh wire diameter and pore size, and minimizing the nitrogen vapor barrier (e.g., vertical plunging in liquid nitrogen) are key parameters to achieving improved vitrification. Conduction-dominated cryomesh successfully vitrifies coral larvae, Drosophila embryos, and zebrafish embryos with improved outcomes. Not only a theoretical foundation for improved vitrification in µm to mm biosystems but also the capability to scale up for biorepositories and/or agricultural, aquaculture, or scientific use are demonstrated.
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- Zongqi Guo
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Hawaii Institute of Marine BiologyUniversity of HawaiiKaneoheHI96744USA
- Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteFront RoyalVA22630USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of GeneticsCell Biology and DevelopmentUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Taronga Conservation Society AustraliaMosmanNew South Wales2088Australia
- School of BiologicalEarth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of New South WalesKensingtonNew South Wales2033Australia
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
- Graduate Program in NeuroscienceUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of GeneticsCell Biology and DevelopmentUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Hawaii Institute of Marine BiologyUniversity of HawaiiKaneoheHI96744USA
- Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteFront RoyalVA22630USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
- Institute for Engineering in MedicineUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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Lyden GR, Vock DM, Helgeson ES, Finger EB, Matas AJ, Snyder JJ. Transportability of causal inference under random dynamic treatment regimes for kidney-pancreas transplantation. Biometrics 2023; 79:3165-3178. [PMID: 37431172 DOI: 10.1111/biom.13899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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A difficult decision for patients in need of kidney-pancreas transplant is whether to seek a living kidney donor or wait to receive both organs from one deceased donor. The framework of dynamic treatment regimes (DTRs) can inform this choice, but a patient-relevant strategy such as "wait for deceased-donor transplant" is ill-defined because there are multiple versions of treatment (i.e., wait times, organ qualities). Existing DTR methods average over the distribution of treatment versions in the data, estimating survival under a "representative intervention." This is undesirable if transporting inferences to a target population such as patients today, who experience shorter wait times thanks to evolutions in allocation policy. We, therefore, propose the concept of a generalized representative intervention (GRI): a random DTR that assigns treatment version by drawing from the distribution among strategy compliers in the target population (e.g., patients today). We describe an inverse-probability-weighted product-limit estimator of survival under a GRI that performs well in simulations and can be implemented in standard statistical software. For continuous treatments (e.g., organ quality), weights are reformulated to depend on probabilities only, not densities. We apply our method to a national database of kidney-pancreas transplant candidates from 2001-2020 to illustrate that variability in transplant rate across years and centers results in qualitative differences in the optimal strategy for patient survival.
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- Grace R Lyden
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Han Z, Rao JS, Ramesh S, Hergesell J, Namsrai BE, Etheridge ML, Finger EB, Bischof JC. Model-Guided Design and Optimization of CPA Perfusion Protocols for Whole Organ Cryopreservation. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:2216-2228. [PMID: 37351756 PMCID: PMC10518287 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Vitrification could enable long-term organ preservation, but only after loading high-concentration, potentially toxic cryoprotective agents (CPAs) by perfusion. In this paper, we combine a two-compartment Krogh cylinder model with a toxicity cost function to theoretically optimize the loading of CPA (VMP) in rat kidneys as a model system. First, based on kidney perfusion experiments, we systematically derived the parameters for a CPA transport loading model, including the following: Vb = 86.0% (ra = 3.86 μm), Lp = 1.5 × 10-14 m3/(N·s), ω = 7.0 × 10-13 mol/(N·s), σ = 0.10. Next, we measured the toxicity cost function model parameters as α = 3.12 and β = 9.39 × 10-6. Combining these models, we developed an improved kidney-loading protocol predicted to achieve vitrification while minimizing toxicity. The optimized protocol resulted in shorter exposure (25 min or 18.5% less) than the gold standard kidney-loading protocol for VMP, which had been developed based on decades of empirical practice. After testing both protocols on rat kidneys, we found comparable physical and biological outcomes. While we did not dramatically reduce toxicity, we did reduce the time. As our approach is now validated, it can be used on other organs lacking defined toxicity data to reduce CPA exposure time and provide a rapid path toward developing CPA perfusion protocols for other organs and CPAs.
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- Zonghu Han
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Institute for Multiphase Processes (IMP), Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Han Z, Rao JS, Gangwar L, Namsrai BE, Pasek-Allen JL, Etheridge ML, Wolf SM, Pruett TL, Bischof JC, Finger EB. Vitrification and nanowarming enable long-term organ cryopreservation and life-sustaining kidney transplantation in a rat model. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3407. [PMID: 37296144 PMCID: PMC10256770 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38824-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Banking cryopreserved organs could transform transplantation into a planned procedure that more equitably reaches patients regardless of geographical and time constraints. Previous organ cryopreservation attempts have failed primarily due to ice formation, but a promising alternative is vitrification, or the rapid cooling of organs to a stable, ice-free, glass-like state. However, rewarming of vitrified organs can similarly fail due to ice crystallization if rewarming is too slow or cracking from thermal stress if rewarming is not uniform. Here we use "nanowarming," which employs alternating magnetic fields to heat nanoparticles within the organ vasculature, to achieve both rapid and uniform warming, after which the nanoparticles are removed by perfusion. We show that vitrified kidneys can be cryogenically stored (up to 100 days) and successfully recovered by nanowarming to allow transplantation and restore life-sustaining full renal function in nephrectomized recipients in a male rat model. Scaling this technology may one day enable organ banking for improved transplantation.
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- Zonghu Han
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Sharma A, Lee CY, Namsrai BE, Han Z, Tobolt D, Rao JS, Gao Z, Etheridge ML, Garwood M, Clemens MG, Bischof JC, Finger EB. Cryopreservation of Whole Rat Livers by Vitrification and Nanowarming. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:566-577. [PMID: 36183025 PMCID: PMC10315167 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03064-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
Abstract
Liver cryopreservation has the potential to enable indefinite organ banking. This study investigated vitrification-the ice-free cryopreservation of livers in a glass-like state-as a promising alternative to conventional cryopreservation, which uniformly fails due to damage from ice formation or cracking. Our unique "nanowarming" technology, which involves perfusing biospecimens with cryoprotective agents (CPAs) and silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles (sIONPs) and then, after vitrification, exciting the nanoparticles via radiofrequency waves, enables rewarming of vitrified specimens fast enough to avoid ice formation and uniformly enough to prevent cracking from thermal stresses, thereby addressing the two main failures of conventional cryopreservation. This study demonstrates the ability to load rat livers with both CPA and sIONPs by vascular perfusion, cool them rapidly to an ice-free vitrified state, and rapidly and homogenously rewarm them. While there was some elevation of liver enzymes (Alanine Aminotransferase) and impaired indocyanine green (ICG) excretion, the nanowarmed livers were viable, maintained normal tissue architecture, had preserved vascular endothelium, and demonstrated hepatocyte and organ-level function, including production of bile and hepatocyte uptake of ICG during normothermic reperfusion. These findings suggest that cryopreservation of whole livers via vitrification and nanowarming has the potential to achieve organ banking for transplant and other biomedical applications.
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- Anirudh Sharma
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Division of Solid Organ Transplantation, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. S.E., MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Sharma A, Lee CY, Namsrai BE, Han Z, Tobolt D, Rao JS, Gao Z, Etheridge ML, Garwood M, Clemens MG, Bischof JC, Finger EB. Correction: Cryopreservation of Whole Rat Livers by Vitrification and Nanowarming. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:578. [PMID: 36445557 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03113-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Anirudh Sharma
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Division of Solid Organ Transplantation, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. S.E., MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Rao JS, Zhan L, Sethia N, Slama MQ, Han Z, Tobolt D, Ethridge M, Peterson QP, Dutcher CS, Bischof JC, Finger EB. Biological characterization of vitrified pancreatic islets and transplantation. Cryobiology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.11.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Namsrai BE, Gao Z, Han Z, Joshi P, Rao JS, Ravikumar V, Sharma A, Ring HL, Idiyatullin D, Magnuson EC, Iaizzo PA, Tolkacheva EG, Garwood M, Rabin Y, Etheridge M, Finger EB, Bischof JC. Vitrification and rewarming of magnetic nanoparticle-loaded rat hearts. Cryobiology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.11.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Gao Z, Namsrai B, Han Z, Joshi P, Rao JS, Ravikumar V, Sharma A, Ring HL, Idiyatullin D, Magnuson EC, Iaizzo PA, Tolkacheva EG, Garwood M, Rabin Y, Etheridge M, Finger EB, Bischof JC. Vitrification and Rewarming of Magnetic Nanoparticle-Loaded Rat Hearts. Adv Mater Technol 2022; 7:2100873. [PMID: 35668819 PMCID: PMC9164386 DOI: 10.1002/admt.202100873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
To extend the preservation of donor hearts beyond the current 4-6 h, this paper explores heart cryopreservation by vitrification-cryogenic storage in a glass-like state. While organ vitrification is made possible by using cryoprotective agents (CPA) that inhibit ice during cooling, failure occurs during convective rewarming due to slow and non-uniform rewarming which causes ice crystallization and/or cracking. Here an alternative, "nanowarming", which uses silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles (sIONPs) perfusion loaded through the vasculature is explored, that allows a radiofrequency coil to rewarm the organ quickly and uniformly to avoid convective failures. Nanowarming has been applied to cells and tissues, and a proof of principle study suggests it is possible in the heart, but proper physical and biological characterization especially in organs is still lacking. Here, using a rat heart model, controlled machine perfusion loading and unloading of CPA and sIONPs, cooling to a vitrified state, and fast and uniform nanowarming without crystallization or cracking is demonstrated. Further, nanowarmed hearts maintain histologic appearance and endothelial integrity superior to convective rewarming and indistinguishable from CPA load/unload control hearts while showing some promising organ-level (electrical) functional activity. This work demonstrates physically successful heart vitrification and nanowarming and that biological outcomes can be expected to improve by reducing or eliminating CPA toxicity during loading and unloading.
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- Zhe Gao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 312 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, 2021 6th Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, 2021 6th Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 312 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, 2021 6th Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Parsons RF, Baquerizo A, Kirchner VA, Malek S, Desai CS, Schenk A, Finger EB, Brennan TV, Parekh KR, MacConmara M, Brayman K, Fair J, Wertheim JA. Challenges, highlights, and opportunities in cellular transplantation: A white paper of the current landscape. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:3225-3238. [PMID: 34212485 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Although cellular transplantation remains a relatively small field compared to solid organ transplantation, the prospects for advancement in basic science and clinical care remain bountiful. In this review, notable historical events and the current landscape of the field of cellular transplantation are reviewed with an emphasis on islets (allo- and xeno-), hepatocytes (including bioartificial liver), adoptive regulatory immunotherapy, and stem cells (SCs, specifically endogenous organ-specific and mesenchymal). Also, the nascent but rapidly evolving field of three-dimensional bioprinting is highlighted, including its major processing steps and latest achievements. To reach its full potential where cellular transplants are a more viable alternative than solid organ transplants, fundamental change in how the field is regulated and advanced is needed. Greater public and private investment in the development of cellular transplantation is required. Furthermore, consistent with the call of multiple national transplant societies for allo-islet transplants, the oversight of cellular transplants should mirror that of solid organ transplants and not be classified under the unsustainable, outdated model that requires licensing as a drug with the Food and Drug Administration. Cellular transplantation has the potential to bring profound benefit through progress in bioengineering and regenerative medicine, limiting immunosuppression-related toxicity, and providing markedly reduced surgical morbidity.
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- Ronald F Parsons
- Department of Surgery, Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Scripps Center for Cell and Organ Transplantation, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Division of Surgical Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, Arizona
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Sharma A, Rao JS, Han Z, Gangwar L, Namsrai B, Gao Z, Ring HL, Magnuson E, Etheridge M, Wowk B, Fahy GM, Garwood M, Finger EB, Bischof JC. Vitrification and Nanowarming of Kidneys. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021; 8:e2101691. [PMID: 34382371 PMCID: PMC8498880 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Vitrification can dramatically increase the storage of viable biomaterials in the cryogenic state for years. Unfortunately, vitrified systems ≥3 mL like large tissues and organs, cannot currently be rewarmed sufficiently rapidly or uniformly by convective approaches to avoid ice crystallization or cracking failures. A new volumetric rewarming technology entitled "nanowarming" addresses this problem by using radiofrequency excited iron oxide nanoparticles to rewarm vitrified systems rapidly and uniformly. Here, for the first time, successful recovery of a rat kidney from the vitrified state using nanowarming, is shown. First, kidneys are perfused via the renal artery with a cryoprotective cocktail (CPA) and silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles (sIONPs). After cooling at -40 °C min-1 in a controlled rate freezer, microcomputed tomography (µCT) imaging is used to verify the distribution of the sIONPs and the vitrified state of the kidneys. By applying a radiofrequency field to excite the distributed sIONPs, the vitrified kidneys are nanowarmed at a mean rate of 63.7 °C min-1 . Experiments and modeling show the avoidance of both ice crystallization and cracking during these processes. Histology and confocal imaging show that nanowarmed kidneys are dramatically better than convective rewarming controls. This work suggests that kidney nanowarming holds tremendous promise for transplantation.
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- Anirudh Sharma
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- 21st Century Medicine IncFontanaCA92336USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN55455USA
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Serrano OK, Kandaswamy R, Finger EB. Survival benefit of the homologous kidney allograft in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants and its potential protective role. Clin Transplant 2021; 35:e14462. [PMID: 34403158 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The superior death-censored graft survival of the pancreas allograft in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplants (SPK) over pancreas alone transplants (PTA) has long been recognized. Using data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and a high-volume pancreas transplant program, we investigated the possible protective role of the kidney allograft in SPK transplants. We analyzed 19,043 primary pancreas transplants between 2000 and 2020, including 735 transplants performed at the University of Minnesota. SPK transplants demonstrated a superior death-censored graft survival over pancreas after kidney (PAK) and simultaneous pancreas and living donor kidney (SPLK) transplants, which both demonstrated better survival than PTA transplants. This effect was not affected by mode or duration of renal replacement therapy prior to transplant. Furthermore, we found that HLA match at the B-locus between the prior kidney and current pancreas allografts demonstrated a protective effect (HR 0.54; 95% confidence interval 0.29-1.00), with a 2-antigen match demonstrating superior death-censored graft survival to a 1- or 0-antigen match. We propose that a homologous kidney allograft in SPK transplants affords protection to the pancreas allograft - likely through a combination of better surveillance for rejection and direct immunoprotection offered by the same-donor kidney. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Oscar K Serrano
- Hartford Hospital Transplant Program, Hartford, CT, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Han Z, Sharma A, Gao Z, Carlson TW, O’Sullivan MG, Finger EB, Bischof JC. Diffusion Limited Cryopreservation of Tissue with Radiofrequency Heated Metal Forms. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e2000796. [PMID: 32875732 PMCID: PMC7879698 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202000796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cryopreserved tissues are increasingly needed in biomedical applications. However, successful cryopreservation is generally only reported for thin tissues (≤1 mm). This work presents several innovations to reduce cryoprotectant (CPA) toxicity and improve tissue cryopreservation, including 1) improved tissue warming rates through radiofrequency metal form and field optimization and 2) an experimentally verified predictive model to optimize CPA loading and rewarming to reduce toxicity. CPA loading is studied by microcomputed tomography (µCT) imaging, rewarming by thermal measurements, and modeling, and viability is measured after loading and/or cryopreservation by alamarBlue and histology. Loading conditions for three common CPA cocktails (6, 8.4, and 9.3 m) are designed, and then fast cooling and metal forms rewarming (up to 2000 °C min-1 ) achieve ≥90% viability in cryopreserved 1-2 mm arteries with various CPAs. Despite high viability by alamarBlue, histology shows subtle changes after cryopreservation suggesting some degree of cell damage especially in the central portions of thicker arteries up to 2 mm. While further studies are needed, these results show careful CPA loading and higher metal forms warming rates can help reduce CPA loading toxicity and improve outcomes from cryopreservation in tissues while also offering new protocols to preserve larger tissues ≥1 mm in thickness.
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- Zonghu Han
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, Comparative Pathology Shared Resource, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, Comparative Pathology Shared Resource, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St. Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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Gao Z, Ring HL, Sharma A, Namsrai B, Tran N, Finger EB, Garwood M, Haynes CL, Bischof JC. Preparation of Scalable Silica-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Nanowarming. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2020; 7:1901624. [PMID: 32099753 PMCID: PMC7029634 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cryopreservation technology allows long-term banking of biological systems. However, a major challenge to cryopreserving organs remains in the rewarming of large volumes (>3 mL), where mechanical stress and ice formation during convective warming cause severe damage. Nanowarming technology presents a promising solution to rewarm organs rapidly and uniformly via inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles (IONPs) preloaded by perfusion into the organ vasculature. This use requires the IONPs to be produced at scale, heat quickly, be nontoxic, remain stable in cryoprotective agents (CPAs), and be washed out easily after nanowarming. Nanowarming of cells and blood vessels using a mesoporous silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticle (msIONP) in VS55, a common CPA, has been previously demonstrated. However, production of msIONPs is a lengthy, multistep process and provides only mg Fe per batch. Here, a new microporous silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticle (sIONP) that can be produced in as little as 1 d while scaling up to 1.4 g Fe per batch is presented. sIONP high heating, biocompatibility, and stability in VS55 is also verified, and the ability to perfusion load and washout sIONPs from a rat kidney as evidenced by advanced imaging and ICP-OES is demonstrated.
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- Zhe Gao
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of Minnesota2021 6th Street S.E.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Minnesota420 Delaware Street SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Minnesota207 Pleasant St SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Minnesota420 Delaware Street SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of Minnesota2021 6th Street S.E.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Minnesota207 Pleasant St SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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Serrano OK, Vock DM, Snyder JJ, Chinnakotla S, Kandaswamy R, Pruett TL, Matas AJ, Finger EB. Influence of the procurement surgeon on transplanted abdominal organ outcomes: An SRTR analysis to evaluate regional organ procurement collaboration. Am J Transplant 2019; 19:2219-2231. [PMID: 30748093 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Single-center studies have demonstrated regional organ procurement collaboration to reduce travel redundancy and improve procurement efficiency. We studied deceased donor kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants performed in the United States between 2002 and 2014 using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). We compared graft failure (GF), death-censored graft failure (DCGF), and patient death (PD) between organs procured by surgeons from the recipient's center (transplant procurement team [TPT]) versus surgeons from a different center (NTPT). Primary nonfunction (PNF) was assessed for liver and kidney and delayed graft function (DGF) for kidney using mixed-effects logistic modeling. There were 64 906 liver (61.6% TPT), 118 152 kidney (26.1% TPT), 10 832 simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK; 56.6% TPT), and 4378 solitary pancreas (SP; 34.0% TPT) transplants. When compared to NTPT, DCGF for organs procured by TPT was significantly less for liver (adjusted HR: 0.93; 95% CI: 0.88-0.98) and marginally significant for kidney (0.97; 0.93-1.00) and SPK (0.90; 0.82-1.00), and not significant for SP (0.98; 0.86 -1.11). DGF for TPT kidney was significantly lower (adjusted OR 0.91; 0.87-0.95). Albeit modest, our findings demonstrate a difference between locally procured organs and those procured by the implanting team. Elucidating the etiology of these differences will enhance regional organ procurement collaboration.
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- Oscar K Serrano
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Odegard M, Serrano OK, Peterson K, Mongin SJ, Berglund D, Vock DM, Chinnakotla S, Dunn TB, Finger EB, Kandaswamy R, Pruett TL, Matas AJ. Delivery of transplant care among Hmong kidney transplant recipients: Outcomes from a single institution. Clin Transplant 2019; 33:e13539. [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Marjorie Odegard
- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center Clinical and Translational Science Institute Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Informatics Services for Research and Reporting, Fairview Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery Minneapolis Minnesota
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Serrano OK, Bangdiwala AS, Vock DM, Chinnakotla S, Dunn TB, Finger EB, Kandaswamy R, Pruett TL, Najarian JS, Matas AJ, Chavers B. Incidence and magnitude of post-transplant cardiovascular disease after pediatric kidney transplantation: Risk factor analysis of 1058 pediatric kidney transplants at the university of Minnesota. Pediatr Transplant 2018; 22:e13283. [PMID: 30151948 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND KT recipients have increased the risk of CVD. The incidence of post-transplant CVEs among pediatric recipients has not been well-characterized. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1963 and 2015, 884 pediatric (age: 0-17 years old) recipients received 1058 KTs at our institution. The cumulative incidence of CVEs was analyzed. Statistical models were used to estimate risk factors for developing post-transplant CVEs. RESULTS Overall median patient survival was 33 years (IQR: 18.7-47). A total of 362 CVEs occurred in 161 (18.3%) patients at a median age of 20.5 years. Arrhythmias (18%) were most common. Cumulative risk of post-transplant CVEs was 9% at 10 years, 17% at 20 years, 25% at 30 years, and 36% at 40 years. Development of post-transplant CVEs was associated with increased mortality (HR 2.25 [95% CI 1.61-3.14]); of those who developed a CVE and died, 22/51 (43.1%) died of CVD. Multivariable risk factors for post-transplant CVEs included a history of pretransplant CVD (aHR 1.92 [1.18-3.13] and graft failure (4.57 [3.13-6.67]). DISCUSSION A pretransplant history of CVD and a failed graft are significant risk factors for the development of post-transplant CVE. CVD increases the risk of post-transplant death or graft loss.
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- Oscar K Serrano
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Serrano OK, Sengupta B, Bangdiwala A, Vock DM, Dunn TB, Finger EB, Pruett TL, Matas AJ, Kandaswamy R. Implications of excess weight on kidney donation: Long-term consequences of donor nephrectomy in obese donors. Surgery 2018; 164:1071-1076. [PMID: 30149934 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND An elevated body mass index (>30 kg/m2) has been a relative contraindication for living kidney donation; however, such donors have become more common. Given the association between obesity and development of diabetes, hypertension, and end-stage renal disease, there is concern about the long-term health of obese donors. METHODS Donor and recipient demographics, intraoperative parameters, complications, and short- and long-term outcomes were compared between contemporaneous donors-obese donors (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) versus nonobese donors (body mass index <30 kg/m2). RESULTS Between the years 1975 and 2014, we performed 3,752 donor nephrectomies; 656 (17.5%) were obese donors. On univariate analysis, obese donors were more likely to be older (P < .01) and African American (P < .01) and were less likely to be a smoker at the time of donation (P = .01). Estimated glomerular filtration rate at donation was higher in obese donors (115 ± 36 mL/min/1.73m2) versus nonobese donors (97 ± 22 mL/min/1.73m2; P < .001). There was no difference between groups in intraoperative and postoperative complications; but intraoperative time was longer for obese donors (adjusted P < .001). Adjusted postoperative length of stay (LOS) was longer (adjusted P = .01), but after adjustment for donation year, incision type, age, sex, and race, there were no differences in short-term (<30 days) and long-term (>30 days) readmissions. Estimated glomerular filtration rate and rates of end-stage renal disease were not significantly different between donor groups >20 years after donation (P = .71). However, long-term development of diabetes mellitus (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 3.14; P < .001) and hypertension (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.75; P < .001) was greater among obese donors and both occurred earlier (diabetes mellitus: 12 vs 18 years postnephrectomy; hypertension: 11 vs 15 years). CONCLUSION Obese donors develop diabetes mellitus and hypertension more frequently and earlier than nonobese donors after donation, raising concerns about increased rates of end-stage renal disease.
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- Oscar K Serrano
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Serrano OK, Yadav K, Bangdiwala A, Vock DM, Dunn TB, Finger EB, Pruett TL, Matas AJ, Kandaswamy R. Age alone is not a contraindication to kidney donation: Outcomes of donor nephrectomy in the elderly. Clin Transplant 2018; 32:e13287. [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Oscar K. Serrano
- Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Hume-Lee Transplant Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core; Masonic Cancer Center; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Division of Biostatistics; School of Public Health; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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- Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis MN USA
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Spanier JA, Sahli NL, Wilson JC, Martinov T, Dileepan T, Burrack AL, Finger EB, Blazar BR, Michels AW, Moran A, Jenkins MK, Fife BT. Increased Effector Memory Insulin-Specific CD4 + T Cells Correlate With Insulin Autoantibodies in Patients With Recent-Onset Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes 2017; 66:3051-3060. [PMID: 28842400 PMCID: PMC5697953 DOI: 10.2337/db17-0666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing β-cells. Insulin represents a key self-antigen in disease pathogenesis, as recent studies identified proinsulin-responding T cells from inflamed pancreatic islets of organ donors with recent-onset T1D. These cells respond to an insulin B-chain (InsB) epitope presented by the HLA-DQ8 molecule associated with high T1D risk. Understanding insulin-specific T-cell frequency and phenotype in peripheral blood is now critical. We constructed fluorescent InsB10-23:DQ8 tetramers, stained peripheral blood lymphocytes directly ex vivo, and show DQ8+ patients with T1D have increased tetramer+ CD4+ T cells compared with HLA-matched control subjects without diabetes. Patients with a shorter disease duration had higher frequencies of insulin-reactive CD4+ T cells, with most of these cells being antigen experienced. We also demonstrate that the number of insulin tetramer+ effector memory cells is directly correlated with insulin antibody titers, suggesting insulin-specific T- and B-cell interactions. Notably, one of four control subjects with tetramer+ cells was a first-degree relative who had insulin-specific cells with an effector memory phenotype, potentially representing an early marker of T-cell autoimmunity. Our results suggest that studying InsB10-23:DQ8 reactive T-cell frequency and phenotype may provide a biomarker of disease activity in patients with T1D and those at risk.
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- Justin A Spanier
- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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Yadav K, Young S, Finger EB, Kandaswamy R, Sutherland DER, Golzarian J, Dunn TB. Significant arterial complications after pancreas transplantation-A single-center experience and review of literature. Clin Transplant 2017; 31. [PMID: 28787529 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Arterial fistulas and pseudoaneurysms are rarely described significant arterial complications associated with pancreas transplantation that sometimes present with herald or catastrophic bleeding. We herein describe our institutional case series with a focus on management and outcomes. Of 2256 pancreas transplants, 24 arterial complications were identified in 23 recipients. Chart review was performed to describe the clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of the complications (pseudoaneurysm, arterial enteric/cystic/ureteric fistula, or arteriovenous fistula). Of these 23 patients, 57% had a failed allograft at the time of the complication. Nine patients underwent primary surgical repair of 10 complications, 13 were treated by endovascular methods, and one patient by medical management. In total, 3 embolized patients rebled, 2 of which had failed allografts prior to treatment. Of those with graft function that were treated by embolization alone, all retained graft function. Diagnosis of arterial complications requires a high degree of suspicion and should involve early systemic angiography to evaluate the pancreatic vasculature. Management can be endovascular or surgical and should be individualized. We report our center's evolution from a predominantly surgical to endovascular approach as a definitive vs stabilizing therapy, with selective coiling mostly reserved for well-defined peripheral lesions in patients with a functioning allograft.
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- Kunal Yadav
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Rudolph EN, Dunn TB, Sutherland DER, Kandaswamy R, Finger EB. Optimizing outcomes in pancreas transplantation: Impact of organ preservation time. Clin Transplant 2017. [PMID: 28636074 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Recent changes to pancreas graft allocation policy have increased the number of organs available for regional and distant sharing, which results in a corresponding increase in preservation time. We sought to systematically assess the impact of cold ischemia time (CIT) on outcomes post-transplant. A retrospective review of 1253 pancreas transplants performed at a single transplant center was performed to correlate CIT to transplant outcomes. The rate of technical failure (TF) increased with 20+ hours of CIT, with a 2.7-fold to 6.2-fold increased rate of TF for pancreas after kidney (PAK), simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK), and pancreas transplants overall. Long-term graft survival was best with <12 hours of CIT; graft failure increased 1.2-fold to 1.4-fold with 12-24 hours of CIT and 2.2-fold with 24+ hours. CIT had less influence on the pancreas transplant alone category than either SPK or PAK and had markedly more influence on grafts from older (age >25 years) and overweight (body mass index >25) donors. In the final analysis, grafts with <12 hours of CIT performed the best overall, and strategies that reduce CIT (such as early allocation, pre-recovery cross-matching, and chartered flights for organs) should be considered whenever possible.
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- Ehren N Rudolph
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Serrano OK, Bangdiwala AS, Vock DM, Berglund D, Dunn TB, Finger EB, Pruett TL, Matas AJ, Kandaswamy R. Defining the Tipping Point in Surgical Performance for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Among Transplant Surgery Fellows: A Risk-Adjusted Cumulative Summation Learning Curve Analysis. Am J Transplant 2017; 17:1868-1878. [PMID: 28029219 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The United Network for Organ Sharing recommends that fellowship-trained surgeons participate in 15 laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) procedures to be considered proficient. The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) mandates 12 LDNs during an abdominal transplant surgery fellowship. We performed a retrospective intraoperative case analysis to create a risk-adjusted cumulative summation (RACUSUM) model to assess the learning curve of novice transplant surgery fellows (TSFs). Between January 2000 and December 2014, 30 novice TSFs participated in the organ procurement rotation of our ASTS-approved abdominal transplant surgery fellowship. Measures of surgical performance included intraoperative time, estimated blood loss, and incidence of intraoperative complications. The performance of senior TSFs was used to benchmark novice TSF performance. Scores were tabulated in a learning curve model, adjusting for case complexity and prior TSF case volume. Rates of adverse surgical events were significantly higher for novice TSFs than for senior TSFs. In univariable analysis, multiple renal arteries, high BMI, prior abdominal surgery, male donor, and nephrolithiasis were correlated with higher incidence of adverse surgical events. Based on the RACUSUM model, high intraoperative time is mitigated after 28 procedures, incidence of intraoperative complications tends to diminish after 24 procedures, and improvement in estimated blood loss did not remain consistent. TSFs exhibit a tipping point in LDN performance by 24-28 cases and proficiency by 35-38 cases.
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- O K Serrano
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Rudolph EN, Dunn TB, Mauer D, Noreen H, Sutherland DER, Kandaswamy R, Finger EB. HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR, and -DQ Matching in Pancreas Transplantation: Effect on Graft Rejection and Survival. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:2401-12. [PMID: 26814363 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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To enhance selection of appropriate deceased donors for pancreas transplants, we sought to determine whether HLA matching improved posttransplantation outcomes. In this single-center study of 1219 pancreas transplants, we correlated posttransplantation outcomes with HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR, and -DQ matches and mismatches. Rejection was linearly correlated with the number of mismatches. The individual number of HLA mismatches reached significance at four or more with a 2.3- to 2.9-fold increase in rejection. The effect was most predominant with HLA-B (1.8-fold with one mismatch and 2.0-fold with two mismatches) and -DR (1.9-fold with two mismatches) loci, whereas HLA-A, -C, and -DQ matches or mismatches did not independently predict acute rejection. The affect was strongest in solitary pancreas transplants, with little impact for simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK). In contrast, HLA matching did not affect graft or patient survival rates but was associated with a reduced risk of opportunistic infection. Avoidance of acute rejection saved an estimated $32 000 for solitary pancreas recipients and $52 000 for SPK recipients in hospital costs. Our data do not support the use of HLA matching for predicting pancreas graft survival but do support its significance for the reduction of acute rejection, particularly for solitary pancreas recipients.
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- E N Rudolph
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Immunology/Histocompatibility Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Immunology/Histocompatibility Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Kukla A, Radosevich DM, Finger EB, Kandaswamy R. High urine amylase level and the risk of enteric conversion in solitary pancreas transplant recipients. Transplant Proc 2015; 46:1938-41. [PMID: 25131076 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.05.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Compared with enteric drainage, bladder-drained solitary pancreas transplants can be monitored for rejection by measuring urine amylase levels. However, bladder drainage is associated with a higher risk of infection and metabolic complications, necessitating enteric conversion in about one third of patients. We hypothesized that hypersecreting pancreata with high urine amylase levels have a higher propensity for enteric conversion from an antecedent elevated enzymatic effect on the urinary tract and increased fluid losses. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed the risk for enteric conversion in 312 bladder-drained solitary pancreas transplant recipients. Urine amylase levels at 30 days were used to identify those at risk for enteric conversion. Time-to-event analysis was used to evaluate the risk of enteric conversion at 10 years, adjusting for urine amylase level and other confounding factors. Confounding risk factors statistically related to enteric conversion were incorporated into the multivariable analysis by using Cox proportional hazards regression at 3 years' posttransplant. RESULTS During the median follow-up of 184.6 months, 31% of recipients underwent duct conversion. A majority of recipients (84.5%) who required duct conversion were primary transplants. The 30-day median urine amylase level was 1749 IU/h (quartile 1, <777 IU/h; quartile 3, ≥3272 IU/h). Using receiver operating characteristic analysis, it was determined that urine amylase levels >3272 IU/h had the greatest specificity for predicting risk of enteric conversion. In the multivariate analysis, high urine amylase levels increased the risk of enteric conversion only in repeated pancreas transplants. CONCLUSIONS Primary transplants are more likely to undergo enteric conversion than retransplants. High urine amylase levels increase the risk of enteric conversion in retransplants only, and therefore this enzyme alone cannot serve as the sole predictor for conversion in primary transplants. Other factors, such as fluid and bicarbonate losses, increased bladder pressure, and a pre-existing lower urinary tract pathologic condition may be also responsible for the development of complications; these factors warrant additional study.
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- A Kukla
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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We are entering an exciting time in the study of immunologic tolerance. Several cellular and molecular strategies have been developed that show promise in nonhuman transplant models and these approaches are just now appearing in clinical trials. Tolerance strategies that prevent immune rejection and obviate the need for immunosuppressive medications (with inherent risk of cancer, infection, and organ toxicity) would improve both graft and patient survival. Each tolerance protocol brings its own set of associated risks. As the results of these trials become available, we must continue to evaluate their successes and failures. The balance of these outcomes will help us answer the question: "Tolerance-Is it worth it?"
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- Erik B Finger
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Finger EB, Radosevich DM, Dunn TB, Chinnakotla S, Sutherland DER, Matas AJ, Pruett TL, Kandaswamy R. A composite risk model for predicting technical failure in pancreas transplantation. Am J Transplant 2013; 13:1840-9. [PMID: 23711225 PMCID: PMC3696030 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Technical failure (TF) continues to have a significant impact on the success of pancreas transplantation. We assessed risk factors for TF in 1115 pancreas transplants performed at a single center between 1998 and 2011. The overall TF rate was 10.2%. In a multivariable model, donor BMI ≥ 30 (HR 1.87, p = 0.005), donor Cr ≥ 2.5 (HR 3.16, p = 0.007), donor age >50 (HR 1.73, p = 0.082) and preservation time >20 h (HR 2.17, p < 0.001) were associated with TF. Bladder drainage of exocrine secretions was protective (HR 0.54, p = 0.002). We incorporated these factors in a Composite Risk Model. In this model the presence of one risk factor did not significantly increase risk of TF (HR 1.35, p = 0.346). Two risk factors in combination increased risk greater than threefold (HR 3.65, p < 0.001) and three risk factors increased risk greater than sevenfold (HR 7.66, p = <0.001). The analysis also identified many factors that were not predictive of TF, including previous transplants, immunosuppressive agent selection, and almost all recipient demographic parameters. While the model suggests that two or more risk factors predict TF, strategies to reduce preservation time may mitigate some of this risk.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Suszynski TM, Gillingham KJ, Rizzari MD, Dunn TB, Payne WD, Chinnakotla S, Finger EB, Sutherland DER, Najarian JS, Pruett TL, Matas AJ, Kandaswamy R. Prospective randomized trial of maintenance immunosuppression with rapid discontinuation of prednisone in adult kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant 2013; 13:961-970. [PMID: 23432755 PMCID: PMC3621067 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Rapid discontinuation of prednisone (RDP) has minimized steroid-related complications following kidney transplant (KT). This trial compares long-term (10-year) outcomes with three different maintenance immunosuppressive protocols following RDP in adult KT. Recipients (n=440; 73% living donor) from March 2001 to April 2006 were randomized into one of three arms: cyclosporine (CSA) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) (CSA/MMF, n=151); high-level tacrolimus (TAC, 8-12 μg/L) and low-level sirolimus (SIR, 3-7 μg/L) (TACH/SIRL, n=149) or low-level TAC (3-7 μg/L) and high-level SIR (8-12 μg/L) (TACL/SIR(H) , n=140). Median follow-up was ∼7 years. There were no differences between arms in 10-year actuarial patient, graft and death-censored graft survival or in allograft function. There were no differences in the 10-year actuarial rates of biopsy-proven acute rejection (30%, 26% and 20% in CSA/MMF, TACH/SIRL and TACL/SIRH) and chronic rejection (38%, 35% and 31% in CSA/MMF, TACH/SIRL and TACL/SIRH). Rates of new-onset diabetes mellitus were higher with TACH/SIRL (p=0.04), and rates of anemia were higher with TACH/SIRL and TACL/SIRH (p=0.04). No differences were found in the overall rates of 16 other post-KT complications. These data indicate that RDP-based protocol yield acceptable 10-year outcomes, but side effects differ based on the maintenance regimen used and should be considered when optimizing immunosuppression following RDP.
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- T M Suszynski
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Finger EB, Radosevich DM, Bland BJ, Dunn TB, Chinnakotla S, Sutherland DER, Pruett TL, Kandaswamy R. Comparison of recipient outcomes following transplant from local versus imported pancreas donors. Am J Transplant 2012; 12:447-57. [PMID: 22070451 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03828.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The shortage of deceased donor organs for solid organ transplantation continues to be an ongoing dilemma. One approach to increase the number of pancreas transplants is to share organs between procurement regions. To assess for the effects of organ importation, we reviewed the outcomes of 1014 patients undergoing deceased donor pancreas transplant at a single center. We performed univariate and multivariate analyses of the association of donor, recipient and surgical characteristics with patient outcomes. Organ importation had no effect on graft or recipient survival for recipients of solitary pancreas transplants. Similarly, there was no effect on technical failure rate, graft survival or long-term patient survival for simultaneous kidney-pancreas (SPK) recipients. In contrast, there was a significant and independent increased risk of death in the first year in SPK recipients of imported organs. SPK recipients had longer hospitalizations and increased hospital costs. This increased medical complexity may make these patients more susceptible to short-term complications resulting from the longer preservation times of import transplants. These findings support the continued use of organ sharing to reduce transplant wait times but highlight the importance of strategies to reduce organ preservation times.
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- E B Finger
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Rizzari MD, Suszynski TM, Gillingham KJ, Dunn TB, Ibrahim HN, Payne WD, Chinnakotla S, Finger EB, Sutherland DER, Kandaswamy R, Najarian JS, Pruett TL, Kukla A, Spong R, Matas AJ. Ten-year outcome after rapid discontinuation of prednisone in adult primary kidney transplantation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2012; 7:494-503. [PMID: 22282482 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.08630811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Rapid discontinuation of prednisone after kidney transplantation potentially allows for minimization of steroid-related side effects. Although intermediate-term data with rapid discontinuation of prednisone have been promising, concern still exists regarding long-term outcomes. The 10-year experience is reported herein. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Between October 1, 1999 and December 31, 2010, 1241 adult primary kidney transplants (791 living donor and 450 deceased donor) were performed using a protocol in which prednisone is discontinued after postoperative day 5. The 10-year actuarial recipient and graft survival rates and prednisone-related side effects were studied. RESULTS Ten-year actuarial patient survival was 71% for living donor transplants and 62% for deceased donor transplants; 10-year graft survival was 61% for living donor transplants and 51% for deceased donor transplants, and was comparable to 10-year Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients national data. Ten-year death-censored graft survival was 79% for living donor transplants and 80% for deceased donor transplants. Ten-year acute rejection rates were 25% for deceased donor transplants and 31% for living donor transplants; 10-year chronic rejection (interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy) rates were 39% for deceased donor transplants and 47% for living donor transplants. For nondiabetic recipients of living donor or deceased donor allografts, the incidence of new-onset diabetes was significantly lower than in historical controls on prednisone (P<0.001). We also found significantly reduced rates of cataracts, avascular necrosis, and cytomegalovirus infection in some subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Prednisone-related side effects can be minimized in a protocol incorporating rapid discontinuation of prednisone for maintenance immunosuppression. Ten-year patient and graft outcomes remain acceptable.
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- Michael D Rizzari
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
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Rainbow DB, Moule C, Fraser HI, Clark J, Howlett SK, Burren O, Christensen M, Moody V, Steward CA, Mohammed JP, Fusakio ME, Masteller EL, Finger EB, Houchins JP, Naf D, Koentgen F, Ridgway WM, Todd JA, Bluestone JA, Peterson LB, Mattner J, Wicker LS. Evidence that Cd101 is an autoimmune diabetes gene in nonobese diabetic mice. J Immunol 2011; 187:325-36. [PMID: 21613616 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We have previously proposed that sequence variation of the CD101 gene between NOD and C57BL/6 mice accounts for the protection from type 1 diabetes (T1D) provided by the insulin-dependent diabetes susceptibility region 10 (Idd10), a <1 Mb region on mouse chromosome 3. In this study, we provide further support for the hypothesis that Cd101 is Idd10 using haplotype and expression analyses of novel Idd10 congenic strains coupled to the development of a CD101 knockout mouse. Susceptibility to T1D was correlated with genotype-dependent CD101 expression on multiple cell subsets, including Foxp3(+) regulatory CD4(+) T cells, CD11c(+) dendritic cells, and Gr1(+) myeloid cells. The correlation of CD101 expression on immune cells from four independent Idd10 haplotypes with the development of T1D supports the identity of Cd101 as Idd10. Because CD101 has been associated with regulatory T and Ag presentation cell functions, our results provide a further link between immune regulation and susceptibility to T1D.
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- Daniel B Rainbow
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom
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Melli K, Friedman RS, Martin AE, Finger EB, Miao G, Szot GL, Krummel MF, Tang Q. Amplification of autoimmune response through induction of dendritic cell maturation in inflamed tissues. J Immunol 2009; 182:2590-600. [PMID: 19234153 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential in T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the islets of Langerhans in type 1 diabetes. In this study, we investigated T cell induction of intra-islet DC maturation during the progression of the disease in both autoimmune-prone NOD and resistant C57BL/6 mice. We demonstrated steady-state capture and retention of unprocessed beta cell-derived proteins by semimature intra-islet DCs in both mouse strains. T cell-mediated intra-islet inflammation induced an increase in CD40 and CD80 expression and processing of captured Ag by resident DCs without inducing the expression of the p40 subunit of IL-12/23. Some of the CD40(high) intra-islet DCs up-regulated CCR7, and a small number of CD40(high) DCs bearing unprocessed islet Ags were detected in the pancreatic lymph nodes in mice with acute intra-islet inflammation, demonstrating that T cell-mediated tissue inflammation augments migration of mature resident DCs to draining lymph nodes. Our results identify an amplification loop during the progression of autoimmune diabetes, in which initial T cell infiltration leads to rapid maturation of intra-islet DCs, their migration to lymph nodes, and expanded priming of more autoreactive T cells. Therapeutic interventions that intercept this process may be effective at halting the progression of type 1 diabetes.
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- Kristin Melli
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Tang Q, Henriksen KJ, Bi M, Finger EB, Szot G, Ye J, Masteller EL, McDevitt H, Bonyhadi M, Bluestone JA. In vitro-expanded antigen-specific regulatory T cells suppress autoimmune diabetes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 199:1455-65. [PMID: 15184499 PMCID: PMC2211775 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 936] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The low number of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs), their anergic phenotype, and diverse antigen specificity present major challenges to harnessing this potent tolerogenic population to treat autoimmunity and transplant rejection. In this study, we describe a robust method to expand antigen-specific Tregs from autoimmune-prone nonobese diabetic mice. Purified CD4+ CD25+ Tregs were expanded up to 200-fold in less than 2 wk in vitro using a combination of anti-CD3, anti-CD28, and interleukin 2. The expanded Tregs express a classical cell surface phenotype and function both in vitro and in vivo to suppress effector T cell functions. Most significantly, small numbers of antigen-specific Tregs can reverse diabetes after disease onset, suggesting a novel approach to cellular immunotherapy for autoimmunity.
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- Qizhi Tang
- UCSF Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, 94143, USA
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Alon R, Chen S, Puri KD, Finger EB, Springer TA. The kinetics of L-selectin tethers and the mechanics of selectin-mediated rolling. J Cell Biol 1997; 138:1169-80. [PMID: 9281593 PMCID: PMC2136756 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.5.1169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/1996] [Revised: 06/30/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Two mechanisms have been proposed for regulating rolling velocities on selectins. These are (a) the intrinsic kinetics of bond dissociation, and (b) the reactive compliance, i.e., the susceptibility of the bond dissociation reaction to applied force. To determine which of these mechanisms explains the 7.5-11.5-fold faster rolling of leukocytes on L-selectin than on E- and P-selectins, we have compared the three selectins by examining the dissociation of transient tethers. We find that the intrinsic kinetics for tether bond dissociation are 7-10-fold more rapid for L-selectin than for E- and P-selectins, and are proportional to the rolling velocities through these selectins. The durations of pauses during rolling correspond to the duration of transient tethers on low density substrates. Moreover, applied force increases dissociation kinetics less for L-selectin than for E- and P-selectins, demonstrating that reactive compliance is not responsible for the faster rolling through L-selectin. Further measurements provide a biochemical and biophysical framework for understanding the molecular basis of rolling. Displacements of tethered cells during flow reversal, and measurements of the distance between successive pauses during rolling provide estimates of the length of a tether and the length of the adhesive contact zone, and suggest that rolling occurs with as few as two tethers per contact zone. Tether bond lifetime is an exponential function of the force on the bond, and the upper limit for the tether bond spring constant is of the same order of magnitude as the estimated elastic spring constant of the lectin-EGF unit. Shear uniquely enhances the rate of L-selectin transient tether formation, and conversion of tethers to rolling adhesions, providing further understanding of the shear threshold requirement for rolling through L-selectin.
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- R Alon
- The Center for Blood Research, and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Puri KD, Finger EB, Springer TA. The faster kinetics of L-selectin than of E-selectin and P-selectin rolling at comparable binding strength. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.158.1.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Selectins are a family of lectins that mediate tethering and rolling of leukocytes on endothelium in vascular shear flow. To test the hypothesis that the kinetics and the strength of rolling interactions can be independently varied for different selectin:ligand pairs, we have directly compared all three selectins with regard to distinct measures of selectin-mediated interactions in shear flow: tethering, rolling velocity, and strength of rolling adhesions. At comparable site densities of E-selectin, P-selectin, and the L-selectin counter-receptor CD34, neutrophils tethered with similar efficiency and developed rolling adhesions of similar strength as measured by resistance to detachment. Under the same conditions, neutrophils rolled 7.5- to 10.5-fold faster on CD34 than on E-selectin and P-selectin. These findings suggest that the kinetics of bond dissociation and bond formation are faster for L-selectin than for E- and P-selectin. We also compared the behavior of neutrophils and lymphocytes on the same selectin. Both cell types showed comparable strength of binding to CD34; however, neutrophils rolled with faster velocities than lymphocytes.
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- K D Puri
- Department of Pathology, Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Puri KD, Finger EB, Springer TA. The faster kinetics of L-selectin than of E-selectin and P-selectin rolling at comparable binding strength. J Immunol 1997; 158:405-13. [PMID: 8977216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Selectins are a family of lectins that mediate tethering and rolling of leukocytes on endothelium in vascular shear flow. To test the hypothesis that the kinetics and the strength of rolling interactions can be independently varied for different selectin:ligand pairs, we have directly compared all three selectins with regard to distinct measures of selectin-mediated interactions in shear flow: tethering, rolling velocity, and strength of rolling adhesions. At comparable site densities of E-selectin, P-selectin, and the L-selectin counter-receptor CD34, neutrophils tethered with similar efficiency and developed rolling adhesions of similar strength as measured by resistance to detachment. Under the same conditions, neutrophils rolled 7.5- to 10.5-fold faster on CD34 than on E-selectin and P-selectin. These findings suggest that the kinetics of bond dissociation and bond formation are faster for L-selectin than for E- and P-selectin. We also compared the behavior of neutrophils and lymphocytes on the same selectin. Both cell types showed comparable strength of binding to CD34; however, neutrophils rolled with faster velocities than lymphocytes.
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- K D Puri
- Department of Pathology, Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Finger EB, Bruehl RE, Bainton DF, Springer TA. A differential role for cell shape in neutrophil tethering and rolling on endothelial selectins under flow. The Journal of Immunology 1996. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.157.11.5085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We investigated the role of neutrophil microvilli in interactions with E-selectin and P-selectin in hydrodynamic shear flow by disruption with cytochalasin B, hypotonic swelling, and chilling. Cytochalasin B only marginally reduced microvilli numbers (from 30 +/- 6 to 16 +/- 6 per cell perimeter, p < 0.005) as shown by electron microscopy, completely disrupted tethering in shear flow to E-selectin and P-selectin, increased the strength of rolling adhesions on E-selectin and P-selectin, and increased cell deformability in shear flow with a likely increase in the area of cell:substrate contact. Hypoosmotic swelling markedly reduced microvilli number (to 6 +/- 5 per perimeter, p < 0.005), almost completely inhibited tethering on E- and P-selectin, and increased the strength of rolling adhesions on P-selectin but not on E-selectin. Chilling almost completely abolished microvilli (to 3 +/- 3 per perimeter, p < 0.005), but pseudopod-like structures were present, and had little effect on tethering in flow. Immunogold labeling of L-selectin, which is normally clustered on tips of microvilli, showed that in the absence of microvilli it remained in small clusters. Our studies show that alterations in cell morphology and viscoelasticity can have opposing effects on tethering and rolling, showing that they are independently regulatable. Furthermore, our results suggest that the association of molecules that mediate rolling with microvilli tips may be important not just to enhance presentation, but for other functions such as to promote resistance to extraction from the membrane or cooperative interactions among clustered receptors.
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- E B Finger
- The Center For Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Center For Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Center For Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Center For Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Finger EB, Bruehl RE, Bainton DF, Springer TA. A differential role for cell shape in neutrophil tethering and rolling on endothelial selectins under flow. J Immunol 1996; 157:5085-96. [PMID: 8943418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We investigated the role of neutrophil microvilli in interactions with E-selectin and P-selectin in hydrodynamic shear flow by disruption with cytochalasin B, hypotonic swelling, and chilling. Cytochalasin B only marginally reduced microvilli numbers (from 30 +/- 6 to 16 +/- 6 per cell perimeter, p < 0.005) as shown by electron microscopy, completely disrupted tethering in shear flow to E-selectin and P-selectin, increased the strength of rolling adhesions on E-selectin and P-selectin, and increased cell deformability in shear flow with a likely increase in the area of cell:substrate contact. Hypoosmotic swelling markedly reduced microvilli number (to 6 +/- 5 per perimeter, p < 0.005), almost completely inhibited tethering on E- and P-selectin, and increased the strength of rolling adhesions on P-selectin but not on E-selectin. Chilling almost completely abolished microvilli (to 3 +/- 3 per perimeter, p < 0.005), but pseudopod-like structures were present, and had little effect on tethering in flow. Immunogold labeling of L-selectin, which is normally clustered on tips of microvilli, showed that in the absence of microvilli it remained in small clusters. Our studies show that alterations in cell morphology and viscoelasticity can have opposing effects on tethering and rolling, showing that they are independently regulatable. Furthermore, our results suggest that the association of molecules that mediate rolling with microvilli tips may be important not just to enhance presentation, but for other functions such as to promote resistance to extraction from the membrane or cooperative interactions among clustered receptors.
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- E B Finger
- The Center For Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Alon R, Fuhlbrigge RC, Finger EB, Springer TA. Interactions through L-selectin between leukocytes and adherent leukocytes nucleate rolling adhesions on selectins and VCAM-1 in shear flow. J Cell Biol 1996; 135:849-65. [PMID: 8909556 PMCID: PMC2121073 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.3.849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We demonstrate an additional step and a positive feedback loop in leukocyte accumulation on inflamed endothelium. Leukocytes in shear flow bind to adherent leukocytes through L-selectin/ligand interactions and subsequently bind downstream and roll on inflamed endothelium, purified E-selectin, P-selectin, L-selectin, VCAM-1, or peripheral node addressin. Thus adherent leukocytes nucleate formation of strings of rolling cells and synergistically enhance leukocyte accumulation. Neutrophils, monocytes, and activated T cell lines, but not peripheral blood T lymphocytes, tether to each other through L-selectin. L-selectin is not involved in direct binding to either E- or P-selectin and is not a major counterreceptor of endothelial selectins. Leukocyte-leukocyte tethers are more tolerant to high shear than direct tethers to endothelial selectins and, like other L-selectin-mediated interactions, require a shear threshold. Synergism between leukocyte-leukocyte and leukocyte-endothelial interactions introduces novel regulatory mechanisms in recruitment of leukocytes in inflammation.
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- R Alon
- Center for Blood Research, Department of Pathology, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Selectins are cell adhesion molecules that bind carbohydrate ligands and promote interaction between leukocytes and the vessel wall in vascular shear flow. Selectin-ligand bonds have high mechanical strength, allowing initial tethering to the vessel wall through one or few bonds, and have fast on and off rates, permitting rolling in response to hydrodynamic drag. The L-selectin molecule on leukocytes binds to peripheral node addressin on high endothelial venules of lymph nodes to mediate leukocyte rolling and binds to a ligand on neutrophils to mediate rolling of leukocytes over one another. Here we describe a surprising mechanism for regulation of these interactions, both in vitro and in vivo. Shear above a critical threshold is required to promote and maintain rolling interactions through L-selectin, but not through E-selectin, P-selectin or VCAM-1. The shear threshold requirement for L-selectin may be physiologically important in low shear to prevent inappropriate aggregation of leukocytes and interaction with the vessel wall.
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- E B Finger
- Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Peripheral node addressin (PNAd) is a complex mixture of glycoproteins with L-selectin ligand activity that functions in lymphocyte homing. We have investigated the contribution of the sialomucin CD34 relative to other components of PNAd in lymphocyte tethering and rolling in in vitro laminar flow assays. PNAd was isolated with MECA-79 mAb-Sepharose from tonsillar stroma, and the CD34 component (PNAd,CD34+) and CD34-negative component (PNAd,CD34-) separated on CD34 mAb-Sepharose. Lymphocytes on the PNAd,CD34- fraction tether less efficiently, roll faster and are less resistant to shear detachment than on PNAd. The PNAd,CD34+ fraction constitutes about half the total functional activity. These studies show that CD34 is a major functional component of PNAd. Ligand activity in both the PNAd,CD34+ and PNAd,CD34- fractions is expressed on mucin-like domains, as shown with O-sialoglycoprotease. The CD34 component of PNAd has about four times higher tethering efficiency than total tonsillar CD34. CD34 from spleen shows no lymphocyte tethering. Although less efficient than the PNAd,CD34+ fraction from tonsil, CD34 from the KG1a hematopoietic cell line is functionally active as an L-selectin ligand despite lack of reactivity with MECA-79 mAb, which binds to a sulfation-dependent epitope. All four forms of CD34 are active in binding to E-selectin. KG1a CD34 but not spleen CD34 are active as L-selectin ligands, yet both lack MECA-79 reactivity and possess E-selectin ligand activity. This suggests that L-selectin ligands and E-selectin ligands differ in more respects than presence of the MECA-79 epitope.
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- K D Puri
- Center For Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Selectins have previously been shown to tether a flowing leukocyte to a vessel wall and mediate rolling. Here, we report that an intergrin, VLA-4, can also support tethering and rolling. Blood T lymphocytes and alpha 4 integrin-transfected cells can tether in shear flow, and then roll, through binding of the intergrin VLA-4 to purified VCAM-1 on the wall of a flow chamber. VLA-4 transfectants showed similar tethering and rolling on TNF-stimulated endothelium. Tethering efficiency, rolling velocity, and resistance to detachment are related to VCAM-1 density. Tethering and rolling did not occur on ICAM-1, fibronectin, or fibronectin fragments, and tethering did not require integrin activation or the presence of an alpha 4 cytoplasmic domain. Arrest of rolling cells on VCAM-1 occurred spontaneously, and/or was triggered by integrin activating agents Mn2+, phorbol ester, and mAb TS2/16. These agents, and the alpha 4 cytoplasmic domain, promoted increased resistance to detachment. Together the results show that VLA-4 is a versatile integrin that can mediate tethering, rolling, and firm arrest on VCAM-1.
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- R Alon
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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