Cryopreservation of the common carotid artery of the rabbit

Cryobiology
Y C SongD E Pegg

Abstract

We describe experiments on the cryopreservation of the rabbit common carotid artery aimed at improving upon previous results. We describe the design of a double clamp which holds the artery during transportation and storage, preventing twisting, shortening, and collapse of the vessel. The device allowed perfusion with solutions as desired and markedly reduced the extent of endothelial loss during procurement and processing. We also studied the effects of three vehicle solutions; a modified Hanks' solution, a solution originally developed for the cryopreservation of smooth muscle (K-Pipes), and a solution designed for corneal endothelium (CP-Tes). The criteria used to make the assessments were smooth muscle contractility and the structure and function of the vascular endothelium. A new staining method for vascular endothelium (combining propidium iodide with silver nitrate) is described. We found that there was significantly more endothelial cell damage in rabbit carotid arteries frozen in Hanks' solution than in the other solutions, and the recovery of smooth muscle contractility was lowest in the Hanks' group. Arteries cryopreserved using CP-Tes as the vehicle solution showed less endothelial cell damage than arteries preserve...Continue Reading

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