Protective role of tauroursodeoxycholate during harvesting and cold storage of human liver - A pilot study in transplant recipients
Protective role of tauroursodeoxycholate during harvesting and cold storage of human liver - A pilot study in transplant recipients
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DOI:
10.1097/00007890-200105150-00015
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发表时间:
2001-05-15
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6.2
通讯作者:
Angelico, M
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作者:
Falasca, L;Tisone, G;Angelico, M
Background Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a major cause of early graft dysfunction after liver transplantation. Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a natural amidated hydrophilic bile salt, protects from cholestasis and hepatocellular damage in a variety of experimental models, as well as from ischemia-reperfusion injury. We investigated in the human liver transplantation setting the effect of the addition of TUDCA at time of liver harvesting and cold storage on the intra and postoperative enzyme release and liver histopathology at the end of cold storage, at reperfusion, and 7 days after transplantation.Methods. Eighteen patients undergoing elective liver transplantation were studied, including 6 serving as controls. In six patients, TUDCA was added to the University of Wisconsin solution used during hap vesting and cold storage, to reach final concentrations of 2 mM In three of these patients, TUDGA (3 g) was infused in the portal vein of the donor before organ explantation; in the other three cases, TUDCA was given through both routes.Results. The use of TUDCA did not cause adverse events. The release of aspartate aminotransferase in the inferior vena cava blood during liver flushing was significantly lower (P=0.05) in TUDCA-treated than in control grafts, as were cytolytic enzyme levels in peripheral blood during the first postoperative week (P