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Background Sevoflurane and isoflurane had been reported to improve ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) through amelioration of the inflammatory response. We aimed to explore and compare the molecular mechanisms involved in sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia in liver ischemia-reperfusion of rat model. Methods Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: sham group, I/R group, sevoflurane group, and isoflurane group. The liver I/R injury model was established to investigate the effect of sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia on liver ischemia/reperfusion. The inflammatory markers and complement C3, C5a, and C6 were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Oxidative stress was detected by measuring the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and nitric oxide (NO). Results Our results showed that sevoflurane anesthesia significantly decreased alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, and lactate dehydrogenase levels compared with isoflurane and controls. Sevoflurane inhibited I/R injury induced production of tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin 1, interleukin 6, and intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 and promoted interleukin 10 production more significantly compared with isoflurane. Reduced MDA and NO and elevated SOD release suggested that oxidative stress was attenuated by sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia. Both sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia significantly decreased plasma C3 levels compared with the I/R injury group without differences. Conclusion Sevoflurane anesthesia produced a more significant inhibitive effect on inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress in liver I/R injury model than isoflurane, suggesting that sevoflurane is more suitable in surgery.

The morphology dependent of migration and recombination kinetics of charge carriers in the polymer solar cell based on poly {2,7′-9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-5-diethylhexyl-3,6-bis(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)pyrrolo[3,4-c]-pyrrole-1,4-dione}(PDPP-F) was investigated with photo-induced charge carrier extraction by linearly increasing voltage technique. The recombination coefficient of charge carriers decreased and the mobility of charge carriers increased, after the mass ratio of [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester(PCBM) increased from 3:2 to 2:1. Meanwhile, both of them were sensitive to the applied electric field and could be together responsible for the improvement of voltage performance of polymer solar cell.