Transcatheter hepatocyte transplantation: preclinical studies of anatomic consequences in the portal vascular bed

Academic Radiology
A KerrS Gupta

Abstract

Intrasplenic transplantation deposits hepatocytes in host hepatic sinusoids with amelioration of chronic liver failure and genetic deficiency states. Because portal resistance can be altered by intrasinusoidal transplanted cells, we examined whether hepatocyte recipients would develop deleterious portal hypertension or portosystemic collaterals. Syngeneic hepatocytes in suspension were transplanted into recipient rats by transcatheter injection into the splenic parenchyma. Subjects included recipients of 2 x 10(7) hepatocytes representing approximately 3% of the host hepatic mass, recipients of 7.5 x 10(7) hepatocytes representing approximately 12.5% of the host hepatic mass, normal control rats, and positive control rats with portal hypertension induced by partial portal vein constriction. Portal pressures were recorded with a sensitive transducer, portosystemic collaterals were demonstrated with direct splenoportography, and survival of transplanted cells was determined with an endogenous dipeptidyl peptidase IV reporter gene. In normal rats, the portal pressure was 6.25 +/- 1.9 mm Hg with no portosystemic collaterals. By contrast, portal pressures were significantly increased in portal vein-constricted rats, 20.7 +/- 3.9 mm ...Continue Reading

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