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- Title
Description of a Recovery Model in Rabbits for the Study of the Late Phase of Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
- Authors
MANTELOU, ATHINA G.; ZACHARIOUDAKI, ARGYRO; PAPPAS-GOGOS, GEORGE; PAPALOIS, APOSTOLOS; PAPOUDOU-BAI, ALEXANDRA; GOUSSIA, ANNA; GLANTZOUNIS, GEORGIOS K.
- Abstract
Aim: Description of an anesthetic recovery model with endotracheal intubation in rabbits which provides metabolic stability for the study of the late phase of liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Materials and Methods: Two groups of New Zealand rabbits, n=7 in each, were used: Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) group (45 min of partial liver ischemia/reperfusion) and no intervention (sham) group. Blood alanine aminotransferase, lactate, pH values, mean arterial pressure and pCO2 were calculated at baseline, and at 2 and 24 h post reperfusion. Tissue samples from left (ischemic) and right (non-ischemic) liver lobes were examined at 2 and 24 h after reperfusion. Results: The I/R group presented significantly higher levels of alanine aminotransferase (p=0.001) at 2 and 24 h, and of lactate (p=0.016) at 2 h post reperfusion. No differences were documented for pH, mean arterial pressure and pCO2. Histological exanimation revealed significant injury at 24 h post reperfusion for the I/R group. Conclusion: This anesthetic recovery model permitted avoidance of hypoxia and respiratory acidosis, allowing the study of the late phase of I/R injury.
- Subjects
RABBITS; ANIMAL models in research; REPERFUSION injury; ALANINE aminotransferase; ANESTHESIA
- Publication
In Vivo, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
0258-851X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21873/invivo.12686