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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;112:1027-1035
© 1996 Mosby, Inc.

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT

COLD ISCHEMIA–INDUCED DAMAGE TO VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM RESULTS IN PERMEABILITY ALTERATIONS IN TRANSPLANTED LUNGS

Received for publication Sept. 26, 1995 Revisions requested Jan. 17, 1996; revisions received June 13, 1996 Accepted for publication June 17, 1996. Address for reprints: K. A. Shah, Department of Surgical Research, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Despite suggestions of a connection between endothelial damage and permeability alterations after ischemia and reperfusion in pulmonary tissue undergoing transplantation, no direct correlation between vascular endothelial discontinuity and parenchymal edema has yet been shown.

Methods: Forty-two rat lungs were harvested and stored for 48 or 72 hours under hypothermic and ischemic conditions. Stored pulmonary tissue was studied before transplantation and 5 minutes or 24 hours after transplantation by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of arterial vascular endothelium.

Results: Stored lungs not subjected to revascularization showed moderate perivascular edema, with small intercellular gaps in endothelial monolayers. Five minutes after transplantation, pulmonary tissue appeared congested, with perivascular and alveolar edema. Examination of vascular endothelium by scanning electron microscopy showed detachment of endothelial cells. Twenty-four hours after transplantation, edema, hemorrhage, and vascular congestion were found in all specimens. Arterial vascular endothelium showed weak intercellular connections, numerous intercellular gaps, and widespread cell detachment. Bronchial epithelial cells appeared damaged after storage, with loss of cilia, blebbing of apical cytoplasm, and cellular rounding. These changes were maintained 5 minutes after transplantation but appeared totally reversed after 24 hours in specimens stored 48 hours, whereas bronchial denudation was observed in 72-hour stored lungs. Statistically significant positive correlations (Kendall p < 0.001) between revascularization time and alveolar edema and hemorrhage were found for both storage periods.

Conclusion: The results from this study demonstrate correlation between loss of endothelial monolayer continuity and histologic evidence of vascular permeability increases in pulmonary tissue before and after lung transplantation. (J THORACCARDIOVASCSURG1996;112:1027-35)

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