title: 24-hour rat liver preservation using UW solution and some simplified variants.
abstract: The results of a series of 32 rat liver transplants are described to analyze the efficacy of components of UW solution. Rat livers were stored at 4 degrees C in standard UW solution or one of three simplified variants for 24 hr prior to orthotopic liver transplantation. In standard UW solution (solution A) the one-week survival rate was 3 of 8. Using solution B, which differs from solution A in the omission of hydroxyethyl starch and adenosine, the one-week survival rate was 2 of 8. Solution C, a further-simplified version of solution B with omission of allopurinol, Bactrim, and insulin, gave a one-week survival rate of 3 of 8. Solution D is identical to solution B except that the sodium and potassium concentrations are reversed. Using this solution, 5 of 8 rats survived more than one week. We conclude that the effectiveness of UW solution is maintained in a substantially simplified form, and that solution D, with the Na/K ratio reversed to give a high Na variant, may improve survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Surgery, National Children's Medical Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sumimoto
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wake
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamada
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine; D000493:Allopurinol; D000818:Animals; D005978:Glutathione; D006085:Graft Survival; D007328:Insulin; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009926:Organ Preservation; D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions; D011887:Raffinose; D051381:Rats; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions; D012996:Solutions; C055206:University of Wisconsin-lactobionate solution; D000493:Allopurinol; D005978:Glutathione; D000241:Adenosine; D011887:Raffinose