title: A comparison of solutions for lung preservation using pulmonary alveolar type II cell viability.
abstract: Many special solutions have been developed to protect the ischemic lung in preparation for transplantation. To determine an effective solution, we isolated pulmonary alveolar type II cells from rat lungs. These cells play an important role in sodium transport and the production of surfactant; thus, they are crucial to the respiratory physiology of the lung. In this study, we examined in vitro the effect of various solutions such as Collins' solution, Collins-Sacks solution, and glucose-insulin-potassium solution on alveolar type II cell viability. The cell viability was examined with a trypan blue dye exclusion test and [3H]thymidine uptake proliferation assay after 24 and 72 hours of incubation. The alveolar type II cells in the glucose-insulin-potassium solution had greater viability compared with cells cultured in either Collins' or Collins-Sacks solution. This study demonstrates that glucose-insulin-potassium solution has the least toxic effect on isolated alveolar type II cells compared with other preserving solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hachida
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hoon
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions; D002470:Cell Survival; D005947:Glucose; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D007328:Insulin; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D011188:Potassium; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions; C024102:Collins' solution; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D007328:Insulin; C027821:Sack's solution; C030396:glucose-insulin-potassium cardioplegic solution; D005947:Glucose; D011188:Potassium