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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:958-964. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.075
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Pharmacologic Modulation of Alveolar Liquid Clearance in Transplanted Lungs by Phentolamine and FK506

Makoto Sugita, MD, PhD, Yves Berthiaume, MD, MS*, Michael VanSpall, MD, André Dagenais, PhD, Pasquale Ferraro, MD

Centre de Recherche, CHUM, and Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Accepted for publication May 20, 2009.

* Address correspondence to Dr Berthiaume, Centre de Recherche, CHUM-Hôtel-Dieu, 3850 St-Urbain, Montréal, Québec, H2W 1T7, Canada (Email: yves.berthiaume{at}umontreal.ca).

Background: The lung's capacity to clear alveolar fluid can determine the severity of the edema seen after transplantation. We recently observed that alveolar liquid clearance was decreased in transplanted lungs. This study evaluates the ability of phentolamine and FK506 to modulate the severity of lung injury and the decline in alveolar liquid clearance after transplantation.

Methods: A canine orthotopic single-lung transplantation model was used. The lungs were preserved with a low-potassium-dextran solution (50 mL/kg) and transplanted after 3 hours of cold ischemia. The experimental protocol included a control group, a phentolamine group, in which donor lungs were infused with phentolamine (2 mg/kg), and a FK506 group, in which the animals received FK506 (25 mg/kg per hour) intravenously during reperfusion. After 4 hours of reperfusion, alveolar liquid clearance, wet-to-dry ratios, lung epithelial Na+ channel expression, and the response to β-adrenergic stimulation were measured.

Results: The increase in wet-to-dry ratios of transplanted lungs was less pronounced in the phentolamine and FK506 groups. The FK506 treatment led to improvement of alveolar liquid clearance. Neither phentolamine nor FK506 influenced lung epithelial Na+ channel expression in transplanted lungs or preserved alveolar cell ability to respond to β-adrenergic stimulation.

Conclusions: Phentolamine or FK506 treatment during reperfusion improves alveolar liquid clearance and decreases the severity of lung injury.


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