Detection of bronchial function of NHBD lung following one-h warm ischemia by organ bath model / 华中科技大学学报（医学）（英德文版）

This study investigated the feasibility and effects of organ bath to be used for detection of bronchial function of non-heart-beating donor (NHBD) lung after 1-h warm ischemia. Sixteen Swedish pigs were divided into two groups randomly: heart-beating donor (HBD) group and NHBD with 1-h warm ischemia (NHBD-1 h) group. The bronchial rings whose lengths and inner diameters were both 1.5 mm were obtained from isolated left lungs of all the pigs. Acetylcholine, arachidonic acid natrium and papaverine were used to test and compare the contractile and relaxant function of bronchial smooth muscles and epithelium-dependent relaxation (EpiDR) response between HBD and NHBD-1 h groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the values of bronchial precontraction between HBD and NHBD-1 h groups (5.18+/-0.07 vs 5.10+/-0.11 mN, P>0.05). No significant difference in the values of EpiDR responses between HBD and NHBD-1 h groups (1.26+/-0.05 vs 1.23+/-0.07 mN, P>0.05) was observed either. During the process of EpiDR induction, the rings had no spontaneous relaxation in two groups. In addition, papaverine solution completely relaxed the bronchial smooth muscles of all bronchial rings. It was concluded that after warm ischemia for 1 h, the contractile and relaxant abilities of bronchial smooth muscles, and the epithelium-dependent adjustment both kept intact. Organ bath model could be a liable and scientific way to evaluate the bronchial function of NHBD lung.

Hypertonic-hyperosmotic solution modifies myoglobin levels in early reperfusion after ischemic cardiac arrest. Experimental model

To evaluate the effect of reperfusison with hypertonic-hyperosmotic solution, cardiectomy was performed in 25 New Zealand white rabbits. Seven isolated hearts were submitted to 30 min of global ischemia and reperfused with oxygenated uffer for 60 min. Myoglobin and isoensyme MB of creatine kinase concnetrations were each measured in the effluent 15 min, and values were correlated (r=0.5011, p=0.015). After this procedure, 18 isolated hearts were radomized in two groups. Hearts of group I were reperfused with hypertonic-hyperosmotic solution (NaCl 7.5 percent dextran 60,000 MW) diluted in oxygenated buffer, and group II with oxygenated buffer. Myoglobin and coronary flow were measured in both groups, group I showed lower levels of myoglobin (p=0.0069) and higher coronary flow (p = 0.028) than group II. In conclusion, changes in myoglobin concentration in the heart effluent are more sensitive than changes in isoenxyme MB of creatine kinase; thus, evaluation of this parameter may be useful in the detection of ishcemia reperfusion injury. Additionally, hypertonic-hyperosmotic solution improves the coronary flow and has a protective effect against ichemia-reperfusion injury