Response of immobilized hepatocytes in a perfusion system to anoxia / reoxygenation: effect of cyclosporine a pretreatment

Title:

Response of immobilized hepatocytes in a perfusion system to anoxia / reoxygenation: effect of cyclosporine a pretreatment

Creator:

Farghali, H., Bencko, V., Kameníková, L., and Hynie, S.

Identifier:

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Subject:

immobilized hepatocytes, anoxia / reoxygenation, and cyclosporine A

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The present study was designed to investigate the ameliorative effect of cyclosporine A (CsA) pretreatment on an anoxia/reoxygenation injury model by using immobilized perfused hepatocytes. Rats received an i.p. injection of two successive doses of CsA (5 mg/kg/day). Twenty-four hours later hepatocytes were isolated from CsA-treated and control rats. After hepatocyte isolation, immobilization, perfusion, induction of anoxia/reoxygenation, the structural and functional integrity of the hepatocytes was followed in a perfusion medium by measuring the leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LD) and the time course of urea biosynthesis. CsA pretreatment reduced the initial rate of urea synthesis during normoxia but reduced the drop in the relative percentage rate of urea synthesis during the period of anoxia. LD leakage was increased threefold by anoxia and sevenfold by reoxygenation in cells of untreated animals. After CsA pretreatment in vivo, hepatocytes showed no increase in LD leakage into the medium. These findings demonstrate that the perfused immobilized hepatocytes can be used as a cellular model to assess the effects of liver insults such as anoxia/reoxygenation injury and that CsA modulates the injury. The mechanisms of CsA beneficial effects at the experimental level remain to be elucidated.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Source:

Physiological research | 1996 Volume:45 | Number:3

Harvested from:

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