Detailed Analysis of Mucosal Restoration of the Small Intestine After the Cavitary Two‐Layer Cold Storage Method

Autor: Keitaro Kakinoki, Yasuki Tanioka, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Yokozaki, Yasuhiro Fujino, Yoshikazu Kuroda, Shiri Li, Tomohiro Tanaka, Tetsuya Sakai, Takuro Yoshikawa, Tadahiro Goto, Ippei Matsumoto
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: American Journal of Transplantation. 5:2135-2142
ISSN: 1600-6135
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01001.x
Popis: Small bowel transplantation (SBT) is associated with a high incidence of infectious complications because of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) mucosal injury concomitant with potent immunosuppression. In this study, we evaluated whether the cavitary two-layer method (cTLM) could reduce I/R injury and allow early mucosal restoration, particularly after prolonged preservation and transplantation. Canine heterotopic segmental SBT was performed immediately without preservation (group 1), after 24-h preservation in UW solution (group 2) or by the cTLM (group 3). The graft samples were taken 1 h after reperfusion and on days 1, 4 and 7. We assessed graft mucosa with detailed microscopic and electromicroscopic analyses. In Group 3, histological injury and cell apoptosis after transplantation were significantly alleviated and rapidly recovered to a similar level of group 1. The mucosal restoration was morphologically completed within 4 days. In contrast, in group 2, more pronounced mucosal injury and delayed recovery were noted. Crypt cell proliferation activity was well maintained in groups 1 and 3 throughout the experimental period. Our ultrastructural analysis suggested that mitochondrial integrity achieved by the cTLM was a basal mechanism under the prompt mucosal restoration. The cTLM could reduce I/R injury, facilitate mucosal regeneration and restore the nearly normal structure early after SBT.
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