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Experimental studies on morphological changes of microcirculation of DMN‐induced liver cirrhosis after normothermic ischemia with charge‐coupled device microscope
Author(s) -
SHIMAMOTO TSUYOSHI,
MORI YOSHIO,
TAKAGI HISATO,
YAMADA TAKUYA,
SAKAMOTO KENICHI,
MATSUO HIROSHI,
NITTA TOYOO,
MIZUTANI TOMOHIRO,
IWATA HISASHI,
HIROSE HAJIME
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03121.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , ischemia , microcirculation , gastroenterology , blood flow , pathology
Aim: The purpose of the present experiment was to find indices for intraoperative ischemic‐reperfusion injury in the cirrhotic liver. Methods: One percent dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) was administered intraperitoneally to liver cirrhosis (LC) groups of Wister rats on three consecutive days of each week for a period of four weeks. The rats were divided into a N60 group with 60 minute ischemia in normal livers, a LC60 group with 60 minute ischemia in cirrhotic livers, and a LC30 group with 30 minute ischemia in cirrhotic livers. Digital videotapes recorded with a pencil lens‐probe charge‐coupled device (CCD) microscope were analyzed with NIH Image software. In zone 3, the sinusoid diameter (SD) was measured and the volume fraction (Vv) of zone 3 was calculated in preischemia and after 10, 20, 30, and 60 min of reperfusion. At the same time, bile flow was measured. Results: The SD was significantly shorter in the cirrhotic liver groups than in the normal liver group at each point. The Vv after 60 min of reperfusion was significantly smaller in the LC60 group, with a survival rate of 0%, than in the LC30 group which had a survival rate of 67%. However, there was no significant difference in bile flow after 60 min of reperfusion in the LC30 and LC60 groups. Therefore, the Vv is suggested to be the better index for viability after ischemic‐reperfusion. Conclusion: SD and Vv indicate microcirculatory differences and indices in the normal and cirrhotic livers in preischemia during reperfusion.