EFFECTS OF INFLAMMATORY CELLS IN COLD AND WARM ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY OF THE GRAFTED LIVER

Objective To investigate whether the impairment of grafted livers after transplantation was induced by the same inflammatory cells both in cold and warm ischemia. Methods Male SD rats were divided into two groups at random,24 donor livers in each group were stored in Ringers solution at 4℃ for 120min or 240min of transplantation for blood sample and tissue specimen collection. Results Along with the prolongation of cold and warm ischemia time,the serum ALT,AST and LDH level increased gradually after transplantation.Under light microscopy,some hepatocytes presented necrosis after 3h and 6h of transplantation in cold ischemia,and neutrophilic infiltration in sinusoids were evident.Also,a large number of hepatocytes were necrotic 3h or 6h after transplantation in warm ischemia from NHBDs,and lymphocytic infiltration was evident in the sinusoids.The findings in electron microscopy was as the same as those of light microscopy,and the cells which infiltrated the sinusoids in warm ischemia were identified as T lymphocytes. Conclusion The impairment of grafted livers after transplantation appeared to be induced by two different kinds of inflammatory cells in cold and warm ischemia,that is,neutrophils mediated the cold ischemia-reperfusion,and T lymphocytes mediated the warm ischemia-reperfusion from NHBDs,but these findings are to be comfirmed in further investigations.