Ioannis D Kostakis1,2, Nikolaos Sikalias3, Konstantinos Alexiou3, Lamprini Mountzalia3, Apostolos Papalois4, Theodore Karatzas5,2. 1. Second Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece i.d.kostakis@gmail.com. 2. N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece. 3. Department of Surgery, Sismanogleion General Hospital, Athens, Greece. 4. ELPEN Pharmaceuticals Research Center, Pikermi, Greece. 5. Second Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Abstract
AIM: Steatotic liver is more susceptible to ischemia-reperfusion injury than is lean liver. Our aim was to investigate the ability of the severely steatotic rat liver to sustain ischemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred male Wistar rats aged 12-14 weeks were included. Fifty rats were given regular diet, while the rest were given a choline-free diet for 12-14 weeks to develop severe liver steatosis. Each group was divided into the following five subgroups: Sham-operated, and 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes of continuous vascular inflow occlusion. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase and serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase levels were measured at 24 hours postoperatively and the animals were surveilled for 30 days. RESULTS: Serum transaminase levels increased as the duration of ischemia increased in lean livers (p<0.0001), without a significant impact on animal survival. Similarly, serum transaminase levels increased as the duration of ischemia increased in severely steatotic livers (p<0.0001), reaching a plateau after 15 minutes of liver ischemia. Survival was significantly affected after the same cut-off point in rats with steatotic liver (p<0.0001). Serum transaminase levels were greater in severely rats with steatotic liver than in rats with lean liver, when they were adjusted for the duration of liver ischemia. Moreover, survival was reduced when serum transaminase levels surpassed the threshold of 2,000 IU/l (p<0.0001). CONCLUSION: Severely steatotic rat liver can safely tolerate up to 10 minutes of continuous ischemia, with survival being affected after 15 minutes or more. On the other hand, lean rat liver can safely tolerate even 20 minutes of continuous ischemia. Copyright
AIM: Steatotic liver is more susceptible to ischemia-reperfusion injury than is lean liver. Our aim was to investigate the ability of the severely steatotic rat liver to sustain ischemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred male Wistar rats aged 12-14 weeks were included. Fifty rats were given regular diet, while the rest were given a choline-free diet for 12-14 weeks to develop severe liver steatosis. Each group was divided into the following five subgroups: Sham-operated, and 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes of continuous vascular inflow occlusion. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase and serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase levels were measured at 24 hours postoperatively and the animals were surveilled for 30 days. RESULTS: Serum transaminase levels increased as the duration of ischemia increased in lean livers (p<0.0001), without a significant impact on animal survival. Similarly, serum transaminase levels increased as the duration of ischemia increased in severely steatotic livers (p<0.0001), reaching a plateau after 15 minutes of liver ischemia. Survival was significantly affected after the same cut-off point in rats with steatotic liver (p<0.0001). Serum transaminase levels were greater in severely rats with steatotic liver than in rats with lean liver, when they were adjusted for the duration of liver ischemia. Moreover, survival was reduced when serum transaminase levels surpassed the threshold of 2,000 IU/l (p<0.0001). CONCLUSION: Severely steatotic rat liver can safely tolerate up to 10 minutes of continuous ischemia, with survival being affected after 15 minutes or more. On the other hand, lean rat liver can safely tolerate even 20 minutes of continuous ischemia. Copyright
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