Matyas Hamar1,2,3, Peter Urbanellis1, Moritz Johann Kaths1, Dagmar Kollmann1, Ivan Linares1, Sujani Ganesh1, Aryn Wiebe1, Jun Yu Cen1, Paul Yip4, Rohan John4, Ana Konvalinka5, Istvan Mucsi6, Anand Ghanekar1, Darius Bagli7, David Grant1, Lisa A Robinson2,8, Markus Selzner1. 1. Multi Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2. Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3. Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. 4. Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 5. Department of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 6. Multi Organ Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 7. Departments of Surgery (Urology) & Physiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 8. Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cold storage is poorly tolerated by kidney grafts retrieved after donation after circulatory death. It has been determined that normothermic ex vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) preservation decreases injury by minimizing cold ischemic storage. The impact of NEVKP on warm ischemic injury is unknown. METHODS: We compared pig kidneys retrieved after 30 minutes warm ischemia and immediate transplantation (no-preservation) with grafts that were exposed to 30 minutes of warm ischemia plus 8-hour NEVKP or plus 8-hour static cold storage (SCS). RESULTS: After transplantation, the NEVKP group demonstrated lower daily serum creatinine levels indicating better early graft function compared with no-preservation (P = 0.02) or SCS group (P < 0.001). In addition, NEVKP preserved grafts had a significantly lower grade of tubular injury and interstitial inflammation 30 minutes after reperfusion compared to grafts without any storage (injury score, NEVKP 1-2 vs no-preservation, 2-2, P = 0.029; inflammation score, NEVKP, 0-0.5 vs no-preservation, 1-2; P = 0.002), although it did not reach significance level when compared to the SCS group (injury score, 1-2, P = 0.071; inflammation score, 1-1; P = 0.071). Regeneration was assessed 30 minutes after reperfusion by Ki-67 staining. The NEVKP group demonstrated significantly higher number of Ki-67-positive cells: 9.2 ± 3.7 when compared with SCS group (3.9 ± 1.0, P = 0.015) and no-preservation group (4.2 ± 0.7, P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: In this porcine model of donation after circulatory death kidney transplantation NEVKP reduced kidney injury and improved graft function when compared with no-preservation. The results suggest that NEVKP does not cause additional damage to grafts during the preservation period, but may reverse the negative effects of warm ischemic insult itself and promotes regeneration.
BACKGROUND: Cold storage is poorly tolerated by kidney grafts retrieved after donation after circulatory death. It has been determined that normothermic ex vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) preservation decreases injury by minimizing cold ischemic storage. The impact of NEVKP on warm ischemic injury is unknown. METHODS: We compared pig kidneys retrieved after 30 minutes warm ischemia and immediate transplantation (no-preservation) with grafts that were exposed to 30 minutes of warm ischemia plus 8-hour NEVKP or plus 8-hour static cold storage (SCS). RESULTS: After transplantation, the NEVKP group demonstrated lower daily serum creatinine levels indicating better early graft function compared with no-preservation (P = 0.02) or SCS group (P < 0.001). In addition, NEVKP preserved grafts had a significantly lower grade of tubular injury and interstitial inflammation 30 minutes after reperfusion compared to grafts without any storage (injury score, NEVKP 1-2 vs no-preservation, 2-2, P = 0.029; inflammation score, NEVKP, 0-0.5 vs no-preservation, 1-2; P = 0.002), although it did not reach significance level when compared to the SCS group (injury score, 1-2, P = 0.071; inflammation score, 1-1; P = 0.071). Regeneration was assessed 30 minutes after reperfusion by Ki-67 staining. The NEVKP group demonstrated significantly higher number of Ki-67-positive cells: 9.2 ± 3.7 when compared with SCS group (3.9 ± 1.0, P = 0.015) and no-preservation group (4.2 ± 0.7, P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: In this porcine model of donation after circulatory death kidney transplantation NEVKP reduced kidney injury and improved graft function when compared with no-preservation. The results suggest that NEVKP does not cause additional damage to grafts during the preservation period, but may reverse the negative effects of warm ischemic insult itself and promotes regeneration.
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