Review Article

Pancreas Procurement and Preservation for Islet Transplantation: Personal Considerations

Table 1

Composition and other characteristics of each preserving solution.

ET-KMKUWHNCM-HTK

Na (mmol/L)1001002910015
K (mmol/L)43.543.51251510
Mg (mmol/L)5134
Ca (mmol/L)0.250.015
Cl (mmol/L)4150
Gluconate (mmol/L)100100
Phosphate (mmol/L)252525
Sulfate (mmol/L)5
Lactobionate (mmol/L)10080
Raffinose (mmol/L)30
Trehalose (mmol/L)120120
Adenosine (mmol/L)5
Alloprinol (mmol/L)1
Glutathione (mmol/L)33
HES (g/L)30305030
Ulinastatin (×103 U/L)100100
Nafamostat mesilate (mg/L)20
Histidine (mmol/L)30198
Mannitol (mmol/L)6030
α-ketoglutarate (mmol/L)1
Tryptophan (mmol/L)2
Glutamic acid (mmol/L)20
Osmolality (mOsm)366366320355310

HES: hydroxyethyl starch; ROS: reactive oxygen species; ET-K: ET-Kyoto solution; MK: modified ET-Kyoto solution; UW: University of Wisconsin solution; HNC: Celsior solution with HES and nafamostat mesilate; M-HTK: modified histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution.