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Accumulation of hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid) in myocardial interstitial tissue parallels development of transplantation edema in heart allografts in rats.
R Hällgren, … , A Tengblad, G Tufveson
R Hällgren, … , A Tengblad, G Tufveson
Published March 1, 1990
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1990;85(3):668-673. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI114490.
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Accumulation of hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid) in myocardial interstitial tissue parallels development of transplantation edema in heart allografts in rats.

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By using biotin-labeled proteoglycan core protein, hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid; HA) was visualized in rat heart grafts at different times (2, 4, and 6 d) after transplantation. In normal, nontransplanted hearts HA was present in the adventitia of arteries and veins and in the myocardial interstitial tissue. An increased accumulation of HA was evident in the edematous interstitial tissue, infiltrated with lymphocytes, on day 4 after allogeneic transplantation, and was even more pronounced by day 6. No apparent increase in HA was seen in syngeneic grafts. Biochemical assay of HA in heart tissue demonstrated that the myocardial content of HA had increased 60% by day 2 after transplantation in allogeneic as well as syngeneic grafts, indicating that surgical trauma may induce some HA accumulation in heart grafts. The extractable amount of HA declined during the following days in the syngeneic grafts, but increased progressively during the development of rejection in the allogeneic grafts, and increased on average three times by day 6. The relative water content also increased progressively during rejection of allogeneic grafts and correlated with the HA accumulation. The interstitial accumulation of HA, a glycosaminoglycan with unique water-binding qualities, is presumably implicated in the development of interstitial edema during rejection of heart grafts.

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R Hällgren, B Gerdin, A Tengblad, G Tufveson

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