Abstract:Objective To establish a single-lung cardiopulmonary-bypass (CPB) lung injury model in rats with beating heart, and to provide an ideal experimental platform for studying the mechanism and protective measures of CPB lung injury. Methods Twenty-four rats were divided into 3 groups (n?=?8, each): the thoracotomy group (T group), the CPB group (C group) and the left lung ischemia/reperfusion injury group (IR group). T Group received sternotomy only; CPB was exerted in C group; in IR group, the left lung ischemia/reperfusion injury was conducted during CPB. Arterial blood gases were analyzed before CPB (T1), at the onset of opening the left hilus pulmonis (T2) and 90 min after CPB (T3) to observe the changes of hematocrit, lactate and lung function. At T3, serum TNF-α and IL-1β were measured, and the expressions of TNF-α and IL-1β and pathological change of the left lung tissue were observed. Results Hematocrit was decreased significantly after CPB (P?0.05). Compared with T group, the lung function declined, the serum lactate and the lung injury score were higher in C group and IR group at the end of experiment (P?0.05); the above changes were most prominent in IR group. The most and fewest amount of TNF-α and IL-1β in blood and lung tissue were found in IR group and T group respectively. Conclusions The animal model of this experiment can be successfully established, which can simulate the pathophysiological changes of clinical CPB lung injury, and has a positive effect on the related research of CPB lung protection.