Transport-Associated Vibrational Stress Triggers Drug-Reversible Apoptosis and Cardiac Allograft Failure in Mice

Increasingly complex and long-range donor organ allocation routes coupled with implementation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have prompted investigations of the conditions affecting organs once packaged for shipment. Our group has previously demonstrated that different modes of organ transport exert unique environmental stressors, in particular vibration. Using a mouse heart transplant model, we demonstrated that vibrational forces exert tangible, cellular effects in the form of cardiomyocyte apoptosis and cytoskeletal derangement. Functionally, these changes translated into accelerated allograft loss. Notably, administration of an apoptosis inhibitor, Z-VAD-FMK, helped to ameliorate the detrimental cellular and functional effects of mechanical vibration in a dose-dependent manner. These findings constitute one of the first reports of the negative impact of transit environment on transplant outcomes, a contributing mechanism underpinning this effect, and a potential agent to prophylax against this process. Given current limitations in measuring donor organ transit environments in situ, further study is required to better characterize the impact of transport environment and to potentially improve the care of donor organs during shipment. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement: We show that apoptosis inhibitor, Z-VAD-FMK, ameliorated transport-related vibrational stress in murine heart transplants, which presents a potential therapeutic or preservation solution additive for future use in transporting donor organs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine - 11(2023) vom: 13., Seite 145-150

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Young S [VerfasserIn]
Gavzy, Samuel J [VerfasserIn]
Jang, Jihyun [VerfasserIn]
Kamberi, Shani [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tianshu [VerfasserIn]
Sands, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Scalea, Joseph R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allograft failure
Journal Article
Organ transplantation
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Transport-related stress
Transportation innovation
Vibration

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Date Completed 27.02.2023

Date Revised 13.09.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3239790

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353223581