title: Role of intrasplenic hepatocyte transplantation in improving survival and liver regeneration after hepatic resection in cirrhotic rats.
abstract: We studied the effect of preoperative hepatocyte transplantation on the prevention of liver failure in cirrhotic rats after hepatic resection. Two groups of Lewis rats were rendered cirrhotic by i.p. injection of 1% dimethylnitrosamine and were subjected to 33% hepatectomy. Two days before the resection, 36 rats in group I received intrasplenic hepatocyte transplantation, and 25 rats in group II were given intrasplenic injection of normal saline as a control. By the end of the third postoperative day, the rats in group I had better survival and a better biochemical profile than those in group II. The liver growth rate and the labeling index of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA-LI) showed a steady rise in group I. Compared with group II, group I had a significantly lower transforming growth factor (TGF-beta1) level (p < 0.05). We conclude that preoperative intrasplenic hepatocyte transplantation improves survival and facilitates regeneration in cirrhotic rats after hepatic resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Tarik A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanaga
authors.forename: Shungo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamohara
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000378:metabolism; D006085:Graft Survival; D006498:Hepatectomy; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D008106:Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013154:Spleen / Q000601:surgery*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000032:analysis; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: C508962:Tgfb1 protein, rat; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D001663:Bilirubin