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Longchamp A, Fontan FM, Aburawi MM, Eymard C, Karimian N, Detelich D, Pendexter C, Cronin S, Agius T, Nagpal S, Banik PD, Tessier SN, Ozer S, Delmonico FL, Uygun K, Yeh H, Markmann JF. Acellular Perfusate is an Adequate Alternative to Packed Red Blood Cells During Normothermic Human Kidney Perfusion. Transplant Direct 2024; 10:e1609. [PMID: 38481967 PMCID: PMC10936975 DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Brief normothermic machine perfusion is increasingly used to assess and recondition grafts before transplant. During normothermic machine perfusion, metabolic activity is typically maintained using red blood cell (RBC)-based solutions. However, the utilization of RBCs creates important logistical constraints. This study explored the feasibility of human kidney normothermic perfusion using William's E-based perfusate with no additional oxygen carrier. Methods Sixteen human kidneys declined for transplant were perfused with a perfusion solution containing packed RBCs or William's E medium only for 6 h using a pressure-controlled system. The temperature was set at 37 °C. Renal artery resistance, oxygen extraction, metabolic activity, energy metabolism, and histological features were evaluated. Results Baseline donor demographics were similar in both groups. Throughout perfusion, kidneys perfused with William's E exhibited improved renal flow (P = 0.041) but similar arterial resistance. Lactic acid levels remained higher in kidneys perfused with RBCs during the first 3 h of perfusion but were similar thereafter (P = 0.95 at 6 h). Throughout perfusion, kidneys from both groups exhibited comparable behavior regarding oxygen consumption (P = 0.41) and reconstitution of ATP tissue concentration (P = 0.55). Similarly, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide levels were preserved during perfusion. There was no evidence of histological damage caused by either perfusate. Conclusions In human kidneys, William's E medium provides a logistically convenient, off-the-shelf alternative to packed RBCs for up to 6 h of normothermic machine perfusion.
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- Alban Longchamp
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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von Reiterdank IF, Tawa P, Berkane Y, de Clermont-Tonnerre E, Dinicu A, Pendexter C, Goutard M, Lellouch AG, van der Molen ABM, Coert JH, Cetrulo CL, Uygun K. Sub-Zero Non-Freezing of Vascularized Composite Allografts Preservation in Rodents. Res Sq 2023:rs.3.rs-3750450. [PMID: 38234765 PMCID: PMC10793490 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3750450/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Ischemia is a major limiting factor in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) as irreversible muscular injury can occur after as early as 4-6 hours of static cold storage (SCS). Organ preservation technologies have led to the development of storage protocols extending rat liver ex vivo preservation up to 4 days. Development of such a protocol for VCAs has the added challenge of inherent ice nucleating factors of the graft, therefore this study focused on developing a robust protocol for VCA supercooling. Rodent partial hindlimbs underwent subnormothermic machine perfusion (SNMP) with several loading solutions, followed by cryoprotective agent (CPA) cocktail developed for VCAs. Storage occurred in suspended animation for 24h and VCAs were recovered using SNMP with modified Steen. This study shows a robust VCA supercooling preservation protocol in a rodent model. Further optimization is expected to allow for its application in a transplantation model, which would be a breakthrough in the field of VCA preservation.
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- Irina Filz von Reiterdank
- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Derpartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hôpital Sud, CHU Rennes, University of Rennes
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Derpartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Derpartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph
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- Innovative Therapies in Haemostasis, INSERM UMR-S 1140, University of Paris, F-75006
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
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- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Derpartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Von Reiterdank IF, Tawa P, Goutard M, Pendexter C, Rosales I, Lellouch A, Cetrulo C, Uygun K. 24-hour supercooling preservation of vascularized composite allografts in rats: A proof-of-concept study. Cryobiology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.11.062] [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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Raigani S, Carroll C, Griffith S, Pendexter C, Rosales I, Deirawan H, Beydoun R, Yarmush M, Uygun K, Yeh H. Improvement of steatotic rat liver function with a defatting cocktail during ex situ normothermic machine perfusion is not directly related to liver fat content. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0232886. [PMID: 32396553 PMCID: PMC7217452 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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There is a significant organ shortage in the field of liver transplantation, partly due to a high discard rate of steatotic livers from donors. These organs are known to function poorly if transplanted but make up a significant portion of the available pool of donated livers. This study demonstrates the ability to improve the function of steatotic rat livers using a combination of ex situ machine perfusion and a "defatting" drug cocktail. After 6 hours of perfusion, defatted livers demonstrated lower perfusate lactate levels and improved bile quality as demonstrated by higher bile bicarbonate and lower bile lactate. Furthermore, defatting was associated with decreased gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and increased expression of enzymes involved in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Rehabilitation of marginal or discarded steatotic livers using machine perfusion and tailored drug therapy can significantly increase the supply of donor livers for transplantation.
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- Siavash Raigani
- Division of Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tessier S, Cronin S, Pendexter C, De Vries R, Kimura S, Ozer S, Yeh H, Uygun K, Toner M, Banik P, Nagpal S. Partial Freezing: A New Integrated Approach To Organ Banking. Cryobiology 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.10.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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De Vries R, Pendexter C, Cronin S, Morais B, Van Gulik T, Markmann J, Stott S, Toner M, Yeh H, Uygun K, Tessier S. Cell Release Is A Function Of Cold Ischemia And Machine Perfusion In Liver Grafts. Cryobiology 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.10.051] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Aburawi MM, Fontan FM, Karimian N, Eymard C, Cronin S, Pendexter C, Nagpal S, Banik P, Ozer S, Mahboub P, Delmonico FL, Yeh H, Uygun K, Markmann JF. Synthetic hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers are an acceptable alternative for packed red blood cells in normothermic kidney perfusion. Am J Transplant 2019; 19:2814-2824. [PMID: 30938927 PMCID: PMC6763345 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Normothermic machine perfusion presents a novel platform for pretransplant assessment and reconditioning of kidney grafts. Maintaining the metabolic activity of a preserved graft at physiologic levels requires an adequate oxygen supply, typically delivered by crystalloid solutions supplemented with red blood cells. In this study, we explored the feasibility of using a synthetic hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC) in human kidney normothermic perfusion. Fourteen discarded human kidneys were perfused for 6 hours at a mean temperature of 37°C using a pressure-controlled system. Kidneys were perfused with a perfusion solution supplemented with either HBOC (n = 7) or packed red blood cells (PRBC) (n = 7) to increase oxygen-carrying capacity. Renal artery resistance, oxygen extraction, metabolic activity, energy stores, and histological features were evaluated. Throughout perfusion, kidneys from both groups exhibited comparable behavior regarding vascular flow (P = .66), oxygen consumption (P = .88), and reconstitution of tissue adenosine triphosphate (P = .057). Lactic acid levels were significantly higher in kidneys perfused with PRBC (P = .007). Histological findings were comparable between groups, and there was no evidence of histological damage caused by the HBOC. This feasibility experiment demonstrates that a HBOC solution can offer a logistically more convenient off-the-shelf alternative to PRBC in normothermic machine perfusion of human kidneys.
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- Mohamed M Aburawi
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,New England Donor Services, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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