PLoS ONE (Jan 2019)

Effect of different anaesthetic techniques on gene expression profiles in patients who underwent hip arthroplasty.

  • Renata Alleva,
  • Andrea Tognù,
  • Marco Tomasetti,
  • Maria Serena Benassi,
  • Laura Pazzaglia,
  • Hanna van Oven,
  • Ettore Viganò,
  • Nicola De Simone,
  • Ilaria Pacini,
  • Sandra Giannone,
  • Sanjin Gagic,
  • Raffaele Borghi,
  • Sara Picone,
  • Battista Borghi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219113
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 7
p. e0219113

Abstract

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ObjectivesTo investigate the modulation of genes whose expression level is indicative of stress and toxicity following exposure to three anaesthesia techniques, general anaesthesia (GA), regional anaesthesia (RA), or integrated anaesthesia (IA).MethodsPatients scheduled for hip arthroplasty receiving GA, RA and IA were enrolled at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute of Bologna, Italy and the expression of genes involved in toxicology were evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected before (T0), immediately after surgery (T1), and on the third day (T2) after surgery in association with biochemical parameters.ResultsAll three anaesthesia methods proved safe and reliable in terms of pain relief and patient recovery. Gene ontology analysis revealed that GA and mainly IA were associated with deregulation of DNA repair system and stress-responsive genes, which was observed even after 3-days from anaesthesia. Conversely, RA was not associated with substantial changes in gene expression.ConclusionsBased on the gene expression analysis, RA technique showed the smallest toxicological effect in hip arthroplasty.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov number NCT03585647.