Does Oxidative Stress Change During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation?

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Published: Nov 1, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15586/jcbmr.2017.23
Keywords:
Liver transplantation, oxidative stress, nitrosative stress,

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Dimitrios Tsikas
Core Unit Proteomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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In clinical ischemia/reperfusion injury, damage resulting from oxidative and nitrosative stress is generally considered crucial for graft functioning. Yet, there is increasing evidence that modern clinical transplantation including orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is not associated with elevation of oxidative and nitrosative stress upon organ reoxygenation. We measured two currently used biomarkers of oxidative stress, i.e., 15(S)-8-iso-prostaglandin F2a  (15(S)-8-iso-PGF2a) and cis-epoxyoctadecanoic acid (cis-EpOA), in human plasma during the entire time duration of OLT in eight patients suffering from end-stage liver disease. No considerable concentration changes of 15(S)-8-iso-PGF2a and cis-EpOA were observed, indicating lack of oxidative stress. Previously, we found in the same patients that nitrosative stress, measured as 3-nitrotyrosine and 3-nitrotyrosinoalbumin. Yet, as 15(S)-8-iso-PGF2a, cis-EpOA and 3-nitrotyrosine are produced both by chemical and enzymatic reactions, the current concepts of oxidative and nitrosative stress require reconsideration.

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    Tsikas, D. (2017). Does Oxidative Stress Change During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation?. Journal of Controversies in Biomedical Research, 3(2), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.15586/jcbmr.2017.23
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    Vol. 3 No. 2 (2017): Journal of Controversies in Biomedical Research
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