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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
Pulmonary vascular resistance is significantly increased in the transplanted lung. We hypothesized that the ischemic or reperfusion injuries incurred by the transplanted lung may produce pulmonary vasomotor dysfunction, which in turn may produce increased pulmonary vascular resistance. In a dog model of autologous lung transplantation, the purpose of this study was to examine the following mechanisms of pulmonary vasomotor control and to relate each of them to cold ischemia and to reperfusion: (1) endothelium-dependent cyclic guanosine monophosphate-mediated vasorelaxation (response to acetylcholine 10(-6) mol/L), (2) endothelium-independent cyclic guanosine monophosphate-mediated vasorelaxation (response to sodium nitroprusside 10(-6) mol/L), and beta-adrenergic cyclic adenosine monophosphate-mediated vasorelaxation (response to isoproterenol 10(-6) mol/L). Autologous right lung transplantation was performed in five dogs. At each of three times, two third-order pulmonary arteries were dissected from each transplanted lung and studied: control (immediately after harvest), cold ischemia (3 hours in 4 degrees C saline solution), and cold ischemia plus reperfusion (1 hour after lung reimplantation). The vasorelaxing effects of acetylcholine, sodium nitroprusside, and isoproterenol were studied in isolated pulmonary arterial rings, suspended on fine wire tensiometers in individual organ chambers. Statistical analysis was by analysis of variance. Results demonstrated significant dysfunction of beta-adrenergic cyclic adenosine monophosphate-mediated relaxation after cold ischemia alone, and this dysfunction was exacerbated by reperfusion. Endothelium-dependent cyclic guanosine monophosphate-mediated relaxation was not impaired by cold ischemia alone but was significantly impaired by reperfusion. Endothelium-independent cyclic guanosine monophosphate-mediated relaxation was not impaired by cold ischemia or reperfusion. We conclude that cold ischemia and reperfusion each produce different patterns of pulmonary vasomotor dysfunction. Cumulatively, such dysfunction may contribute to increased pulmonary vascular resistance in the transplanted lung.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-5223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1213-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Cold ischemia and reperfusion each produce pulmonary vasomotor dysfunction in the transplanted lung.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article