title: Effects of simultaneous kidney-pancreaticoduodenal transplantation on diabetes-induced renal insufficiency in rats.
abstract: An investigation of the functional and histological changes was done after en-bloc kidney-pancreaticoduodenal transplantation (kpdt) in the diabetes-induced, renal insufficient Lewis rats. For donor preparation, an end-to-side portocaval shunt was performed, and the aortic, vena caval segments, and ureter-bladder patch were obtained. They were anastomosed microsurgically to recipient's aorta, vena cava, and bladder in end-to-side fashion. Of 15 diabetes-induced kpdt rats, 14 survived. Two of the 14 surviving rats showed ischemic necrosis. The remaining 12 transplants showed well-preserved glomeruli and Langerhans islets for 5 months postoperatively. Biochemical data comparing diabetic and sham-operated rats (six rats each), six diabetic controls, and 12 kpdt rats showed no significant statistical difference at said observation period. The diabetes-induced kpdt rats showed improvement of following biochemical data: within 1 week postoperatively, the glucose level fell from 300 to 115 mg/dL; BUN level from >20 to <20 mg/dL; the creatinine level from 1.5 to <1.2 mg/dL. The insulin level returned to normal, 1.1 ng/mL, in 2 weeks. The results demonstrate that the kpdt model is an effective and successful operative technique in diabetic rats and may provide effective therapeutic methods for diabetes-induced renal insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000473:pathology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000473:pathology; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin