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To study combined solid organ and vascularized composite allotransplantation, we describe a novel heterotopic en bloc chest wall, thymus, and heart transplant model in mice using a cervical non-suture cuff technique.
Exploration of novel strategies in organ transplantation to prolong allograft survival and minimizing the need for long-term maintenance immunosuppression must be pursued. Employing vascularized bone marrow transplantation and co-transplantation of the thymus have shown promise in this regard in various animal models.1-11 Vascularized bone marrow transplantation allows for the uninterrupted transfer of donor bone marrow cells within the preserved donor microenvironment, and the incorporation of thymus tissue with vascularized bone marrow transplantation has shown to increase T-cell chimerism ultimately playing a supportive role in the induction of immune regulation. The combination of solid organ and vascularized composite allotransplantation can uniquely combine these strategies in the form of a novel transplant model. Murine models serve as an excellent paradigm to explore the mechanisms of acute and chronic rejection, chimerism, and tolerance induction, thus providing the foundation to propagate superior allograft survival strategies for larger animal models and future clinical application. Herein, we developed a novel heterotopic en bloc chest wall, thymus, and heart transplant model in mice using a cervical non-suture cuff technique. The experience in syngeneic and allogeneic transplant settings is described for future broader immunological investigations via an instructional manuscript and video supplement.
Cardiac transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage heart failure. Both technical advancements and pharmacological innovations have propelled the field to early graft acceptance rates above 90%.12,13 Despite this, 60-80% 5-year graft survival is at a standstill and chronic rejection, characterized by transplant vasculopathy, remains inevitable.14-16 Furthermore, patients are subjected to multiple surgical procedures and lifelong immunosuppression, which are associated with chest wall deformities and medical sequelae and toxicities, respectively. The need for innovative approaches to extend allograft survival, minimize the immunosuppressive requirements, and offer reconstructive options for anatomical deformities is pressing.
Vascularized composite allotransplantation offers a unique strategy for improving heart transplant outcomes both from an immunological aspect as well as a reconstructive perspective.17 Vascularized composite allografts are also unique in a way that they have an inherent source of donor-derived hematopoietic stem cells which has shown a favorable ability to reduce immunosuppression and induce and sustain mixed chimerism.1-8 Additionally, co-transplantation of the thymus has shown to prolong survival of both, solid organ transplants and vascularized composite allografts.2,9-11 Combining these strategies with heart transplantation offers a novel solution to the aforementioned challenges facing heart transplantation.18
Murine models serve as excellent platforms for mechanistic in vivo investigation because of the availability of antibodies and well-defined inbred and knockout strains.19-21 Although heart transplantation in mice is commonly studied using a heterotopic intraabdominal microsurgical suture transplant model22-25, a heterotopic, cervical, non-suture cuff technique model has shown to be extremely replicable, reliable, and carries fewer rates of thrombosis.19,26,27 The goal of this study is to develop a heterotopic en bloc osteomyocutaneous chest wall, thymus, and heart transplant technique in mice to study the immunological mechanisms of combined solid organ and vascularized composite allotransplantation using a cervical non-suture cuff technique. This cluster allograft is perfused through the anastomosis of the donor descending aorta to the right common carotid artery and the donor pulmonary artery to the right external jugular vein. Preservation of the internal thoracic vessels and associated thymus branches is paramount to perfusing the chest wall (sternum, ribs, muscles, and skin) and thymus.
所有的手术过程均符合美国约翰霍普金斯大学和农业部的美国农业部和公共卫生服务的要求完成。该协议遵循美国约翰霍普金斯大学动物护理和使用委员会,机构审查委员会批准的准则(协议号M013M490)。最终存活数据被记录为下面描述的外科手术。供体和受体动物接收使用丁丙诺啡先发制人麻醉以0.1mg /千克SC手术前和在受体动物丁丙诺啡之一小时重新施用同样剂量移植后,并根据需要在最初48小时内重新给药手术后。
1.供体移植恢复
注意:开始移植40分钟的捐助部分早于接受者的移植,以尽量减少受援国的麻醉时间,便于同时结束时间或略有耳利尔结束时间与收件人的准备。
2.收件人准备
注意:要尽量减少收件人麻醉时间,在一个单独的操作站开始接收方准备前的供体移植收获完成约40分钟。
3.移植插图
4.术后护理
同系C57BL / 6移植实现长期生存。同种异体移植物(图1)的设计中被证明是成功的,从动物的生存透视,并评价正在进行移植物存活的能力。这是通过覆盖皮肤表明剩余可行,活性持续同种异体移植物的毛发生长,和心跳能够用可视化和手指触诊进行评估。存活数据被表示在图2中进行同源移植小鼠。平均存活时间大于109天。基于存活数据,可以合理推断,移植的同种异体?...
有众多的现象因入同种异体移植,其中包括的免疫学调查,但不限于:急性和慢性排斥反应,直接和间接的抗原呈递,收件人敏化,或混合嵌合体诱导的机制。19动物模型已成为的黄金标准移植免疫学的研究中,和小鼠模型被普遍,由于其成本低,转基因和基因敲除小鼠的可用性,市售的单克隆抗体,相对降低兽医和外壳的要求,并易于复制的实现。迄今为止,多种心脏移植模型已经用于?...
The authors do not have any conflicts of interest or financial disclosures to declare.
This work was funded by the American Association of Plastic Surgeons 2014 Academic Scholar Award.
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Euro-Collins Solution | The solution is not commercially purchased but rather prepared in the laboratory. To make a 500 ml solution add the ingredient listed below to a 330 ml of double distilled water. Mix well, and then fill in the rest of the 170 ml of double distilled water into the solution to a final volume of 500 ml. Ingredients: 1.02 g KH2PO4, 3.66 g K2HPO4, 0.56 g KCl, 0.42 g NaHCO3, and 17.52 g of glucose. | ||
Suture | Ethilon | MWI 72667 | 6-0 Ethilon https://www.mwivet.com (MWI - Veterinary Supplies) |
Polyimide Cuff Vein (21G) | Vention Medical | 141-0043 | http://www.ventionmedical.com/products-and-services/polyimide-tubing/ |
Polyimide Cuff Artery (24G) | Vention Medical | 141-0027 | http://www.ventionmedical.com/products-and-services/polyimide-tubing/ |
Soft plastic tip catheter | Terumo | SR*OX2419CA | 24G x 3/4" |
Microsurgical dilator | S&T | D-5a.1 | Dilator, 11 cm, FH, 0.1 mm AT10d |
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