title: Impaired B lymphocyte function during open-heart surgery. Effects of anaesthesia and surgery.
abstract: B lymphocyte function in vitro was measured in patients undergoing open-heart surgery. Conventional balanced anaesthesia, or high-dose fentanyl anaesthesia was used. Pokeweed mitogen (PWM) induced lymphocyte transformation was depressed at the end of the operation, but the response to formalinized Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I (StaCw) was not. The numbers of immunoglobulin producing and secreting cells measured by an indirect protein A plaque-forming cell assay decreased after PWM-stimulation, but remained unchanged after StaCw stimulation at the end of the operation. IgG, IgM and IgA secretion by PWM- and StaCw-stimulated lymphocytes, into the culture medium, was depressed in the period after operation. Depressed immune functions occurred after open-heart surgery, but not in association with anaesthesia alone before surgery. The decreases were not mediated by hydrocortisone-sensitive suppressor cells. Minor differences between the two anaesthetic techniques were found in lymphocyte proliferative responses.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005283:Fentanyl; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D005283:Fentanyl; D006854:Hydrocortisone