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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:1325-1330
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Vascular Effects of Cyclosporin A and Acute Rejection in Canine Heart Transplantation

Denis Bouchard, MD, Marc-Antoine Despatis, MD, Josie Buluran, BSc, Raymond Cartier, MD

Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Accepted for publication May 14, 1997.

Background. Alteration of coronary vascular regulation during acute rejection may induce graft dysfunction and promote the occurrence of coronary atherosclerosis in transplant recipients. We studied the effects of treated and untreated acute rejection on coronary vascular regulation.

Methods. Two groups of mongrel dogs (n = 7) underwent heterotopic heart transplantation (cervical position) and received either no treatment (group 1) or cyclosporin A (CyA), 10 mg • kg-1 • day-1 (group 2). On day 7, recipient native and transplanted hearts were harvested and studied in organ chambers for coronary vascular reactivity.

Results. Transplanted hearts from group 1 displayed grade IV histologic rejection, whereas those from group 2 displayed grade IIIA to IV rejection. Intimal hyperplasia was found in the coronary arteries of both groups. Immunoperoxidase staining revealed the presence of factor VIII and of immunoglobulin M and G antibodies on the endothelium of both groups. Coronary relaxation to thrombin was impaired in transplanted hearts compared with native hearts (p < 0.05), and this was not influenced by CyA treatment. Conversely, endothelium-dependent relaxation to 5-hydroxytryptamine was enhanced in both CyA-treated (p < 0.01) and untreated groups (p < 0.05). A facilitating effect of CyA on 5-hydroxytryptamine also was seen in transplanted hearts in group 1 versus group 2 (p < 0.05), suggesting an intrinsic effect of CyA. Endothelium-independent relaxation to sodium nitroprusside and the contractile response to prostaglandin F2{alpha} were not affected.

Conclusions. In our model, acute rejection did not specifically impair cyclic guanosine monophosphate–mediated relaxation, but it did affect, in a receptor-specific manner, endothelium-dependent relaxation. Cyclosporin A appeared to enhance coronary endothelial sensitivity to 5-hydroxytryptamine.


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