Mouse Heterotopic Cervical Cardiac Transplantation Utilizing Vascular Cuffs

Murine models of cardiac transplantation are frequently utilized to study ischemia-reperfusion injury, innate and adaptive immune responses after transplantation, and the impact of immunomodulatory therapies on graft rejection. Heterotopic cervical heart transplantation in mice was first described in 1991 using sutured anastomoses and subsequently modified to include cuff techniques. This modification allowed for improved success rates, and since then, there have been multiple reports that have proposed further technical improvements. However, translation into more widespread utilization remains limited due to the technical difficulty associated with graft anastomoses, which requires precision to achieve adequate length and caliber of the cuffs to avoid vascular anastomotic twisting or excessive tension, which can result in damage to the graft. The present protocol describes a modified technique for performing heterotopic cervical cardiac transplantation in mice which involves cuff placement on the recipient's common carotid artery and the donor's pulmonary artery in alignment with the direction of the blood flow.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - (2022), 184 vom: 23. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]
Shepherd, Hailey M [VerfasserIn]
Krupnick, Alexander S [VerfasserIn]
Gelman, Andrew E [VerfasserIn]
Lavine, Kory J [VerfasserIn]
Kreisel, Daniel [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Date Completed 13.07.2022

Date Revised 24.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3791/64089

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NLM343364522