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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Controversy exists over whether the predominant cell death of hepatocytes is due to apoptosis or necrosis after ischemia/reperfusion injury. In this study we investigated the predominant cell death of hepatocytes after cold ischemia/reperfusion injury using the Annexin V-based assay, and evaluated the anti-apoptotic effect of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside (AA-2G) added to the University of Wisconsin solution (UW solution) in rat liver transplantation. The retrieved liver was preserved in 4 UW solution for 24 h, and then transplanted orthotopically to the syngeneic Wistar recipient. The animals were divided into 2 groups, a control group (n=10), in which liver grafts were preserved in UW solution (4), and an AA-2G group (n=10), in which liver grafts were preserved in UW solution (4) with AA-2G (100 ug/ml). The serum AST level 4 h after reperfusion in the control group was significantly suppressed in the AA-2G group, and the bile production of the liver graft in the AA-2G group was well recovered. The mean survival time in the AA-2G group was significantly improved compared with that in the control group. Annexin-V and Propidium iodide staining 4 h after reperfusion showed a significantly higher percentage of viable hepatocytes in the AA-2G group compared with the control group (93.4 +/- 2.0 vs. 80.3 +- 2.1%, P<0.05). In the control group, the main cell death of hepatocytes was apoptosis (early apoptosis: 10.0 +- 4.7%, late apoptosis: 6.4 +/- 1.7%). The addition of AA-2G to the UW solution significantly inhibited both early and late apoptotic cell death 4 h after reperfusion (early apoptosis: 0.98 +/- 0.88%, late apoptosis: 2.2 +/- 1.1%). The expression of caspase 9 in the immunostaining of the liver graft was suppressed in the AA-2G group compared with in the control group. Our study using the Annexin V-based assay provided evidence that the predominant cell death of hepatocytes was apoptosis after 24 h cold ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat liver transplantation. The addition of AA-2G to the UW solution attenuated 24 h cold ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting the apoptosis of hepatocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0386-300X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Annexin A5, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Ascorbic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Aspartate Aminotransferases, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Bile, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Caspase 9, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Cryopreservation, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Liver Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Reperfusion Injury, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Staining and Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:14679398-Survival Analysis
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Annexin V assay-proven anti-apoptotic effect of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside after cold ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat liver transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Transplant, and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article