Kidney transplantation in mice with intraureteral cannula technique for urinary reconstruction.
Kidney transplantation in mice with intraureteral cannula technique for urinary reconstruction.
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10.1097/tp.0000000000000420
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2014-11
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6.2
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Ying Zhang;Donghang Zheng;R. Praseedom;H. Zhou;Dong-sheng Huang;Hao Chen
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作者:
Ying Zhang;Donghang Zheng;R. Praseedom;H. Zhou;Dong-sheng Huang;Hao Chen
Cannula Technique for Urinary Reconstruction M urine kidney transplantation as genetically modified strains can be used to study the molecular mechanisms of renal allograft injury (1, 2). However, because of the technical complexity and high mortality rates, few laboratories in the world have mastered this procedure. Skoskiewicz et al. (3) reported the first mouse kidney transplantation in 1973, which was later improved by Zhang and Wang (4, 5), and recently modified by Song Rong (6). As described by Mannon and Coffman (7, 8), the success rates of kidney transplantation even for experienced surgeons varied between 40% and 70%. Technical failure during surgery, one of importantly presenting as bladder necrosis and urine leakage at the sites of urinary anastomosis or calculi formation(9) are still major obstacles to the long-term success after mouse kidney transplantation. In the rat model, ureterocutaneous drainage has been described, although this carries inherent risk of infection (10). On the other hand, in kidney transplantation in mice, because of the tiny diameter of the ureter, ureterto-ureter anastomosis has not been described. In the literature, urinary reconstruction in mouse kidney transplantation has been performed by direct implantation of the ureter into the bladder without anastomosis or most commonly by bladder-to-bladder anastomosis using a large bladder patch (6, 11). The blood supply of the terminal ureter and bladder patch is exclusive from the graft vasculature and prone to ischemia. To avoid the complications from the urinary reconstruction, in the present study, we describe a new method of urinary reconstruction in mouse kidney transplantation where the tiny plastic tube was inserted into donor and recipient renal pelvis sequentially as a bridge to reconstruct the ureter, called as intraureteral cannula technique. Thirty isogenic kidney transplantations with the new intraureteral cannula technique and 25 mice treated by conventional bladder-to-bladder anastomosis using a large bladder patch in male C57Bl/6 mice from 10 to 12 weeks were performed to compare the cold ischemia time and urinary reconstruction time, the incidence of bladder necrosis, urine leakage, hydronephrosis, calculi formation, kidney pathologic change, and the long-term survival. With the new intraureteral cannula technique, the donor mouse was anesthetized with an intramuscular injection of mixture of ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (5 mg/kg). After that, the right kidney artery and vein of the donor mouse were ligated, followed by infusion of a 500-KL saline into abdominal cavity. The left ureter is dissected from abounding tissue and ligated at the middle of ureter with a 9-0 silk suture (Fig. 1A, A’). The left kidney was isolated by ligating and dividing the adrenal and testicular vessels. The aorta and inferior vena cava (IVC) were dissected at their junction. The infrarenal aorta, IVC below the renal artery and the suprarenal aorta were ligated with a 9-0 silk suture in turn, then introduced a 28.5-gauge needle into the infrarenal aorta for perfusion in situ with 0.5 mL of cold, heparinized (100 unit/mL), lactated Ringer solution for 45 sec. The renal vein at its junction with the IVC was divided and cut. The aorta was divided obliquely, approximately 2 mm below the renal artery. The kidney and associated vessels were then completely freed by cauterizing the tissue surrounding the major vessels, then removed and stored in saline at 4-C for 15Y20 min until the time of transplantation (Fig. 1A, A’). In conventional kidney transplantation, the left ureter was dissected from the bladder to renal hilum without ligating the ureter, a small, elliptical patch of bladder containing the left ureterovesical junction was excised and used for urinary reconstruction in the recipient (12). In the recipient, the right renal hilumwas separated from the perinephric fat to expose the ureteropelvic junction which was incised on the anterior wall, and placed one leg tip of the 11-cm-long curve microforceps (Regine Tweezers, item no 504155; World Precision Instrument, Inc., Sarasota, FL) into the end of drainage catheter with an internal diameter of 0.28 mm, soaked into 75% ethanol for 1 hr before surgery (Polyethylene Tubing PE 10; Becton Dickinson and Company, Spark, MD) and inserted the drainage catheter (5 mm in length) into the ureter of the recipient, secured with a circumferential 5-0 silk ligature, and then removed the kidney (Fig. 1B, B’). Two microvascular clamps (Straight 0.75 4 mm jaw, item no 501779-G; World Precision Instruments, Inc.) were placed proximally and distally on infrarenal aorta and IVC to promote homeostasis. An 11-0 nylon suture was placed through the full thickness of aorta and retracted to make an elliptical arteriotomy by a single cut (about one fifth of the diameter of the vessel). The aorta was irrigated with heparinized saline. Two stay sutures were placed at the proximal and distal apices of the recipient’s arteriotomy. An end-to-side anastomosis was performed between the donor aorta and recipient aorta using continuous 11-0 nylon sutures (VT04A00N07-13; Arosurgical Instruments Corporation, Newport Beach, CA). The back wall was sewn first, through a transluminal approach, then the anterior wall. Only three or four sutures were required for each side. The vein was anastomosed in the same fashion as the artery. Five to seven times, the vein was stitched on each side, depending on the size of the cava patch. After anastomoses, the first distal clamp was loosened and then the proximal one. Blood flowed back into the kidney (Fig. 1C, C’). The recipient’s ureter with the inserted tube was dissected freely down to the bladder without stripping its fat to make the tubing easily. Gently exposed the donor’s ureteropelvic junction, 5 mm under which a small incision was made on the anterior wall, and using a LETTER TO THE EDITOR