Establishment of heterotopic intestinal xenotransplantation model from pig to cynomolgus

  • TAO Dan-Hua ,
  • LI Yao-Sheng ,
  • WANG Jian ,
  • MAO Qi ,
  • GUO Meng-Xiao ,
  • ZHANG Shao-Yi ,
  • KONG Wen-Cheng ,
  • LIN Le-Le ,
  • LI Ge-Shou
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  • 1. Department  of  Surgery,  Jinling  Hospital,  Medical  School  of  Nanjing  University,  Nanjing  210002,  China;   2. Linyi People`s Hospital,  Linyi 276000, China

Received date: 2014-02-26

  Online published: 2015-02-12

Abstract

Objective   To investigate the procedures for establishing a stable model of intestinal xenotransplantation from pig to cynomolgus, with the purpose of providing a good experimental tool for the xenograft rejection study in intestinal xenotransplantation.   Methods    White wild-type pigs were used as donor and cynomolguses used as recipients. The procedure of segmental heterotopic intestinal xenotransplantation in recipients was performed as following: the donor`s anterior mesenteric artery was anastomosed end-to-side to the recipient`s infrarenal abdominal aorta, and the donor`s tributary of anterior mesenteric venous was anastomosed end-to-side to the recipient`s infrarenal inferior vena cave. Subsequently, both the proximal and distant ends of the graft intestine were stayed ligated.    Results    Segmental intestinal xenotransplantation was performed in 5 cynomolguses, with an average graft intestine length of (52.0±5.7) cm. The success rate of vascular anastomosis was 100%, and the intestinal xenograft survival was 152±72(55~245) minutes.   Conclusions   A stable, repeatable model of segmental intestinal xenotransplantation from pig to cynomolgus was established, which would provide an ideal tool for further research on intestinal xenotransplantation from transgenic pig to cynomolgus.

Cite this article

TAO Dan-Hua , LI Yao-Sheng , WANG Jian , MAO Qi , GUO Meng-Xiao , ZHANG Shao-Yi , KONG Wen-Cheng , LIN Le-Le , LI Ge-Shou . Establishment of heterotopic intestinal xenotransplantation model from pig to cynomolgus[J]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2015 , 33(1) : 81 -84 . DOI: 10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2015

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