Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 272-276.doi: 10.19439/j.sjos.2017.03.008

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Effects of sevoflurane on the migration of vascular endothelial cells

SUN Yuan-qing, LIANG Bing, ZHANG Lei, XU Hui   

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Shanghai 200011, China
  • Received:2016-11-15 Revised:2017-01-20 Online:2017-06-25 Published:2017-07-05

Abstract: PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of sevoflurane on cell migration and expression of VE-cadherin mRNA in human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs). METHODS: HUVECs were allocated to 4 groups randomly (each group contained 4 culture dishes with a diameter of 10 cm), and were exposed to 2% sevoflurane (refer to 1.6 MAC) respectively for 0 h (control group which exposed to the same environment as the other 3 groups but without sevoflurane), 0.5 h, 1 h, 2 h. After sevoflurane exposure, HUVECs were subjected to scratch assay to observe the migration distance; RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of vascular endothelial-cadherin mRNA(VE-cadherin mRNA). Statistical analysis of the data was conducted using SPSS 13.0 software package. RESULTS: Scratch assay results suggested that the migration ability of HUVECs exposed to 2% sevoflurane for 2 h were significantly inhibited during 12 h after scratch compared with the control group(P<0.01), and RT-PCR results suggested that HUVECs exposed to 2% sevoflurane for 2 h expressed greater VE-cadherin mRNA than the control group(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Sevoflurane exposure for 2 h can inhibit HUVECs migration and the mechanism may be up-regulating VE-cadherin expression.

Key words: Sevoflurane, Migration, HUVECs, VE-cadherin

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