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ArticleJornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia

Brain death effects on lung microvasculature in an experimental model of lung donor.

Rafael Simas, Fernando Luiz Zanoni, Raphael Dos Santos Coutinho E Silva, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira

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Article in Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Rafael SimasLaboratório Cirúrgico de Pesquisa Cardiovascular, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-1303
Fernando Luiz ZanoniLaboratório Cirúrgico de Pesquisa Cardiovascular, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4182-6864
Raphael Dos Santos Coutinho E SilvaLaboratório Cirúrgico de Pesquisa Cardiovascular, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8818-5043
Luiz Felipe Pinho MoreiraLaboratório Cirúrgico de Pesquisa Cardiovascular, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-4976
Dean College · USUniversity of Tehran · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveBrain death (BD) triggers important hemodynamic and inflammatory alterations, compromising the viability of organs suitable for transplantation. To better understand the microcirculatory alterations in donor lungs caused by BD. The present study investigated the pulmonary microcirculation in a rodent model of BD via intravital microscopy.

methodsMale Wistar rats were anaesthetized and mechanically ventilated. They were trepanned and BD was induced through the increase in intracranial pressure. As control group, sham-operated (SH) rats were trepanned only. In both groups, expiratory O2 and CO2 were monitored and after three hours, a thoracotomy was performed, and a window was created to observe the lung surface using an epi-fluorescence intravital microscopy. Lung expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, and cytokines were measured in lung samples.

resultsThree hours after the surgical procedures, pulmonary perfusion was 73% in the SH group. On the other hand, BD animals showed an important decrease in organ perfusion to 28% (p = 0.036). Lung microcirculatory compromise after BD induction was associated with an augmentation of the number of leukocytes recruited to lung tissue, and with a reduction in eNOS expression and an increase in ICAM-1 expression on lung endothelial cells. BD rats showed higher values of expiratory O2 and lower values of CO2 in comparison with SH animals after three hours of monitoring.

conclusionData presented showed that BD triggers an important hypoperfusion and inflammation in the lungs, compromising the donor pulmonary microcirculation.

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Endothelial CellsTissue DonorsAnimalsBrain DeathLungMaleMicrocirculationMicrovesselsModels, TheoreticalRatsRats, Wistar

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