Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
Purpose. To evaluate the effectiveness of a liver-targeted dextran prodrug (DMP) of methylprednisolone ( MP) in cold preservation-warm reperfusion injury associated with liver transplantation.
Methods. The effects of donor pretreatment with single 5 mg/kg doses of MP or DMP on ischemia reperfusion damage to the liver were studied after 8 or 24 h of cold preservation in both isolated perfused rat liver (IPRL) and syngeneic orthotopic rat liver transplantation (OLT) models.
Results. In IPRL studies, donor pretreatment with DMP, and to a lesser degree MP, significantly improved the uptake of hyaluronic acid (HA), a marker of endothelial cell function, following 8 h of cold preservation. However, neither pretreatment was protective after 24 h of preservation. In the OLT model using 24-h-preserved livers, the seven-day survival of untreated grafts was 50%. DMP pretreatment of donors significantly improved graft survival to 100%, whereas MP pretreatment was ineffective. Additionally, only DMP significantly increased the blood glucose concentrations and decreased the plasma concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha after OLT. Other measured markers of liver injury were not affected by either pretreatment.
Conclusions. Selective delivery of methylprednisolone to the liver as a donor pretreatment strategy improves 24-h preserved graft survival in the OLT model.
Recommended Citation
Chimalakonda, Anjaneya P., and Reza Mehvar. "Effects of Methylprednisolone and Its Liver-Targeted Dextran Prodrug on Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Liver Transplantation Model." Pharmaceutical research 24.12 (2007): 2231-2238.
DOI:10.1007/s11095-007-9414-1
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Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Pharmaceutical Research, volume 24, issue 12, in 2007 following peer review. The final publication is available at Springer via DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9414-1.