Background: Mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (mitoKATP) channels play a pivotal role in mediating cardiac preconditioning. The effects of intravenous anesthetics on this protective channel have not been investigated so far, but would be of importance with respect to experimental as well as clinical medicine.
Methods: Live cell microscopy was used to visualize and measure autofluorescence of flavoproteins, a direct reporter of mitoKATP channel activity, in response to the direct and highly selective mitoKATP channel opener diazoxide, or to diazoxide following exposure to various anesthetics commonly used in experimental and clinical medicine. A cellular model of ischemia with subsequent hypoosmolar trypan blue staining served to substantiate the effects of the anesthetics on mitoKATP channels with respect to myocyte viability.
Results: Diazoxide-induced mitoKATP channel opening was significantly inhibited by the anesthetics R-ketamine, and the barbiturates thiopental and pentobarbital. Conversely, urethane, 2,2,2-trichloroethanol (main metabolite of [alpha]-chloralose and chloral hydrate), and the opioid fentanyl potentiated the channel-opening effect of diazoxide, which was abrogated by coadministration of chelerythrine, a specific protein kinase C inhibitor. S-ketamine, propofol, xylazine, midazolam, and etomidate did not affect mitoKATP channel activity. The significance of these modulatory effects of the anesthetics on mitoKATP channel activity was substantiated in a cellular model of simulated ischemia, where diazoxide-induced cell protection was mitigated by R-ketamine and the barbiturates, while urethane, 2,2,2-trichloroethanol, and fentanyl potentiated myocyte protection. 相似文献
Background: Neuraxial blockade is used as primary anesthetic technique in one third of surgical procedures. The authors tested whether bisoprolol would protect patients at risk for cardiovascular complications undergoing surgery with spinal block.
Methods: The authors performed a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial to compare the effect of bisoprolol with that of placebo on 1-yr composite outcome including cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, and cerebrovascular insult. Bisoprolol was given orally before and after surgery for a maximum of 10 days. Adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and safety outcome measures of bisoprolol therapy were also determined.
Results: A total of 224 patients were enrolled. Spinal block could not be established in 5 patients. One hundred ten patients were assigned to the bisoprolol group, and 109 patients were assigned to the placebo group. The mean duration of treatment was 4.9 days in the bisoprolol group and 5.1 days in the placebo group. Bisoprolol therapy reduced mean heart rate by 10 beats/min. The primary outcome was identical between treatment groups and occurred in 25 patients (22.7%) in the bisoprolol group and 24 patients (22.0%) in the placebo group during the 1-yr follow-up (hazard ratio, 0.97; 95% confidence interval, 0.55-1.69; P = 0.90). However, carriers of at least one Gly allele of the [beta]1-adrenergic receptor polymorphism Arg389Gly showed a higher number of adverse events than Arg homozygous (32.4% vs. 18.7%; hazard ratio, 1.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-3.35; P = 0.04). 相似文献
In 44 patients with one or more calculi in the upper two-thirds of the ureter, single-stage percutaneous nephrolithotomy was performed through a middle or upper calyceal nephrostomy after cystoscopic placement of an occlusion balloon catheter distal to the calculus; in 42, the procedure was successful. The occlusion balloon catheter permitted retrograde opacification of all systems for enhanced renal puncture. In the last 30 patients an attempt was made either to push the calculus upward mechanically or to flush it upward into the renal pelvis with carbon dioxide or dilute contrast material. This was successful in 24 of these patients. Prior overnight occlusion of the ureter by means of ureteral dilatation further facilitates dislodgment of the calculus, which was successful in 12 of 13 patients. 相似文献
Elevated blood pressure is an important risk factor for renal-, cerebro-
and cardiovascular diseases. We used an efficient discordant sib-pair
ascertainment scheme to investigate the impact of the distal end of the
long arm of human chromosome 5 (chromosomal region 5q31.1-qter) containing
genes for the alpha1B and beta2 adrenergic receptors and the dopamine
receptor type 1A on variation of systolic blood pressure in young
Caucasians. We measured eight highly polymorphic markers spanning this
positional candidate gene-rich region in 427 individuals from 55
three-generation pedigrees containing 69 discordant sibling pairs, and
calculated multipoint identity by descent (MIBD) probabilities. The results
of genetic linkage and association tests indicate that the region between
markers D5S2093 and D5S462 is significantly linked to one or more
polymorphic genes influencing interindividual variation in systolic blood
pressure levels. Since the alpha1B adrenergic receptor and dopamine
receptor type 1A genes are located close to these markers, these data
suggest that genetic variation in one or both of these G protein-coupled
receptors, which participate in the control of vascular tone, plays an
important role in influencing interindividual variation in systolic blood
pressure levels.
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Acute porphyria is rare in orientals. We describe a Chinese woman with recurrent generalised tonic-clonic seizures and abdominal pain. Genomic DNA studies identified a heterozygous base substitution from guanine to adenine at nucleotide position 503, resulting in substitution of arginine by histidine at position 168 of the protein (R168H). This genetic abnormality is similar to the mutation reported in Caucasians with variegate porphyria. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature a Chinese patient with variegate porphyria with an identifiable mutation. A brief review of porphyria is presented. 相似文献
Recent investigations have emphasized the role of activated granulocytes in mediating vascular endothelial injury in the pathogenesis of shock lung. In vitro studies have indicated that tight adherence of the neutrophil to the endothelium is crucial for the development of cellular injury. Fibronectin is critical to cell-to- substratum and cell-to-cell interactions. Since fibronectin resides in plasma, on endothelial cell surfaces and is secreted into cell matrices, the adhesive properties of fibronectin must be modulated, lest universal cell agglomeration occur, yet be enhanced when cell attachment is appropriate. In these studies, treatment of fibronectin- coated surfaces with neutrophil release products increased the adhesion of activated neutrophils. Similarly, endothelial cells treated with neutrophil release products become a more adherent substrate for neutrophils. This enhanced adherence generated by treatment of fibronectin with neutrophil supernatants is inhibitable by heat and the lysosomal proteinase inhibitor, pepstatin-A. Neutrophil release products cause proteolytic fragmentation of fibronectin and enhanced fibronectin immunofluorescence on endothelial cells. In addition, neutrophils are more injurious to endothelial cells that have been pretreated with neutrophil release products. Neutrophils may enhance their own adherence to endothelial cells by altering fibronectin, and this altered, or "inflamed," fibronectin may serve as an amplifier of inflammation. 相似文献
The variation in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence worldwide strongly
suggests a role for dietary influences. Based on epidemiological data,
protective effects of vegetables and fruit intake on CRC are widely
claimed, while other data indicate a possible increased CRC risk from
(higher) dietary fat intake. Therefore, we have investigated single and
interactive effects of dietary fat and a vegetable-fruit mixture (VFM) in
the ApcMin mouse, a mouse model for multiple intestinal neoplasia. In this
study, four different diets (A-D) were compared, which were either low in
fat (20% energy diets A/B) or high in fat (40% energy diets C/D). In
addition, 19.5% (wt/wt) of the carbohydrates in diets B and D were replaced
by a freeze-dried VFM. The diets were balanced so that they only differed
among each other in fat/carbohydrate content and the presence of specific
plant-constituents. Because the initiation of intestinal tumors in ApcMin
mice occurs relatively early in life, exposure to the diets was started in
utero. Without the addition of VFM, mice maintained at a high-fat diet did
not develop significantly higher numbers of small or large intestinal
adenomas than mice maintained at a low-fat diet. VFM added to a low-fat
diet significantly lowered multiplicity of small intestinal polyps (from
16.2 to 10.2/mouse, 15 animals/group), but not of colon tumors in male
ApcMin mice only. Strikingly, addition of VFM to female mice maintained on
a low-fat diet and to both sexes maintained on a high-fat diet
significantly enhanced intestinal polyp multiplicity (from 16.5 to 26.7
polyps/mouse). In conclusion, our results indicate that neither a lower fat
intake nor consumption of VFM included in a high-fat diet decreases the
development of polyps in mice genetically predisposed to intestinal tumor
development.
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