title: Kinetics of metabolism in human kidney transplants measured by dynamic 31P NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: The technique of ex vivo 31P NMR spectroscopy has been used for the investigation of metabolic turnover in 15 cadaveric human kidneys obtained from brain-dead donors for transplantation. Measurements were carried out at 1.5 T time-dependently during regular hypothermic storage in histidine-tryptophan-alpha-ketoglutarate solution. The minimum delay between explanation and spectroscopy was 2 h 41 min. In one case of a discarded organ the measurements could be extended over a period of 161 h 35 min. A detailed kinetic model describing monoexponential ischemic phosphate turnover, which accounts for various interrelations of the NMR visible metabolites, has been derived. Averaged velocity constants of the decays of nucleotides and phosphomono- and -diesters ranged from 0.0047 to 0.294h-1 at approximately 4 degrees C. Intracellular pH decreased monoexponentially with an averaged velocity constant of 0.31 h-1.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaupp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vestring
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Dietl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vermathen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007511:Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D006859:Hydrogen