Research Article

Donor Preconditioning with Inhaled Sevoflurane Mitigates the Effects of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Swine Model of Lung Transplantation

Table 3

BAL levels of IL-12, IL-10, TGF-β, TNFα, IL-8, IL-6, and IL-1β in animal donor (baseline) and animal recipient after 2 and 6 hours of reperfusion.

Baseline2 h reperfusion6 h reperfusion

IL-12Control7.14 (4.6; 12.3)9.71 (2.7; 41.8)120.42 (110.6; 152.5)
SEV36.25 (0; 93.1)58.33 (3.7; 98.9)57.5 (46.0; 80.4)a

IL-10Control0 (0; 0)0 (0; 25.3)0 (0; 0)
SEV0 (0; 0)62.35 (0; 74.8)a17.10 (0; 34.4)a

TGF-βControl0 (0; 0)43.58 (0; 107.4)0 (0; 71.2)
SEV0 (0; 0)0 (0; 0)a0 (0; 0)

TNFαControl0 (0; 0.2)270.42 (178.8; 414.2)43.69 (0; 99.2)
SEV0 (0; 0)93.26 (44.7; 191.7)19.64 (0; 65.5)

IL-8Control139.25 (116.1; 146.1)825.5 (356.7; 1263)203 (154.2; 384.2)
SEV92.7 (0; 204.2)21.875 (0; 120.6)a137.5 (21.8; 146.2)a

IL-6Control2.07 (0; 6.5)93 (52.4; 338.7)130.30 (77.2; 1032.2)
SEV0 (0; 0)33.88 (0; 69.4)a277.33 (97.7; 420.5)

IL-1βControl0 (0; 6.5)255.625 (0; 259.2)35.5 (11.1; 372.3)
SEV0 (0; 14.3)14.5 (0; 77.5)168.5 (74.8; 343.1)

Control: control groups; SEV: sevoflurane treatment groups. Values are medians and interquartile (25%-75%) range and are presented as concentration (pg/ml). a vs. control.