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Biliary Bicarbonate, pH, and Glucose Are Suitable Biomarkers of Biliary Viability During Ex Situ Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Donor Livers.
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Transplantation [Transplantation] 2019 Jul; Vol. 103 (7), pp. 1405-1413. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background: Ex situ normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) can be used to assess viability of suboptimal donor livers before implantation. Our aim was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of bile biochemistry for the assessment of bile duct injury (BDI).<br />Methods: In a preclinical study, 23 human donor livers underwent 6 hours of end-ischemic NMP to determine biomarkers of BDI. Livers were divided into groups with low or high BDI, based on a clinically relevant histological grading system. During NMP, bile was analyzed biochemically and potential biomarkers were correlated with the degree of BDI. Receiver operating characteristics curves were generated to determine optimal cutoff values. For clinical validation, identified biomarkers were subsequently included as viability criteria in a clinical trial (n = 6) to identify transplantable liver grafts with low BDI.<br />Results: Biliary bicarbonate and pH were significantly higher and biliary glucose was significantly lower in livers with low BDI, compared with high BDI. The following cutoff values were associated with low BDI: biliary bicarbonate greater than 18 mmol/L (P = 0.002), biliary pH greater than 7.48 (P = 0.019), biliary glucose less than 16 mmol/L (P = 0.013), and bile/perfusate glucose ratio less than 0.67 (P = 0.013). In the clinical trial, 4 of 6 livers met these criteria and were transplanted, and none developed clinical evidence of posttransplant cholangiopathy.<br />Conclusions: Biliary bicarbonate, pH, and glucose during ex situ NMP of liver grafts are accurate biomarkers of BDI and can be easily determined point of care, making them suitable for the pretransplant assessment of bile duct viability. This may improve graft selection and decrease the risk of posttransplant cholangiopathy.
- Subjects :
- Bile Ducts pathology
Bile Ducts transplantation
Biomarkers metabolism
Biopsy
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Liver Transplantation adverse effects
Liver Transplantation instrumentation
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Time Factors
Tissue Survival
Bicarbonates metabolism
Bile metabolism
Bile Ducts metabolism
Donor Selection
Glucose metabolism
Liver Transplantation methods
Perfusion adverse effects
Perfusion instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1534-6080
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Transplantation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30395120
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002500