Bioenergetic and Cytokine Profiling May Help to Rescue More DCD Livers for Transplantation

Autor: Julia Hofmann, Andras T. Meszaros, Madita L. Buch, Florian Nardin, Verena Hackl, Carola J. Strolz, Bettina Zelger, Margot Fodor, Benno Cardini, Rupert Oberhuber, Thomas Resch, Annemarie Weissenbacher, Jakob Troppmair, Stefan Schneeberger, Theresa Hautz
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 24; Issue 11; Pages: 9536
ISSN: 1422-0067
Popis: The majority of organs used for liver transplantation come from brain-dead donors (DBD). In order to overcome the organ shortage, increasingly donation after circulatory death (DCD) organs are also considered. Since normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) restores metabolic activity and allows for in-depth assessment of organ quality and function prior to transplantation, such organs may benefit from NMP. We herein compare the bioenergetic performance through a comprehensive evaluation of mitochondria by high-resolution respirometry in tissue biopsies and the inflammatory response in DBD and DCD livers during NMP. While livers were indistinguishable by perfusate biomarker assessment and histology, our findings revealed a greater impairment of mitochondrial function in DCD livers after static cold storage compared to DBD livers. During subsequent NMPs, DCD organs recovered and eventually showed a similar performance as DBD livers. Cytokine expression analysis showed no differences in the early phase of NMP, while towards the end of NMP, significantly elevated levels of IL-1β, IL-5 and IL-6 were found in the perfusate of DCD livers. Based on our results, we find it worthwhile to reconsider more DCD organs for transplantation to further extend the donor pool. Therefore, donor organ quality criteria must be developed, which may include an assessment of bioenergetic function and cytokine quantification.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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