Effect of different anaesthetic techniques on gene expression profiles in patients who underwent hip arthroplasty
Renata Alleva, Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft,1,* Andrea Tognù, Methodology,2 Marco Tomasetti, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization,3 Maria Serena Benassi, Formal analysis, Investigation,4 Laura Pazzaglia, Formal analysis, Methodology,4 Hanna van Oven, Investigation, Validation,2 Ettore Viganò, Investigation, Validation,2 Nicola De Simone, Formal analysis, Investigation,2 Ilaria Pacini, Formal analysis, Methodology,2 Sandra Giannone, Investigation, Validation,2 Sanjin Gagic, Data curation, Formal analysis,1,5 Raffaele Borghi, Investigation, Methodology,2 Sara Picone, Data curation, Validation,1,5 and Battista Borghi, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing1,5Hip
Objectives
To 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).
Methods
Patients 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.
Results
All 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.
Conclusions
Based on the gene expression analysis, RA technique showed the smallest toxicological effect in hip arthroplasty.
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