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Bone morphogenetic proteins-2/4/7 (BMP-2/4/7) are important cytokines in systemic tissue morphogenesis. It has been demonstrated BMPs may have positive effects on liver repair and regeneration after hepatic injury. However, their function in the liver still remains unclear. D-galactosamine (D-gal) is a hepatotoxin used to induce hepatic failure. We employed D-gal and rat hepatoma cell line (1548) to investigate BMP-2/4/7 expression in hepatic injury induced by D-gal and probe their relations with liver repair and regeneration in hepatic injury. LDH release, mRNA and protein expression were detected. Results indicated that BMP-2/4/7 expression was activated by injury of rat hepatoma cells. It is indicative that repair and regeneration of the liver after hepatic injury and morphogenesis in early embryos seem to proceed through the same process. BMPs may be not only associated with hepatic injury after repair and regeneration, but also involved in chronic liver.

Bone morphogenetic proteins-2/4/7 (BMP-2/4/7) are important cytokines in systemic tissue morphogenesis. It has been demonstrated BMPs may have positive effects on liver repair and regeneration after hepatic injury. However, their function in the liver still remains unclear. D-galactosamine (D-gal) is a hepatotoxin used to induce hepatic failure. We employed D-gal and rat hepatoma cell line (1548) to investigate BMP-2/4/7 expression in hepatic injury induced by D-gal and probe their relations with liver repair and regeneration in hepatic injury. LDH release, mRNA and protein expression were detected. Results indicated that BMP-2/4/7 expression was activated by injury of rat hepatoma cells. It is indicative that repair and regeneration of the liver after hepatic injury and morphogenesis in early embryos seem to proceed through the same process. BMPs may be not only associated with hepatic injury after repair and regeneration, but also involved in chronic liver.

INTRODUÇÃO: O Transplante de fígado evoluiu nas últimas décadas, sempre em busca de melhorar a sobrevida do paciente e do enxerto. Importante causa de morbi-mortalidade é a disfunção precoce do enxerto (DPE) e o não funcionamento primário do enxerto (NFP). Diversos biomarcadores vem sendo estudados, porém ainda não há um consenso. Com isso tivemos a hipótese científica de avaliar e quantificar a função hepática avaliada pele verde de indocianina (VI) após o transplante de fígado. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a disfunção precoce do enxerto pela taxa de depuração plasmática do (VI) no pós-operatório imediato de transplante hepático. MÉTODO: Estudo clinico, de julho de 2014 a junho de 2015, prospectivo e observacional. Um total de 40 pacientes fizeram parte desta análise pela pulso-densitometria, usando o sistema de Limon (Impulse Medical System, Munique, Alemanha). Foram avaliados também o índice de risco de doadores (DRI), os critérios de Wagener e de Olthoff e preditores prognósticos pós-transplante de fígado. Todos os testes realizados levaram em consideração um alfa bidirecional de 0,05 e intervalo de confiança (IC) de 95% e foram realizados com apoio computacional dos softwares IBM SPSS 25 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) e Excel 2016® (Microsoft Office). RESULTADOS: Um total de 40 pacientes foram avaliados. A idade média foi de 53 anos e a maioria do sexo masculino (70%). A etiologia da cirrose mais comum foi hepatite por vírus C (42,5%). Os pacientes eram Child C em 45% dos casos. A taxa de retenção o verde de indocianina em 15 minutos (R15) permaneceu aumentada nos dias 1 e 3 de pós operatório ( > 10%) e normalizou no 7º dia de pós operatório ( < 10%). A taxa de depuração manteve valores normais, com 18,5% no 1º dia; 20,3 no 3º e 20,4 no 7º dia pós operatório. A comparação com os critérios de Olthoff e Wagener não mostrou diferença estatística (p=0,467 e p=0,178). Na comparação com DRI > 1,5 encontrou-se p=0,066, e com desfecho negativo (Perda do enxerto ou óbito) em p=0,063. A depuração do verde de indocianina mostrou relação significativa com o grau de lesão histológica pós isquemia e reperfusão (p=0,030). CONCLUSÃO: A reserva funcional hepática apresenta-se diminuída no pós operatório recente de transplante de fígado com melhora ao final da primeira semana. A depuração hepática do verde de indocianina não relaciona-se com a disfunção precoce do enxerto avaliada pelos critérios de Oltoff e Wagener. Por outro lado ela tem uma relação significativa inversamente proporcional ao grau da lesão hepática pós isquemia e reperfusão / INTRODUCTION: Liver transplantation has evolved in the last decades, alway seeking to improve patient and graft survival. Important cause of morbidity and mortality is early graft dysfunction (EGD) and primary non-graft function (NGF). Several biomarkers have been studied, but there is still no consensus. With this we had the scientific hypothesis to evaluate and quantify the hepatic function evaluated by indocyanine green (IG) after liver transplantation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the early graft dysfunction by the plasma clearance rate of (IG) in the immediate postoperative period of liver transplantation. METHOD: Clinical study, from July 2014 to June 2015, prospective and observational. A total of 40 patients were part of this analysis by pulse-densitometry, using the Limon system (Impulse Medical System, Munich, Germany). Donor risk index (DRI), Wagener and Olthoff criteria, and prognostic predictors after liver transplantation were also evaluated. All the tests performed into account a bidirectional Alpha of 0.05 and a 95% confidence interval (CI) and were performed with computational support of the software IBM SPSS 25 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and Excel 2016 (Microsoft Office). RESULTS: A total of 40 patients were evaluated. The mean age was 53 years and the majority of them was male (70%). The most common etiology of cirrhosis was C virus hepatitis (42.5%). The patients were Child C in 45% of cases. The indocyanine green retention rate in 15 minutes (R15) was increased on days 1 and 3 postoperatively ( > 10%) and normalized on the 7th postoperative day ( < 10%). The ICG clearance rate maintained normal values, with 18.5% in the 1st day; 20.3 in the 3rd and 20.4 in the 7th postoperative day. The comparison with Olthoff and Wagener criteria showed no statistical difference (p=0,467 e p=0,178). In the comparison with DRI > 1.5 a p = 0.066 was found; and with negative outcome (Loss of graft or death) a p = 0.063 was found. The clearance of indocyanine green showed a significant relation with the degree of histological lesion after ischemia and reperfusion (p = 0.030). CONCLUSION: The liver functional reserve is decreased in the recent postoperative period of liver transplantation with improvement at the end of the first week. Hepatic clearance of indocyanine green is not related to early graft dysfunction assessed by Oltoff and Wagener criteria. On the other hand, it has a significant relationship inversely proportional to the degree of ischemia and reperfusion hepatic injury

What is known and objective: Amiodarone, a commonly used class III antiarrhythmic agent notable for a relatively long half-life of up to 6 months and its pronounced adverse effect profile, is used for both acute and chronic management of cardiac arrhythmias. Chronic use of amiodarone has been associated with asymptomatic hepatotoxicity; however, acute toxicity is thought to be uncommon. There are only six reported cases of acute liver failure (ALF) secondary to amiodarone. In all these cases the outcome of death during the same hospitalization resulted. We aimed to report the only case of acute liver failure secondary to amiodarone infusion in the existing literature where the patient survived. Case summary: A 79-year-old woman admitted with atrial flutter was being treated with intravenous (IV) amiodarone when she abruptly developed coagulopathy, altered mental status and liver enzyme derangement. She was diagnosed with acute liver failure (ALF) secondary to an amiodarone adverse drug reaction, with a calculated score of seven on the Naranjo adverse drug reaction probability scale. Amiodarone was immediately withheld, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) was initiated. Clinical improvement was seen within 48 hours of holding the drug and within 24 hours of initiating NAC. On post-hospital follow-up visit she was reported to have complete recovery. What is new and conclusion: This report emphasizes the importance of monitoring liver enzymes and mental status while a patient is being administered IV amiodarone. N-acetylcysteine administration may have possibly contributed to the early and successful recovery from ALF in our patient. To date, she is the only patient in the existing literature who has been reported to survive ALF secondary to amiodarone administration.

A presente análise das três séries históricas, compondo um total de 42 casos de hepatopatias fulminantes da região Amazônica, teve por objetivos o estudo de aspectos morfológicos e imuno-histoquímicos no diagnóstico diferencial entre febre amarela (FA), hepatite de Lábrea (HL) e de outras entidades. Visou, ainda, aprimorar o conhecimento de aspectos da morfogênese da morte hepatocelular, de eventual fibrose, relacionando-as aos padrões de regeneração e de lesões vasculares, conforme recentemente descrito na gênese de hepatopatias crônicas. Dentre o extenso painel de critérios histológicos aqui estudados, os padrões de morte hepatocelular e sua distribuição, incluindo corpos apoptóticos medio-zonais, assim como a balonização foram os achados mais característicos da FA, enquanto as células em mórula foram o principal achado na HL. Dezenove casos bem caracterizados (10 FA e 9 HL) foram então submetidos a estudos imuno-histoquímicos para a detecção dos antígenos da FA, AgHBs e antígeno do vírus da hepatite D (VHD), sendo então demonstrado que, em ambas as doenças, mas principalmente na HL, flebite, principalmente de ramos da veia porta, foi evidente e deve ter tido participação na patogênese do dano hepático, com extensa extinção parenquimatosa hepática e aproximação de espaços porta. O padrão de regeneração também foi marcante: nos casos de FA, um elevado índice de proliferação celular foi observado enquanto que, na HL, multinucleações e transformação pseudoacinar, associadas a depósitos portais de colágeno do tipo I e de fibras elásticas, foram encontrados. Concluindo, a pesquisa imuno-histoquímica de antígenos virais permitiu a caracterização etiológica dos casos destas importantes séries históricas de hepatopatias fulminantes da Amazônia, mesmo em amostras arquivadas em parafina por até sete décadas. Permitiu, ainda, o relato original de cinco casos de possível superposição de infecção pelos vírus da FA, VHB e/ou VHD. Dentre os aspectos histopatológicos, o quadro dominante na FA fulminante incluiu apoptose medio-zonal associada com flebite portal e um alto índice de proliferação celular, em pacientes sem evidência de dano hepático prévio. Por outro lado, a HL fulminante mostrou extensa necrose lítica de hepatócitos, associada à flebite portal e de veia hepática e à presença de células em mórula, em pacientes com evidências morfológicas de doença hepática crônica. / This study aimed at assessing morphological and immunohistochemical aspects useful for the differential diagnosis of yellow fever (YF), Labrea hepatitis (LH) and other entities by revisiting 42 fulminant hepatic failure cases, from three historical series from Amazon Basin. Additional studies were performed aiming at further understanding the morphogenesis of hepatocelular death, in relation to regeneration and fibrosis patterns and to vascular lesions, as recently described in chronic hepatic diseases. Among the extensive panel of histological criteria studied, liver cell death pattern and distribution, including midzonal apoptotic bodies, as well as hepatocelular ballooning degeneration were YF most characteristic findings, while morula cells were the major hint for LH. Five cases were herein suggested as coinfected with YF, HBV and/or HDV, a finding not previously reported. Nineteen well characterized cases (10 YF and 9 LH) were further submitted to immunohistochemical studies for YF antigen, HBsAg and Delta virus Ag. In both diseases, but mainly in LH, phlebitis, mainly of portal vein branches, was evident and closely related to the degree of hepatocellular damage, with severe hepatic parenchymal extinction and portal tract approximation. Regeneration pattern was also remarkable: in YF cases, a high hepatocellular proliferative index was detected whereas in LH, multinucleation and pseudo-acinar transformation, associated with portal type I collagen and elastic fiber deposition were found. In conclusion, immunohistochemical viral antigen detection yielded further etiological characterization of these important historical cases of fulminant hepatic failure from Amazon Basin, even in paraffin samples stored for up to seven decades. YF morphology depicted midzonal apoptosis, portal phlebitis and a high hepatocellular proliferative index, in patients without evidence of previous hepatic injury. On the other hand, fulminant LH showed extensive lytic hepatocellular necrosis, portal and hepatic vein phlebitis and the presence morula cells, in patients with morphological evidences of chronic liver disease.

A presente análise das três séries históricas, compondo um total de 42 casos de hepatopatias fulminantes da região Amazônica, teve por objetivos o estudo de aspectos morfológicos e imuno-histoquímicos no diagnóstico diferencial entre febre amarela (FA), hepatite de Lábrea (HL) e de outras entidades. Visou, ainda, aprimorar o conhecimento de aspectos da morfogênese da morte hepatocelular, de eventual fibrose, relacionando-as aos padrões de regeneração e de lesões vasculares, conforme recentemente descrito na gênese de hepatopatias crônicas. Dentre o extenso painel de critérios histológicos aqui estudados, os padrões de morte hepatocelular e sua distribuição, incluindo corpos apoptóticos medio-zonais, assim como a balonização foram os achados mais característicos da FA, enquanto as células em mórula foram o principal achado na HL. Dezenove casos bem caracterizados (10 FA e 9 HL) foram então submetidos a estudos imuno-histoquímicos para a detecção dos antígenos da FA, AgHBs e antígeno do vírus da hepatite D (VHD), sendo então demonstrado que, em ambas as doenças, mas principalmente na HL, flebite, principalmente de ramos da veia porta, foi evidente e deve ter tido participação na patogênese do dano hepático, com extensa extinção parenquimatosa hepática e aproximação de espaços porta. O padrão de regeneração também foi marcante: nos casos de FA, um elevado índice de proliferação celular foi observado enquanto que, na HL, multinucleações e transformação pseudoacinar, associadas a depósitos portais de colágeno do tipo I e de fibras elásticas, foram encontrados. Concluindo, a pesquisa imuno-histoquímica de antígenos virais permitiu a caracterização etiológica dos casos destas importantes séries históricas de hepatopatias fulminantes da Amazônia, mesmo em amostras arquivadas em parafina por até sete décadas. Permitiu, ainda, o relato original de cinco casos de possível superposição de infecção pelos vírus da FA, VHB e/ou VHD. Dentre os aspectos histopatológicos, o quadro dominante na FA fulminante incluiu apoptose medio-zonal associada com flebite portal e um alto índice de proliferação celular, em pacientes sem evidência de dano hepático prévio. Por outro lado, a HL fulminante mostrou extensa necrose lítica de hepatócitos, associada à flebite portal e de veia hepática e à presença de células em mórula, em pacientes com evidências morfológicas de doença hepática crônica. / This study aimed at assessing morphological and immunohistochemical aspects useful for the differential diagnosis of yellow fever (YF), Labrea hepatitis (LH) and other entities by revisiting 42 fulminant hepatic failure cases, from three historical series from Amazon Basin. Additional studies were performed aiming at further understanding the morphogenesis of hepatocelular death, in relation to regeneration and fibrosis patterns and to vascular lesions, as recently described in chronic hepatic diseases. Among the extensive panel of histological criteria studied, liver cell death pattern and distribution, including midzonal apoptotic bodies, as well as hepatocelular ballooning degeneration were YF most characteristic findings, while morula cells were the major hint for LH. Five cases were herein suggested as coinfected with YF, HBV and/or HDV, a finding not previously reported. Nineteen well characterized cases (10 YF and 9 LH) were further submitted to immunohistochemical studies for YF antigen, HBsAg and Delta virus Ag. In both diseases, but mainly in LH, phlebitis, mainly of portal vein branches, was evident and closely related to the degree of hepatocellular damage, with severe hepatic parenchymal extinction and portal tract approximation. Regeneration pattern was also remarkable: in YF cases, a high hepatocellular proliferative index was detected whereas in LH, multinucleation and pseudo-acinar transformation, associated with portal type I collagen and elastic fiber deposition were found. In conclusion, immunohistochemical viral antigen detection yielded further etiological characterization of these important historical cases of fulminant hepatic failure from Amazon Basin, even in paraffin samples stored for up to seven decades. YF morphology depicted midzonal apoptosis, portal phlebitis and a high hepatocellular proliferative index, in patients without evidence of previous hepatic injury. On the other hand, fulminant LH showed extensive lytic hepatocellular necrosis, portal and hepatic vein phlebitis and the presence morula cells, in patients with morphological evidences of chronic liver disease.