脳死状態の人体からのブタ由来肝臓を用いた体外肝交差循環
Abraham Shaked1, Alex Sagar2, Kim M Olthoff3
1Penn Transplant Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. abraham.shaked@uphs.upenn.edu.
Nature medicine
|February 9, 2026
まとめ
遺伝子改変ブタ肝臓を用いた体外肝交差循環(ELC)は、肝不全に対する潜在的な解決策を提供する。本研究はELCの有効性を示した。
科学分野:
- 異種移植研究
- 臓器サポートシステム
- 免疫学
背景:
- 急性および急性慢性肝不全は、重大な臨床的アンメットニーズを有する。
- 現在の肝サポートの選択肢は限られており、新しいアプローチが必要である。
- 遺伝子改変異種肝臓は、一時的な肝サポートの潜在的な解決策を提供する。
研究 の 目的:
- 遺伝子改変ブタ肝臓を用いた体外肝交差循環(ELC)における早期免疫応答を評価すること。
- 人体死体モデルにおける異種ブタ肝臓が提供する生理学的サポートを評価すること。
- 最小限の免疫抑制でELCの実現可能性を判断すること。
主な方法:
- 4人の人体死体に対し、遺伝子改変ブタ肝臓(トリプルグリカノックアウト、7つのヒト遺伝子導入、PERV不活化)を用いたELCを実施した。
- 免疫抑制は、静脈内メチルプレドニゾロンによって達成された。
- ELCは72-84時間(ネイティブ肝臓はin situ)または48時間(肝切除後、異種肝臓のみ)実施された。
主要な成果:
- 異種肝臓は、構造の維持、軽度の免疫浸潤、IgM沈着を示した。
- ブタ肝臓は胆汁を生成し、ネイティブの肝細胞機能を補った。
- 異種肝臓のみのモデルでは、血行動態の安定性と代謝機能が維持された。
結論:
- 遺伝子改変ブタ肝臓を用いた体外肝交差循環(ELC)は実現可能である。
- 効果的な異種肝臓サポートには、最小限の免疫抑制で十分であった。
- ELCは、効果的な一時的肝サポート戦略としての可能性を示す。
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