PMID: 9524160Dec 16, 1998Paper

Cytokine Response to Fetal Cardiac Bypass

Journal of Maternal-fetal Investigation : the Official Journal of French Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology ... [et Al.]
V M ReddyF L Hanley

Abstract

>Objective: Cytokines are associated with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome that occurs after cardiopulmonary bypass. We hypothesized that the placental dysfunction which has been found to complicate fetal cardiac bypass may be in part a function of a cytokine-mediated acute phase reaction. To test this hypothesis, we designed a study to investigate the effect of cardiac bypass on interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, and IL-8 in fetal sheep.Methods: Nine mixed-breed pregnant ewes at 118-122 days of gestation were assigned randomly to either the "fetal cardiac bypass group" (n = 5) or the "control group" (n = 4). After surgical exposure and instrumentation, cardiac bypass was performed for 30 min in study group fetuses, whereas control group fetuses were exposed and instrumented identically but did not undergo bypass. Placental and systemic hemodynamics were monitored in both groups. Pre- and post-bypass blood samples were analyzed for IL-1beta, IL-6, and IL-8 using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.Results: IL-6 levels were undetectable before bypass in all fetuses. IL-6 increased after bypass in all bypass group fetuses to 53.0 +/- 24.2 pg/ml, whereas IL-6 levels remained undetectable in all control animals. Fetal ca...Continue Reading

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