Abstract:
:Oxidative stress is involved in ischemia-reperfusion injury and allograft rejection after transplantation. We studied two well-known antioxidants, melatonin and ascorbic acid (AA), in relation to the survival of a pancreas transplantation model without immunosuppression. Forty-eight Landrace pigs were divided into three groups (n = 16 each; eight donors and eight recipients) that received melatonin, AA, or no antioxidant therapy (controls). Melatonin and AA were administered (10 mg/kg body weight) intravenously to donors and recipients during surgery and on postoperative days 1-7. The molecules were also added (5 mm) to a University of Wisconsin preservation solution during organ cold storage. Melatonin significantly delayed acute rejection and prolonged allograft survival (25.1 ± 7.7 days) compared with the controls (8.1 ± 0.8 days, P = 0.013) and the AA group (9.4 ± 1.6 days, P = 0.049). Melatonin reduced indicators of oxidative stress, malondialdehyde, and 4-hydroxyalkenals, in pancreatic samples collected during procurement, cold ischemia, and reperfusion. Melatonin also reduced serum pig-major acute-phase protein/inter-α-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain 4 (pMAP/ITIH(4)) in the early post-transplantation period. AA only partially reduced oxidative damage 30 min postreperfusion and failed to prevent pMAP/ITIH(4) elevations. These findings suggested that melatonin may be a useful therapeutic tool for organ transplantation.
journal_name
J Pineal Resjournal_title
Journal of pineal researchauthors
García-Gil FA,Albendea CD,Escartín J,Lampreave F,Fuentes-Broto L,Roselló-Catafau J,López-Pingarrón L,Reiter RJ,Alvarez-Alegret R,García JJdoi
10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00908.xsubject
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2011-11-01 00:00:00pages
445-53issue
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0742-3098issn
1600-079Xjournal_volume
51pub_type
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