Lung retrieval from non-heart beating cadavers with the use of a rat lung transplant model

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Background: Lungs retrieved from cadavers after death and circulatory arrest may alleviate the critical shortage of lungs for transplant. We report a rat lung transplantation model that allows serial measurement of arterial blood gases after left single lung transplantation from non-heart beating donors. Methods: Twelve Sprague-Dawley rats underwent left lung transplantation with a vascular cuff technique. Donor rats were anesthetized with intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital, heparinized, intubated via tracheotomy, and then killed with pentobarbital. Lungs were retrieved immediately or after 2 hours of oxygen ventilation after death (tidal volume 1 mL/100 g, rate 40/min FIO2 = 1.0, positive end-expiratory pressure 5 cm H2O). Recipient rats were anesthetized, intubated, and ventilated. The carotid artery and jugular vein were cannulated for arterial blood gases and infusion of Ringer's lactate (4 mL/h). Anesthesia was maintained with halothane 0.2%, and recipient arterial blood gases were measured at 4 and 6 hours after lung transplantation after snaring the right pulmonary artery for 5 minutes. Animals were put to death 6 hours after lung transplantation, and portions of transplanted lungs were frozen in liquid nitrogen and assayed for wet/dry ratio, myeloperoxidase as a measure of neutrophil infiltration, and conjugated dienes as a measure of free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation. Results: Arterial PO2 and wet/dry ratio were not significantly different in recipients of non-heart beating donor lungs retrieved immediately after death or after 2 hours of oxygen ventilation. Significant neutrophil infiltration was observed in recipients of non-heart beating donor lungs retrieved 2 hours after death from oxygen-ventilated donors. Conclusions: Strategies to ameliorate reperfusion injury may allow for successful lung transplantation from non-heart beating donors.

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Kiser, A. C., Ciriaco, P., Hoffmann, S. C., & Egan, T. M. (2001). Lung retrieval from non-heart beating cadavers with the use of a rat lung transplant model. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 122(1), 18–23. https://doi.org/10.1067/mtc.2001.114634

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