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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;124:608-617
© 2002 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology (CSP)

Tumor necrosis factor- production in whole blood after cardiopulmonary bypass: Downregulation caused by circulating cytokine-inhibitory activities

From the Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery^a and the Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometrics, and Informatics,^b Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, and the Department of Surgery, Clinical Research Group Shock & MOF,^c University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany.

Supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Schm 74/ 13-2), IFORES University of Essen (J.B.), and Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (F.U.S.).

Received for publication April 28, 2001. Revisions requested June 22, 2001; revisions received Nov 28, 2001. Accepted for publication Dec 12, 2001. Address for reprints: Jochen Börgermann, MD, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Ernst-Grube-Str 40, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany (E-mail: Jochen.Boergermann{at}t-online.de).

Objectives: Cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with the release of proinflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor , interleukin 1ß, interleukin 6, and interleukin 8) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 10 and transforming growth factor ß₁). On the one hand this cytokine release is related to the postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and on the other hand it is related to deterioration of the immune system, for example in monocyte or polymorphonuclear neutrophil function, leading to an increased susceptibility to infections. To gain further insight into the alterations of immune cell reactivity and possible regulatory mechanisms, we studied lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor synthesis in whole blood from cardiac surgical patients.
Methods: Fifteen patients undergoing elective heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass were included in the study. Ex vivo lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor synthesis was measured in a whole blood assay before, during, and after bypass. Corresponding tumor necrosis factor messenger RNA levels were determined by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. In addition, the influence of patient serum on whole blood responsiveness and its relationship to anti-inflammatory cytokines were evaluated in vitro.
Results: Tumor necrosis factor synthesis was significantly reduced after 30 minutes of cardiopulmonary bypass and showed the lowest values at the end of bypass (mean ± SD 0.109 ± 0.105 ng/10⁶ white blood cells after 30 minutes of bypass and 0.050 ± 0.065 ng/10⁶ white blood cells at the end of bypass, vs 0.450 ± 0.159 ng/10⁶ white blood cells preoperatively, P < .001). As a further indication of reduced cytokine biosynthesis, diminished messenger RNA levels for tumor necrosis factor were detected. Serum withdrawn from patients at the end of cardiopulmonary bypass reduced tumor necrosis factor synthesis in heterologous blood from healthy volunteers highly significantly to 39.93% ± 23.18% relative to control serum (P = .005) and preoperatively drawn serum (P = .024). This effect was dose dependent and was not specific for lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor synthesis. Anesthesia and heparin administration did not influence tumor necrosis factor production significantly. Ex vivo tumor necrosis factor synthesis was negatively related to interleukin 10 serum levels, positively but weakly related to interleukin 4, and was not related to transforming growth factor ß₁ (Spearman correlation coefficients -0.565, P < .001, 0.362, P < .001, and -0.062, P = .460, respectively). However, interleukin 10 levels in patient serum after cardiopulmonary bypass were 300-fold below the quantities needed for half-maximal inhibition of tumor necrosis factor synthesis in vitro. Moreover, the inhibitory activity could not be removed by immune absorption of interleukin 10.
Conclusions: These results suggest that during cardiac operations cytokine-inhibitory serum activities are released or newly formed. These activities could not be explained by the actions of interleukins 4 and 10 or transforming growth factor ß₁. Although their exact nature remains undetermined, these substances may contribute to the diminished immune cell functions after cardiopulmonary bypass and thus need further characterization.

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