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ANESTHETIC PHARMACOLOGY

The Effect of Local Anesthetics on Monocyte mCD14 and Human Leukocyte Antigen-DR Expression

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Masanori Ogata, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1-1 Iseigaoka Yahatanishiku Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan. Address e-mail to mogata{at}med.uoeh-u.ac.jp

It has been demonstrated that local anesthetics have several effects on the immune system. Monocytes and macrophages are essential components of the host response to microbial infection; however, the effect of local anesthetics on monocyte surface receptor expression remains unclear. We designed this study to investigate the effects of local anesthetics on monocyte mCD14 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR expression and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced or staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- production. Blood samples were obtained from 10 healthy volunteers. The effects of local anesthetics on LPS- or SEB-induced TNF- production were determined by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. After different doses of local anesthetics were added, the blood was stimulated with LPS (10 ng/mL) or SEB (10 µg/mL) for 4 h. The effects of local anesthetics on monocyte mCD14 and HLA-DR expression were measured by dual monoclonal antibody staining and flow cytometry. Local anesthetics showed no effect on LPS- or SEB-induced TNF- production in human whole blood. Local anesthetics suppressed monocyte HLA-DR expression in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05) but had no effect on monocyte mCD14 expression. This study demonstrated that local anesthetics suppress HLA-DR expression on the surface of human monocytes.

IMPLICATIONS: Monocyte surface receptors have a crucial role in the host response to microbial infection. We investigated the effects of local anesthetics on monocyte mCD14 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR expression. Our results show that local anesthetics suppress HLA-DR expression on the surface of human monocytes.

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