Modified uterine allotransplantation and immunosuppression procedure in the sheep model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Wei, Li ^a   Xue, Tao ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Zhao, Guang Yue ^a   Zhang, Geng ^a   Lu, Zhi Hong ^a   Huang, Yan Hong ^a   Ma, Xiang Dong ^a   Liu, Hai Xia ^a   Liang, Sheng Ru ^a   Yang, Fang ^a   Chen, Bi Liang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDEMA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LAPAROTOMY; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OVARIECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; POLYGLACTIN SUTURE; POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE; REPERFUSION; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHEEP; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SHEEP; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UTERUS;

EID: 84896739405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081300     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Brännström M, Diaz-Garcia C, Hanafy A, Olausson M, Tzakis A (2012) Uterus transplantation: animal research and human possibilities. Fertil Steril 97: 1269-1276. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.04.001. PubMed: 22542990.
2. Ramirez ER, Ramirez Nessetti DK, Nessetti MB, Khatamee M, Wolfson MR et al. (2011) Pregnancy and outcome of uterine allotransplantation and assisted reproduction in sheep. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 18(2): 238-245. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2010.11.006. PubMed: 21354071.
3. Brännström M, Racho El-Akouri R, Wranning CA (2003) Uterine transplantation. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 109(2): 121-123. doi:10.1016/S0301-2115(03)00050-2. PubMed: 12860325. (Pubitemid 36809116)
4. Dubernard JM, Owen E, Lefrancois N, Petruzzo P, Martin X et al. (2000) First human hand transplantation. Case report. Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society For Organ Transplantation 13 Suppl 1: S521-S524. doi:10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02095.x.
5. Jones JW, Gruber SA, Barker JH, Breidenbach WC (2000) Successful hand transplantation. One-year follow-up. Louisville Hand Transplant Team. N Engl J Med. 343(7): 468-473. doi:10.1056/NEJM200008173430704. PubMed: 10950668. (Pubitemid 30646486)
6. Buiret G, Rabilloud M, Combe C, Paliot H, Disant F et al. (2007) Larynx transplantation: laryngectomees' opinion poll. Transplantation 84(12): 1584-1589. doi:10.1097/01.tp.0000295716.21536.76. PubMed: 18165768.
7. Monaco AP (2001) Transplantation of the larynx - a case report that speaks for itself. N Engl J Med 344(22): 1712-1714. doi:10.1056/ NEJM200105313442211. PubMed: 11386272.
8. Schneeberger S, Ninkovic M, Gabl M, Hussl H, Rieger M et al. (2007) First forearm transplantation: outcome at 3 years. Am J Transplant 7(7): 1753-1762. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01837.x. PubMed: 17511764. (Pubitemid 46905428)
9. Guntinas-Lichius O (2008) Outcomes 18 months after the first human partial face transplantation. N Engl J Med. 358(20): 2179-2180; author reply: 10.1056/NEJMc080003. PubMed: 18480214.
10. Kuo PC, Morris J, Marks WH, Lieberman JM, Johnson DL et al. (1996) Human syngeneic intestinal transplantation: evaluation of enterocyte viability with serum levels of intestinal fatty acid binding protein. Clin Transplant 10(3): 282-286. PubMed: 8826667. (Pubitemid 26257946)
11. Racho El-Akouri R, Kurlberg G, Brännström M (2003) Successful uterine transplantation in the mouse: pregnancy and post-natal development of offspring. Hum Reprod 18(10): 2018-2023. doi:10.1093/humrep/deg396. PubMed: 14507815. (Pubitemid 37265060)
12. Racho El-Akouri R, Kurlberg G, Dindelegan G, Mölne J, Wallin A et al. (2002) Heterotopic uterine transplantation by vascular anastomosis in the mouse. J Endocrinol 174(2): 157-166. doi:10.1677/joe.0.1740157. PubMed: 12176655. (Pubitemid 34965756)
13. Wranning CA, Akhi SN, Diaz-Garcia C, Brännström M (2011) Pregnancy after syngeneic uterus transplantation and spontaneous mating in the rat. Hum Reprod 26(3): 553-558. doi:10.1093/humrep/deq358. PubMed: 21159686.
14. Dahm-Kähler P, Wranning C, Lundmark C, Enskog A, Mölne J et al. (2008) Transplantation of the uterus in sheep: methodology and early reperfusion events. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 34(5): 784-793. doi:10.1111/j.1447- 0756.2008.00854.x. PubMed: 18834335.
15. Ramirez ER, Ramirez DK, Pillari VT, Vasquez H, Ramirez HA (2008) Modified uterine transplant procedure in the sheep model. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 15(3): 311-314. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2008.01.014. PubMed: 18439503. (Pubitemid 351551572)
16. Wranning CA, Dahm-Kähler P, Mölne J, Nilsson UA, Enskog A et al. (2008) Transplantation of the uterus in the sheep: oxidative stress and reperfusion injury after short-time cold storage. Fertil Steril 90(3): 817-826. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1340. PubMed: 17904131.
17. Wranning CA, El-Akouri RR, Lundmark C, Dahm-Kähler P, Mölne J et al. (2006) Auto-transplantation of the uterus in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa): Surgical technique and early reperfusion events. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 32(4): 358-367. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00426.x. PubMed: 16882260. (Pubitemid 44050732)
18. Enskog A, Johannesson L, Chai DC, Dahm-Kähler P, Marcickiewicz J et al. (2010) Uterus transplantation in the baboon: methodology and long-term function after auto-transplantation. Hum Reprod 25(8): 1980-1987. doi:10.1093/humrep/deq109. PubMed: 20519250.
19. Kisu I, Banno K, Mihara M, Lin LY, Tsuji K et al. (2012) Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for evaluation of uterine blood flow in cynomolgus macaque. PLOS ONE 7(4): e35124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035124. PubMed: 22606213.
20. Mihara M, Kisu I, Hara H, Iida T, Yamamoto T et al. (2011) Uterus autotransplantation in cynomolgus macaques: intraoperative evaluation of uterine blood flow using indocyanine green. Hum Reprod 26(11): 3019-3027. doi:10.1093/humrep/der276. PubMed: 21896548.
21. Fageeh W, Raffa H, Jabbad H, Marzouki A. (2002) Transplantation of the human uterus. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 76(3): 245-51 (Pubitemid 34203648)
22. Ozkan F, Cakir-Ozkan N, Eyibilen A, Yener T, Erkorkmaz U (2010) Comparison of ketamine-diazepam with ketamine-xylazine anesthetic combinations in sheep spontaneously breathing and undergoing maxillofacial surgery. Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences / Udruzenje basicnih mediciniskih znanosti = Association of Basic. Journal of Medical Sciences 10(4): 297-302.
23. Scott JR, Pitkin RM, Yannone ME (1971) Transplantation of the primate uterus. Surg Gynecol Obstet 133(3): 414-418. PubMed: 4998984.
24. Cohen BM (1980) Fallopian tube transplantation and its future. Clin Obstet Gynecol 23(4): 1275-1292. doi:10.1097/00003081-198012000-00033. PubMed: 7004707.
25. Steptoe PC, Edwards RG (1978) Birth after the reimplantation of a human embryo. Lancet 2(8085): 366. PubMed: 79723.
26. Brännström M, Wranning CA (2008) Uterus transplantation: how far away from human trials? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87(11): 1097-1100. doi:10.1080/00016340802495509. PubMed: 18951223.
27. Del Priore G, Schlatt S, Wagner R, Reynoso E, Malanowska-Stega J (2011) Uterus transplantation: on the edge. Semin Reprod Med 29(1): 55-60. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1268704. PubMed: 21207334.
28. Grynberg M, Ayoubi JM, Bulletti C, Frydman R, Fanchin R (2011) Uterine transplantation: a promising surrogate to surrogacy? Ann N Y Acad Sci 1221: 47-53. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.05952.x. PubMed: 21401629.
29. Sieunarine K, Moxey P, Boyle DC, Ungar L, Lindsay I et al. (2005) Selective vessel ligation in the pelvis: an invaluable tool in certain surgical procedures. Int J Gynecol Cancer 15(5): 967-973. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005. 00161.x. PubMed: 16174253. (Pubitemid 41783110)
30. Yabuki Y, Asamoto A, Hoshiba T, Nishimoto H, Nishikawa Y et al. (2000) Radical hysterectomy: An anatomic evaluation of parametrial dissection. Gynecol Oncol 77(1): 155-163. doi:10.1006/gyno.1999.5723. PubMed: 10739705. (Pubitemid 30217319)
31. Zhordania IF, Gotsiridze OA (1964) Vital Activity of the Excised Uterus and Its Appendages after Their Autotransplantation into Omentum. Experimental Research. Acta Chir Plast 6: 23-32. PubMed: 14134961.
32. O'Leary JA, Feldman M, Gaensslen DM (1969) Uterine and tubal transplantation. Fertil Steril 20(5): 757-760. PubMed: 5822860.
33. Scott JR, Anderson WR, Kling TG, Yannone ME (1970) Uterine transplantation in dogs. Gynecol Invest 1(3): 140-148. doi:10.1159/000301940. PubMed: 5513052.
34. Adams WP Jr., Ansari MS, Hay MT, Tan J, Robinson JB Jr, Friedman RM et al. (2000) Patency of different arterial and venous end-to-side microanastomosis techniques in a rat model. Plast Reconstr Surg 105(1): 156-161. doi:10.1097/00006534-200001000-00026. PubMed: 10626984. (Pubitemid 30027043)
35. Miyamoto S, Takushima A, Okazaki M, Ohura N, Momosawa A et al. (2009) Comparative study of different combinations of microvascular anastomosis types in a rat vasospasm model: versatility of end-to-side venous anastomosis in free tissue transfer for extremity reconstruction. J Trauma 66(3): 831-834. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e318160e201. PubMed: 19276761.
36. Miyamoto S, Okazaki M, Ohura N, Shiraishi T, Takushima A et al. (2008) Comparative study of different combinations of microvascular anastomoses in a rat model: end-to-end, end-to-side, and flow-through anastomosis. Plast Reconstr Surg 122(2): 449-455. doi:10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817d62c5. PubMed: 18626360.
37. Sieunarine K, Zakaria FB, Boyle DC, Corless DJ, Noakes DE et al. (2005) Possibilities for fertility restoration: a new surgical technique. Int Surg 90(5): 249-256. PubMed: 16625941.
38. Gauthier T, Bertin F, Fourcade L, Maubon A, Saint Marcoux F et al. (2011) Uterine allotransplantation in ewes using an aortocava patch. Hum Reprod 26(11): 3028-3036. doi:10.1093/humrep/der288. PubMed: 21896546.
39. Avison DL, DeFaria W, Tryphonopoulos P, Tekin A, Attia GR et al. (2009) Heterotopic uterus transplantation in a swine model. Transplantation 88(4): 465-469. doi:10.1097/TP.0b013e3181b07666. PubMed: 19696628.
40. Díaz-García C, Akhi SN, Wallin A, Pellicer A, Brännström M (2010) First report on fertility after allogeneic uterus transplantation. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89(11): 1491-1494. doi:10.3109/00016349.2010.520688. PubMed: 20879912.
41. Díaz-García C, Johannesson L, Enskog A, Tzakis A, Olausson M et al. (2012) Uterine transplantation research: laboratory protocols for clinical application. Mol Hum Reprod 18(2): 68-78. doi:10.1093/molehr/gar055. PubMed: 21900333.
42. McKay DB, Josephson MA (2006) Pregnancy in recipients of solid organs - effects on mother and child. N Engl J Med 354(12): 1281-1293. doi:10.1056/NEJMra050431. PubMed: 16554530.
43. Källén B, Westgren M, Aberg A, Olausson PO (2005) Pregnancy outcome after maternal organ transplantation in Sweden. BJOG 112(7): 904-909. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00607.x. PubMed: 15957990. (Pubitemid 40896955)
44. Gao J, Liu K, Liu H, Blair HT, Li G et al. (2010) A complete DNA sequence map of the ovine major histocompatibility complex. BMC Genomics 11: 466. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-466. PubMed: 20698968.
45. Lehr EJ, Rayat GR, Desai LS, Coe JY, Korbutt GS et al. (2006) Inbred or outbred? An evaluation of the functional allogenicity of farm sheep used in cardiac valve studies. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 132(5): 1156-1161. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.06.026. PubMed: 17059938. (Pubitemid 44584959)
46. Ciancio G, Miller J, Gonwa TA (2005) Review of major clinical trials with mycophenolate mofetil in renal transplantation. Transplantation 80(2 Suppl): S191-S200. Available online at: doi:10.1097/01.tp.0000187035.22298.ba. PubMed: 16251852.
47. Vento M, Perez Aytes A, Ledo A, Boso V, Carey JC (2008) Mycophenolate mofetil during pregnancy: some words of caution. Pediatrics 122(1): 184-185. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-0348. PubMed: 18596003.
48. Bigolin S, Fagundes DJ, Rivoire HC, Fagundes AT, Fagundes AL (2009) Transcervical hysteroscopic sterilization using cyanoacrylate: a long-term experimental study on sheep. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 35(6): 1012-1018. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01075.x. PubMed: 20025632.
49. Grazyna P, Michael C, Marian T, Barbara B, Mauro M et al. (2002) Improving Delivery and Offspring Viability of In Vitro-Produced and Cloned Sheep Embryos. Biol Reprod, 67(6): 1719-1725. doi:10.1095/biolreprod.102.006171. PubMed: 12444045.