PMID- 22088814 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120409 LR - 20191210 IS - 1532-7361 (Electronic) IS - 0039-6060 (Linking) VI - 151 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Mar TI - Decrease in donor heart injury by recombinant clusterin protein in cold preservation with University of Wisconsin solution. PG - 364-71 LID - 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.032 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Donor organ injury during cold preservation before transplantation negatively impacts graft survival. Clusterin (CLU) is a chaperonic protein, and its expression confers donor hearts resistance to cold ischemic injury. This study was conducted to evaluate if the supplement of recombinant CLU protein (rCLU) protects donor organs from injury during cold storage with University of Wisconsin (UW) solution. METHODS: Human endothelial cell cultures were used as an in vitro model. Heart transplantation in mice was used as an in vivo model. Cell membrane disruption or death was indicated by the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Donor injury was determined by its functional recovery, and histologic and biochemical analyses. RESULTS: Supplement of rCLU to UW solution protected cultured human endothelial cells from cold-induced cell necrosis, as evidenced by a decrease in both release of LDH and the number of ethidium bromide-stained necrotic cells. The protective activity of rCLU was associated with enhanced membrane fluidity at cold temperature. During cold storage of heart organs in UW solution, supplemental rCLU significantly decreased LDH release from heart tissue. In a preclinical model of transplantation, heart grafts after cold preservation with rCLU-containing UW solution had better functional recovery and decreased perivascular inflammation, neutrophil infiltration, and cardiac cell death, including apoptosis and necrosis, that correlated with lower levels of serum creatine kinase and LDH in recipients. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that supplement of CLU protein in a cold preservation solution may have potential in improving cold preservation of donor organs in transplantation. CI - Copyright A(c) 2012 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Guan, Qiunong AU - Guan Q AD - Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Immunity and Infection Research Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Li, Shuyuan AU - Li S FAU - Yip, Gordon AU - Yip G FAU - Gleave, Martin E AU - Gleave ME FAU - Nguan, Christopher Y C AU - Nguan CY FAU - Du, Caigan AU - Du C LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111116 PL - United States TA - Surgery JT - Surgery JID - 0417347 RN - 0 (CLU protein, human) RN - 0 (Cardiotonic Agents) RN - 0 (Clusterin) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Organ Preservation Solutions) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (University of Wisconsin-lactobionate solution) RN - 63CZ7GJN5I (Allopurinol) RN - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) RN - K72T3FS567 (Adenosine) RN - N5O3QU595M (Raffinose) SB - IM MH - Adenosine MH - Allopurinol MH - Animals MH - Cardiotonic Agents/pharmacology MH - Cell Membrane/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Clusterin/*pharmacology MH - Cold Ischemia MH - Glutathione MH - Graft Survival/drug effects MH - Heart Transplantation/*methods/pathology/physiology MH - Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells MH - Humans MH - Insulin MH - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/metabolism MH - Male MH - Membrane Fluidity/drug effects MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Myocardium/enzymology/pathology MH - Neutrophil Infiltration/drug effects MH - Organ Preservation/*methods MH - *Organ Preservation Solutions MH - Raffinose MH - Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology EDAT- 2011/11/18 06:00 MHDA- 2012/04/10 06:00 CRDT- 2011/11/18 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/09/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/04/10 06:00 [medline] AID - S0039-6060(11)00546-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Surgery. 2012 Mar;151(3):364-71. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.032. Epub 2011 Nov 16.