TY - JOUR
T1 - Amelioration of radiation-induced liver damage in partially hepatectomized rats by hepatocyte transplantation
AU - Guha, Chandan
AU - Sharma, Anand
AU - Gupta, Sanjeev
AU - Alfieri, Alan
AU - Gorla, Giridhar R.
AU - Gagandeep, Singh
AU - Sokhi, Rana
AU - Roy-Chowdhury, Namita
AU - Tanaka, Kathryn E.
AU - Vikram, Bhadrasain
AU - Roy-Chowdhury, Jayanta
PY - 1999/12/1
Y1 - 1999/12/1
N2 - Hepatic tumors often recur in the liver after surgical resection. Postoperative radiotherapy (RT) could improve survival, but curative RT may induce delayed life-threatening radiation-induced liver damage. Because RT inhibits liver regeneration, we hypothesized that unirradiated, transplanted hepatocytes would proliferate preferentially in a partially resected and irradiated liver, providing metabolic support. We subjected F344 rats to hepatic RT and partial hepatectomy with/without a single intrasplenic, syngeneic hepatocyte transplantation. Hepatocyte transplantation ameliorated radiation-induced liver damage and improved survival of rats receiving RT after partial hepatectomy. We further demonstrated that transplanted hepatocytes extensively repopulate and function in a heavily irradiated rat liver.
AB - Hepatic tumors often recur in the liver after surgical resection. Postoperative radiotherapy (RT) could improve survival, but curative RT may induce delayed life-threatening radiation-induced liver damage. Because RT inhibits liver regeneration, we hypothesized that unirradiated, transplanted hepatocytes would proliferate preferentially in a partially resected and irradiated liver, providing metabolic support. We subjected F344 rats to hepatic RT and partial hepatectomy with/without a single intrasplenic, syngeneic hepatocyte transplantation. Hepatocyte transplantation ameliorated radiation-induced liver damage and improved survival of rats receiving RT after partial hepatectomy. We further demonstrated that transplanted hepatocytes extensively repopulate and function in a heavily irradiated rat liver.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10606225
AN - SCOPUS:0033431693
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 59
SP - 5871
EP - 5874
JO - Cancer research
JF - Cancer research
IS - 23
ER -