In:
ASAIO Journal, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 65, No. 7 ( 2019-09), p. 690-697
Kurzfassung:
An artificial placenta (AP) utilizing extracorporeal life support (ECLS) could protect premature lungs from injury and promote continued development. Preterm lambs at estimated gestational age (EGA) 114–128 days (term = 145) were delivered by Caesarian section and managed in one of three groups: AP, mechanical ventilation (MV), or tissue control (TC). Artificial placenta lambs (114 days EGA, n = 3; 121 days, n = 5) underwent venovenous (VV)-ECLS with jugular drainage and umbilical vein reinfusion for 7 days, with a fluid-filled, occluded airway. Mechanical ventilation lambs (121 days, n = 5; 128 days, n = 5) underwent conventional MV until failure or maximum 48 hours. Tissue control lambs (114 days, n = 3; 121 days, n = 5; 128 days, n = 5) were sacrificed at delivery. At the conclusion of each experiment, lungs were procured and sectioned. Hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) slides were scored 0–4 in seven injury categories, which were summed for a total injury score. Slides were also immunostained for platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)-α and α-actin; lung development was quantified by the area fraction of double-positive tips of secondary alveolar septa. Support duration of AP lambs was 163 ± 9 (mean ± SD) hours, 4 ± 3 for early MV lambs, and 40 ± 6 for late MV lambs. Total injury scores at 121 days were 1.7 ± 2.1 for AP vs. 5.5 ± 1.6 for MV ( p = 0.02). Using immunofluorescence, double-positive tip area fraction at 121 days was 0.017 ± 0.011 in AP lungs compared with 0.003 ± 0.003 in MV lungs ( p 〈 0.001) and 0.009 ± 0.005 in TC lungs. At 128 days, double-positive tip area fraction was 0.012 ± 0.007 in AP lungs compared with 0.004 ± 0.004 in MV lungs ( p 〈 0.001) and 0.016 ± 0.009 in TC lungs. The AP is protective against lung injury and promotes lung development compared with mechanical ventilation in premature lambs.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1058-2916
DOI:
10.1097/MAT.0000000000000939
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publikationsdatum:
2019
ZDB Id:
2083312-X
