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Xenon treatment attenuates early renal allograft injury associated with prolonged hypothermic storage in rats
Author(s) -
Zhao Hailin,
Yoshida Akira,
Xiao Wei,
Ologunde Rele,
O'Dea Kieran P.,
Takata Masao,
TralauStewart Catherine,
George Andrew J. T.,
Ma Daqing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fj.13-232173
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , hypothermia , kidney , immune system , urology , renal function , inflammation , acute tubular necrosis , immunology
Prolonged hypothermic storage elicits severe ischemia‐reperfusion injury (IRI) to renal grafts, contributing to delayed graft function (DGF) and episodes of acute immune rejection and shortened graft survival. Organoprotective strategies are therefore needed for improving long‐term transplant outcome. The aim of this study is to investigate the renoprotective effect of xenon on early allograft injury associated with prolonged hypothermic storage. Xenon exposure enhanced the expression of heat‐shock protein 70 (HSP‐70) and heme oxygenase 1 (HO‐1) and promoted cell survival after hypothermia‐hypoxia insult in human proximal tubular (HK‐2) cells, which was abolished by HSP‐70 or HO‐1 siRNA. In the brown Norway to Lewis rat renal transplantation, xenon administered to donor or recipient decreased the renal tubular cell death, inflammation, and MHC II expression, while delayed graft function (DGF) was therefore reduced. Pathological changes associated with acute rejection, including T‐cell, macrophage, and fibroblast infiltration, were also decreased with xenon treatment. Donors or recipients treated with xenon in combination with cyclosporin A had prolonged renal allograft survival. Xenon protects allografts against delayed graft function, attenuates acute immune rejection, and enhances graft survival after prolonged hypothermic storage. Furthermore, xenon works additively with cyclosporin A to preserve post‐transplant renal function.— Zhao, H., Yoshida, A., Xiao, W., Ologunde, R., O'Dea, K. P., Takata, M., Tralau‐Stewart, C., George, A. J. T., Ma, D., Xenon treatment attenuates early renal allograft injury associated with prolonged hypothermic storage in rats. FASEB J. 27, 4076–4088 (2013). www.fasebj.org