Análise da ultra-estrutura do tecido paratireóideo humano em solução para preservação de tecidos / Analysis of the ultrastructure of human parathyroid in solution for preservation of tissue

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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BACKGROUND: The cryopreservation of parathyroid tissue is employed in the surgical treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease. During the period between surgical resection and cryopreservation of tissue, which requires a specialized laboratory, the tissue is stored in a cell culture solution, at 4 °C (solution for transport from the operating room to the laboratory). There is no data showing for how long the human parathyroid tissue can remain viable in this solution, before being cryopreserved. The present study evaluates the time that the tissue of human hyperplastic parathyroid gland could remain in solution for transportation, without showing ultrastructural damages. METHODS: This prospective study included 11 patients, who underwent total parathyroidectomy with heterotopic autotransplantation and cryopreservation of parathyroid tissue fragments. Part of the tissue intended for pathological examination was selected for storage at solution for transportation. Five periods were defined, related to the storage time of parathyroid fragments at solution for transportation. At time 1, the material was fixed at the time of surgical resection, without contact with the solution for transport, this time was used as control. At time 2, the fragments of tissue remained stored at the solution for transportation for 2 hours, at time 3, this period was 6 hours, and Times 4 and 5, corresponded to the parathyroid fragments stored in the transport solution for 12 and 24 hours, respectively. At the end of each period the fragments were removed from the transport solution and fixed with 2% glutaraldehyde, followed by preparation of material for ultrathin sections. The analysis by electron microscopy was used to evaluate cell adhesion and integrity of plasma membranes, nuclei and mitochondria, and the presence of edema and cell vacuoles. RESULTS: Of the 11 cases studied, 10 showed ultrastructural findings consistent with the normal tissue fragments that remained in the solution to transport up to 12 hours. In only one of these cases, there was preservation of the morphological characteristics of the tissue for 24 hours, at the solution for transportation. In one case, there were findings of marked signs of irreversible cell damage in all periods, including the initial time in which the tissue was fixed at the time of surgical resection, without contact with the solution for transportation. Changes of mitochondria represented the ultrastructural damage more constant in the cases studied. CONCLUSION: The analysis of the ultrastructure of human hyperplastic parathyroid gland tissue shows that, in most cases, ultrastructural integrity is properly maintained in fragments stored up to 12 hours in a solution of cell culture, at 4° C.

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autotransplantation criopreservação microscopia eletrônica electron microscopy preservation of organs cryopreservation auto-implante paratireoidectomia glândulas paratireóides parathyroid hyperparathyroidism preservação de órgãos hiperparatireoidismo parathyroidectomy

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