Molecular Biology Reports

, Volume 41, Issue 10, pp 6611–6618 | Cite as

Ischemic injury of the liver in a porcine model of cardiac death assessed by in vivo microdialysis

  • De-Hui Yi
  • Hao Liu
  • Ying Chen
  • Hong Li
  • Tie Xu
  • Yong-Feng Liu
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Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the ischemic injury of the liver in a porcine model of cardiac death assessed by in vivo microdialysis. A porcine model of cardiac death was established by the suffocation method. Metabolic indicators were monitored using the microdialysis technique during warm ischemia time (WIT) and cold ischemia time (CIT). Pathological changes in ischemic-injured livers were observed by haematoxylin–eosin staining. The predictive values of biochemical parameters regarding the liver donor were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. All statistical analyses were conducted using the SPSS 18.0 software (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois, USA). The degree of warm ischemic injury of the livers increased with prolonged WIT. Serum glucose, glycerol, pyruvate, lactic acid levels and lactate-to-pyruvate (L/P) ratio increased gradually during WIT. Results from Pearson correlation analyses indicated that serum lactate level and L/P ratio were positively associated with the degree of warm ischemic injury of the livers. The degree of cold ischemic injury of the livers gradually increased after 12 h CIT. Serum glucose, lactic acid and L/P ratio achieved a peak after 6–8 h of CIT, but gradually decreased with prolonged CIT. The peak of glycerol occurred after 8 h of CIT, while no changes were found with prolonged CIT. Serum pyruvate level exhibited an increasing trend after 12 h CIT. Our results confirmed that serum glucose and lactate levels were negatively correlated with cold ischemic injury of the liver. However, serum glycerol and pyruvate levels showed positive correlations with cold ischemic injury of the liver. The liver donor was unavailable after 30 min WIT and 24 h CIT. The cut-off value of serum lactate level for warm ischemic injury of the livers was 2.374 with a sensitivity (Sen) of 90 % and specificity (Spe) of 95 %; while the L/P radio was 0.026 (Sen = 80 %, Spe = 83 %). In addition, the cut-off values of serum glucose, lactate, glycerol and pyruvate levels for cold ischemic injury of the livers were 0.339 (Sen = 100 %, Spe = 77 %), 1.172 (Sen = 100 %, Spe = 61 %), 56.359 (Sen = 100 %, Spe = 65 %) and 0.020 (Sen = 100 %, Spe = 67 %), respectively. Our findings provide empirical evidences that serum glucose, lactate levels and L/P ratio may be good indicators for the degree of warm ischemic injury of the livers after cardiac death; while serum glucose, lactate, glycerol and pyruvate levels may be important in predicting cold ischemic injury.

Keywords

Cardiac death Ischemic-injured liver Warm ischemia time Cold ischemia time 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • De-Hui Yi
    • 1
  • Hao Liu
    • 1
  • Ying Chen
    • 1
  • Hong Li
    • 1
  • Tie Xu
    • 1
  • Yong-Feng Liu
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary SurgeryThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangPeople’s Republic of China

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