Twenty-four-hour normothermic perfusion of discarded human kidneys with urine recirculation. 2019

Annemarie Weissenbacher, and Letizia Lo Faro, and Olga Boubriak, and Maria F Soares, and Ian S Roberts, and James P Hunter, and Daniel Voyce, and Nikolay Mikov, and Andrew Cook, and Rutger J Ploeg, and Constantin C Coussios, and Peter J Friend
Oxford Transplant Centre, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Transportable normothermic kidney perfusion for 24 hours or longer could enable viability assessment of marginal grafts, increased organ use, and improved transplant logistics. Eleven clinically declined kidneys were perfused normothermically, with 6 being from donors after brain death (median cold ischemia time 33 ± 36.9 hours) and 5 being from donors after circulatory death (36.2 ± 38.3 hours). Three kidneys were perfused using Ringer's lactate to replace excreted urine volume, and 8 kidneys were perfused using urine recirculation to maintain perfusate volume without fluid replenishment. In all cases, normothermic perfusion either maintained or slightly improved the histopathologically assessed tubular condition, and there was effective urine production in kidneys from both donors after brain death and donors after circulatory death (2367 ± 1798 mL vs 744.4 ± 198.4 mL, respectively; P = .44). Biomarkers, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, and kidney injury molecule-1 were successfully detected and quantified in the perfusate. All kidneys with urine recirculation were readily perfused for 24 hours (n = 8) and exhibited physiological perfusate sodium levels (140.7 ± 1.2 mmol/L), while kidneys without urine recirculation (n = 3) achieved a reduced normothermic perfusion time of 7.7 ± 1.5 hours and significantly higher perfusate sodium levels (159.6 ± 4.63 mmol/:, P < .01). Normothermic machine perfusion of human kidneys for 24 hours appears to be feasible, and urine recirculation was found to facilitate the maintenance of perfusate volume and homeostasis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009926 Organ Preservation The process by which organs are kept viable outside of the organism from which they were removed (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism). Organ Preservations,Preservation, Organ,Preservations, Organ
D010477 Perfusion Treatment process involving the injection of fluid into an organ or tissue. Perfusions
D005260 Female Females
D005947 Glucose A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement. Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000071068 Lipocalin-2 A lipocalin of approximately 200 amino acids that functions as an iron transporter and is expressed by cells of BONE MARROW and many other cells with secretory functions. It is involved in APOPTOSIS and may function to limit pathogenic bacterial growth as part of the INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE. Lipocalin-2 Protein,NGAL Protein,Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin,Oncogene 24p3 Protein,Siderocalin Protein,Lipocalin 2,Lipocalin 2 Protein,Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin

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