Lauren Brasile1, Nicholas Henry1, Giuseppe Orlando2, Bart Stubenitsky3. 1. Department of Research, BREONICS Inc., Watervliet NY. 2. Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. 3. Department of Plastic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The potential of a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy to accelerate the repair of ischemically damaged human kidneys during 24 hours of warm perfusion was evaluated. The hypothesis was that by administering MSC directly to the renal tissue, there would be an improved opportunity for cellular repair mediated by intrarenal paracrine effects. METHODS: Studies were performed using the exsanguinous metabolic support (EMS) tissue-engineering platform. Five pairs of human kidney allografts from donation after circulatory death donors were studied. One human kidney was EMS perfused for 24 hours (control), whereas its paired kidney was EMS perfused with MSC (1 × 10). The kidneys were evaluated for DNA synthesis, cytokine/chemokine synthesis, cytoskeletal regeneration, and mitosis. RESULTS: Treatment with MSC resulted in reduced inflammatory cytokines synthesized by the kidneys. Mesenchymal stem cell treatment led to a significant increase in the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate and growth factors resulting in normalization of metabolism and the cytoskeleton. Toluidine Blue staining of MSC-treated kidneys demonstrated a significant increase in the number of renal cells undergoing mitosis (26%) compared with EMS perfusion alone. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, our work is the first to have demonstrated actual renal regeneration while ischemically damaged human kidneys are perfused ex vivo for 24 hours. The observed regeneration entails: increased synthesis of adenosine triphosphate, a reduced inflammatory response, increased synthesis of growth factors, normalization of the cytoskeleton and mitosis. The ability to regenerate renal tissue ex vivo sufficiently to result in immediate function could revolutionize transplantation by solving the chronic organ shortage.
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