The effect of enhanced ischemia/reperfusion injury on transplanted abdominal aorta / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the early and long-term effects of enhanced ischemia/reperfusion injury on the transplanted abdominal aorta. Methods Abdominal aorta grafts from Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were cold stored for 1 or 24 hours, and they were orthotopically transplanted to SD or Wistar recipients. The pathohistological changes and the expression of TGF-? 1 in the grafts were observed. The levels of serum lipid peroxides before and after transplantation were also measured. Results The intima was significantly thicker in aorta transplants which was cold stored, both in SD→SD and SD→Wistar groups 10 weeks and 6 weeks after transplantation, whereas grafts which were cold stored for 24 hours showed pronounced thickening as early as 2 weeks after transplation. Serum lipid peroxides levels were elevated significantly 2 hours post-transplantation in all groups, but they were lowered 4 and 24 hours post-transplantation. The expression of TGF-? 1 in 24 hours of ischemia became stronger 1 week after transplantation regardless the difference in strains of the animal. Conclusions The enhanced ischemia/reperfusion injury can aggravate the infiltration of inflammatory cells, intensify the expression of TGF-? 1, accelerate the thickening of intimal layer.