Metabolic adaptations of a lower vertebrate to long-term hypothermic hypoxia provide clues to successful clinical liver preservation

Cryobiology
Thomas A ChurchillN M Kneteman

Abstract

This study was designed to determine whether the metabolic adaptations developed by frogs to tolerate natural events of hypothermic hypoxia would precondition its liver for ex vivo organ storage. The metabolic responses of the frog, Rana castabiena, were compared to those of a mammalian system (rat) throughout a prolonged period of organ storage. Livers from rats and frogs were flushed and stored in UW solution at 5 degrees C for periods of 24-96 h. In frog livers, ATP was maintained high and constant over the first 24 h of storage; values ranged from 2.7 to 3.0 micro mol/g. Even after 96 h cold storage, ATP remained > 1.0 micro mol/g. In contrast, ATP levels in stored rat livers dropped rapidly, and by 4 h ATP was 1.2 micro mol/g. In terms of anaerobic endproduct accumulation, lactate levels rose 5.8 micro mol/g in frog liver (over 96 h) and by 8.6 micro mol/g in rat liver (over 24 h). This difference in flux through glycolysis was also reflected in relative rates of carbohydrate catabolism (i.e., glucose + lactate production). The rate of carbohydrate catabolism for frog liver was 0.74 micro mol/g/h compared to 2.26 micro mol/g/h for rat liver; a Q10 value of 6.2 was estimated for livers from R. castabiena. An assessment of g...Continue Reading

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