Name: a novel microsurgical model for heterotopic, en bloc chest wall, thymus, and heart transplantation in mice
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This work was funded by the American Association of Plastic Surgeons 2014 Academic Scholar Award.

Alla operativa ingrepp genomfördes i enlighet med Johns Hopkins University och USA: s jordbruksdepartement och folkhälsa i tjänster. Detta protokoll följer Johns Hopkins University Djurvård och användning kommittén godkände Institutional Review Board riktlinjer (protokollnummer M013M490). Final överlevnads data registrerades för de kirurgiska ingrepp som beskrivs nedan. Både givare och mottagare djuren får företrädesrätt anestesi använder buprenorfin vid 0,1 mg / kg sc en timme före operationen och i mo...

Det finns en mängd fenomen som faktor i immunologiska utredningen av allotransplantation, som innefattar, men är inte begränsade till mekanismer för akut och kronisk avstötning, direkt och indirekt antigenpresentation, mottagare allergi eller induktion av blandade chimerism. Har 19 Djurmodeller blir guldmyntfoten för att studera transplantationsimmunologi och musmodeller är populärt genomförs på grund av deras låga kostnad, tillgänglighet av transgena och gen knockoutmöss, kommersiellt tillgängl...

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.

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a novel microsurgical model for heterotopic, en bloc chest wall, thymus, and heart transplantation in mice

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.

Syngena C57BL / 6 transplantationer uppnått långsiktig överlevnad. Utformningen av allograft (Figur 1) har visat sig vara framgångsrik från ett djur överlevnadsperspektiv och förmågan att utvärdera pågående allograftöverlevnad. Detta visades genom liggande hud kvar livskraftig, aktiv pågående allograft hårväxt, och hjärtslag kunde utvärderas med visualisering och finger palpation. Överlevnad data är representerad i fig 2 för syngena transplanterade möss. Den genoms...

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about A Novel Microsurgical Model for Heterotopic, En Bloc Chest Wall, Thymus, and Heart Transplantation in Mice at JoVE.com

A Novel Microsurgical Model for Heterotopic, En Bloc Chest Wall, Thymus, and Heart Transplantation in Mice

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.

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