Effects of sevoflurane postconditioning on cell death, inflammation and TLR expression in human endothelial cells exposed to LPS

BACKGROUND: Sevoflurane is an anesthetic agent which also participates in protective mechanisms in sepsis, likely due to anti-inflammatory properties. A key tissue in sepsis is the endothelium, which expresses TLR2 and TLR4 receptors, known regulators of inflammatory mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets for this pathology. In this context, we explored the effect of sevoflurane postconditioning in an in vitro sepsis model.

METHODS: Primary cultures of human umbilical vein endothelial cells were used for two different experiments. In the first set, cultures were placed in an airtight incubation chamber and exposed to different concentrations of sevoflurane (0,1,3 or 7% vol,) for 1 hour. In the second set, lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli 0111:B4 (1 μg/mL) was added to culture medium for 3 hours and cells were subsequently exposed to sevoflurane (0,1,3 or 7% vol,) for 1 hour as explained before. In both cases, cell viability was measured by MTT and Trypan blue assays, TLR2 and TLR4 expression were analyzed by flow cytometry, and TNFα and IL-6 levels were quantified in cell culture media by an immunoassay immediately after exposure, at 6 and 24 hours.

RESULTS: Exposure to 3% sevoflurane decreased TLR2 at 24 hours and TLR4 at 6 and 24 hours (both p<0.05), whereas exposure to 7% decreased TLR4 expression at 6 hours (p<0.05). Both 3 and 7% sevoflurane decreased TNF-α and IL-6 levels at 24 hours (both p<0.05). In LPS-stimulated cultures, exposure to 3% sevoflurane was cytoprotective at 6 and 24 hours (p<0.05) compared with control, and decreased TLR2 and TLR4 expression at 24 hours (p<0.05); whereas 7% decreased TLR4 expression at 24 hours (p<0.05). Both 3% and 7% sevoflurane decreased TNF-α and IL-6 levels at 24 hours (both p<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Postconditioning with the halogenated anesthetic agent sevoflurane after LPS stimulation shows a cytoprotective effect in an in vitro model, decreasing cell death and reducing TLR2 and TLR4 expression as well as levels of the inflammatory mediators TNF-α and IL-6 in human endothelial cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of translational medicine - 11(2013) vom: 03. Apr., Seite 87

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rodríguez-González, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Baluja, Aurora [VerfasserIn]
Veiras Del Río, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Jaime [VerfasserIn]
Taboada, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Brea, David [VerfasserIn]
Álvarez, Julián [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

38LVP0K73A
Culture Media
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
Methyl Ethers
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Sevoflurane
TLR2 protein, human
TLR4 protein, human
Toll-Like Receptor 2
Toll-Like Receptor 4
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 31.12.2013

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/1479-5876-11-87

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM226356299