Composition of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Solutions and Kinetics Define Differential Cytokine and Chemokine Secretion in a Porcine Cardiac Arrest Model of Lung Preservation
1Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 2Thoracic Transplantation, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, 3Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Meeting: 2021 American Transplant Congress
Abstract number: 610
Keywords: Inflammation, Lung, Perfusion solutions, Pig
Topic: Basic Science » Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation
Session Information
Session Name: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation
Session Type: Poster Abstract
Session Date & Time: None. Available on demand.
Location: Virtual
*Purpose: Ex vivo lung perfusion is an innovative technique to evaluate marginal lung organs especially after DCD. Normothermic continuous perfusion should reduce ischemic damage and improve the outcome of lung transplantation. However, the optimal protocol for EVLP has not been defined so far. The aim of our study was to compare cytokine/chemokine concentrations in perfusion solutions using different kinetics and solution compounds of EVLP in a porcine cardiac arrest model and to correlate the inflammatory parameters to oxygenation capacity values (ΔpO2).
*Methods: Following cardiac arrest and 1h of warm ischemia, lungs were harvested and flushed. Groups were processed as immediate (I-EVLP) 1h cold static preservation (CSP) and delayed (D-EVLP; 9h CSP). D-EVLP lungs were perfused with different solutions: Steen vs. modified Custodiol-N containing dextran (CD) or dextran/albumin (CDA). Cytokine/chemokine levels were analyzed at baseline (0h), after 1h, 4h using multiplex protein arrays.
*Results: Concentrations of TNF-α, IL-6, CXCL8, IFN-γ, IL-1α and IL-1β increased significantly (p<0.05) in all four groups. CD-solution contained lower levels of these proteins and IL-2, IL-12, IL-10, IL-4, IL-1RA and IL-18 (p<0.05) compared to SteenSolution samples. Protein concentrations correlate negatively with ΔpO2 values (p<0.05). No significant differences could be detected between I- vs. D-EVLP lungs and CD vs.CDA solutions.
*Conclusions: In a non-heart beating porcine cardiac arrest model with relevant IRI, lungs were perfused with normothermic EVLP. Longer CSP prior to EVLP did not result in enhanced cytokine secretion, but the first hours of reperfusion seem crucial for tissue damage. CD-solution dampens the cytokine/chemokine secretion probably by iron chelators and, possibly, protecting effects of dextran. Addition of albumin had no further effect on inflammation. Cytokine/chemokine concentrations correlated negatively with the oxygenation capacity, an important parameter for organ acceptance. These finding may help to optimize the ex vivo preservation procedure and possibly, more organs could reach the clinically relevant threshold for transplantation, thus, the pool of marginal donor lungs could be enlarged.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Radomsky LM, Koch A, Olbertz C, Kuehne JF, Liu Y, Keil J, Beushausen K, Rauen U, Falk CS, Kamler M. Composition of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Solutions and Kinetics Define Differential Cytokine and Chemokine Secretion in a Porcine Cardiac Arrest Model of Lung Preservation [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2021; 21 (suppl 3). https://atcmeetingabstracts.com/abstract/composition-of-ex-vivo-lung-perfusion-solutions-and-kinetics-define-differential-cytokine-and-chemokine-secretion-in-a-porcine-cardiac-arrest-model-of-lung-preservation/. Accessed May 16, 2025.« Back to 2021 American Transplant Congress