Development of a rat forelimb vascularized composite allograft (VCA) perfusion protocol

Casie A Pendexter, Omar Haque, Mohammadreza Mojoudi, Sarah Maggipinto, Marion Goutard, Simona Baicu, Alexandre G Lellouch, James F Markmann, Gerald Brandacher, Heidi Yeh, Shannon N Tessier, Curtis Cetrulo and Korkut Uygun

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Vascularized composite allografts (VCAs) refer to en bloc heterogenous tissue that is transplanted to restore form and function after amputation or tissue loss. Rat limb VCA has emerged as a robust translational model to study the pathophysiology of these transplants. However, these models have predominately focused on hindlimb VCAs which does not translate anatomically to upper extremity transplantation, whereas the majority of clinical VCAs are upper extremity and hand transplants. This work details our optimization of rat forelimb VCA procurement and sub-normothermic machine perfusion (SNMP) protocols, with results in comparison to hindlimb perfusion with the same perfusion modality. Results indicate that compared to hindlimbs, rat forelimbs on machine perfusion mandate lower flow rates and higher acceptable maximum pressures. Additionally, low-flow forelimbs have less cellular damage than high-flow forelimbs based on oxygen uptake, edema, potassium levels, and histology through 2 hours of machine perfusion. These results are expected to inform future upper extremity VCA preservation studies.

Date: 2023
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