title: 24-hour preservation of isolated rat hearts perfused with pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP) solution at low temperature.
abstract: We examined the effects of long-term perfusion with pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP) solution on cardiac function of isolated rat hearts. Hearts were perfused with oxygenated Krebs-Henseleit (K-H) solution containing 3% PHP or hydroxyethyl starch (HES) at a constant pressure of 13 mm Hg for 24 h at 15 degrees C. After 24 h preservation, hearts were rewarmed with K-H solution. Heart rate (HR) in PHP-preserved hearts was almost the same as control and cardiac contractility was maintained at 70% of control, but coronary outflow decreased to about 50% of control. No edema developed in the PHP group. Addition of a Ca2+ antagonist, diltiazem, inhibited the elevation of the end-diastolic pressure significantly. In HES-preserved hearts, HR did not recover to control levels, but there was no significant difference in cardiac contractility between PHP- and HES-perfused hearts. The results demonstrate that isolated hearts can be preserved by perfusion with PHP solution under hypothermic conditions for 24 h and suggest that PHP solution would be useful for a perfusate of isolated organs and tissues for preservation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001802:Blood Substitutes; D006321:Heart; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006454:Hemoglobins; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D009926:Organ Preservation; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D006454:Hemoglobins; C050907:pyridoxalated-hemoglobin-polyethylene glycol conjugate; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols