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Liver after hepatocyte transplantation for liver-based metabolic disorders in children.

Abstract
There are limited data regarding donor hepatocyte engraftment into recipient liver after human hepatocyte transplantation (HHTx). We reviewed the explant livers of seven children with metabolic disorders [ornithine-transcarbamylase deficiency (one), coagulation factor VII deficiency (three), Crigler-Najjar syndrome (one), progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC-2) deficiency (two)] who received allograft hepatocytes by intraportal infusion with improvement in phenotype, although all later underwent liver transplantation (LT). Immunohistochemistry for bile salt export protein (BSEP) in the PFIC-2 patients and genetic typing following laser capture microdissection (LCM) of liver cells in the others were used to identify donor hepatocytes in recipient explant livers. Explant livers usually showed a preserved lobular architecture. In one patient, hepatocytes were identified inside portal vein thrombi. No donor hepatocytes in liver cell plates were identified immunohistochemically or by genetic typing. HHTx was generally followed by partial recovery of metabolic function; the procedure was well tolerated; any increase in portal vein pressure was transient. Hepatocytes were identified in portal vein thrombi, even months after portal vein infusion. Further studies are needed to monitor donor hepatocytes in vivo, to quantify better the efficacy of the procedure and to find ways of improving engraftment and function.
AuthorsAlberto Quaglia, Sharon C Lehec, Robin D Hughes, Ragai R Mitry, A S Knisely, Stephen Devereaux, Julie Richards, Mohamed Rela, Nigel D Heaton, Bernard C Portmann, Anil Dhawan
JournalCell transplantation (Cell Transplant) Vol. 17 Issue 12 Pg. 1403-14 ( 2008) ISSN: 0963-6897 [Print] United States
PMID19364077 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • DNA
Topics
  • Atrophy
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Blood Pressure
  • Cell Separation (methods)
  • Cell Transplantation (methods)
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA (genetics, isolation & purification)
  • Female
  • Hepatocytes (cytology, pathology, transplantation)
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Liver Diseases (pathology, surgery)
  • Male
  • Metabolic Diseases (pathology, surgery)
  • Portal System (physiology)
  • Tissue Donors

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