Language

English

Publication Date

4-1-2025

Journal

American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology

DOI

10.1152/ajpheart.00806.2024

PMID

40062653

Abstract

We investigated ferroptosis, a type of programmed cell death mechanism, in human hearts donated after brain death (DBD) and those donated after circulatory death (DCD), focusing on warm ischemia time (WIT) and cold storage. A total of 24 hearts were procured, with six from the DBD group and 18 from the DCD group. The DCD group was divided into three subgroups, each containing six hearts, based on different WITs of 20, 40, and 60 min. All procured hearts were placed in cold storage for up to 6 h. Left ventricular biopsies were performed at 0, 2, 4, and 6 h. We measured ferroptosis regulators [glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 4 (ACSL4), and transferrin receptor], iron content (Fe

Keywords

Humans, Ferroptosis, Warm Ischemia, Organ Preservation, Heart Transplantation, Middle Aged, Male, Adult, Myocardium, Female, Brain Death, Iron, Lipid Peroxidation, Time Factors, Aged, Cold Ischemia, Coenzyme A Ligases, Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase, cold ischemia injury, ferroptosis, heart transplantation, human donor heart, warm ischemia injury

Published Open-Access

yes

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