Background: Opioids are commonly used in conjunction with sedative drugs to provide anesthesia. Previous studies have shown that opioids reduce the clinical requirements of sedatives needed to provide adequate anesthesia. Processed electroencephalographic parameters, such as the Bispectral Index (BIS; Aspect Medical Systems, Newton, MA) and Auditory Evoked Potential Index (AAI; Alaris Medical Systems, San Diego, CA), can be used intraoperatively to assess the depth of sedation. The aim of this study was to characterize how the addition of opioids sufficient to change the clinical level of sedation influenced the BIS and AAI.
Methods: Twenty-four adult volunteers received a target-controlled infusion of remifentanil (0-15 ng/ml) and inhaled sevoflurane (0-6 vol%) at various target concentration pairs. After reaching pseudo-steady state drug levels, the modified Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation score, BIS, and AAI were measured at each target concentration pair. Response surface pharmacodynamic interaction models were built using the pooled data for each pharmacodynamic endpoint.
Results: Response surface models adequately characterized all pharmacodynamic endpoints. Despite the fact that sevoflurane-remifentanil interactions were strongly synergistic for clinical sedation, BIS and AAI were minimally affected by the addition of remifentanil to sevoflurane anesthetics. 相似文献
We observed that pretreatment of male F344 rats with benzyl selenocyanate,
a versatile organoselenium chemopreventive agent in several animal model
systems, decreases the levels of DNA and RNA modifications produced in the
liver by the hepatocarcinogen 2- nitropropane. To clarify the mechanisms
involved, we pretreated male F344 rats with either benzyl selenocyanate,
its sulfur analog benzyl thiocyanate, phenobarbital or cobalt
protoporphyrin IX; the latter is a depletor of P450. We then determined (1)
the ability of liver microsomes to denitrify 2-nitropropane, (2) effects on
2-nitropropane- induced liver DNA and RNA modifications and (3) amount of
nitrate excreted in rat urine following administration of the carcinogen.
Pretreatment with benzyl selenocyanate or phenobarbital increased the
denitrification activity of liver microsomes by 217 and 765%, respectively,
increased liver P4502B1 by 31- and 435-fold, respectively, decreased the
levels of 2-nitropropane-induced modifications in liver DNA (29-70% and
17-30%, respectively) and RNA (67-85% and 30-50%, respectively), and
increased the 24-h urinary excretion of nitrate by 157 and 209%,
respectively. Pretreatment with benzyl thiocyanate had no significant
effect on any of these parameters. Pretreatment with cobalt protoporphyrin
IX decreased liver P4502B 1 by 87%, decreased the denitrification activity
of liver microsomes by 76%, decreased the 24 h urinary excretion of nitrate
by 88.5%, but increased the extent of 2-nitropropane-induced liver nucleic
acid modifications by 17-67%. These results indicate that the metabolic
sequence from 2-nitropropane to the reactive species causing DNA and RNA
modifications does not involve the removal of the nitro group. Moreover,
they suggest that benzyl selenocyanate inhibits 2-NP-induced liver nucleic
acid modifications in part by increasing its detoxication through induction
of denitrification, although it is evident that other mechanisms must also
be involved.
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Single gene recessive genetic skin disorders offer attractive prototypes
for the development of therapeutic cutaneous gene delivery. We have
utilized X-linked ichthyosis (XLI), characterized by loss of function of
the steroid sulfatase arylsulfatase C (STS), to develop a model of
corrective gene delivery to human skin in vivo. A new retroviral expression
vector was produced and utilized to effect STS gene transfer to primary
keratinocytes from XLI patients. Transduction was associated with
restoration of full-length STS protein expression as well as steroid
sulfatase enzymatic activity in proportion to the number of proviral
integrations in XLI cells. Transduced and uncorrected XLI keratinocytes,
along with normal controls, were then grafted onto immunodeficient mice to
regenerate full thickness human epidermis. Unmodified XLI keratinocytes
regenerated a hyperkeratotic epidermis lacking STS expression with
defective skin barrier function, effectively recapitulating the human
disease in vivo. Transduced XLI keratinocytes from the same patients,
however, regenerated epidermis histologically indistinguishable from that
formed by keratinocytes from patients with normal skin. Transduced XLI
epidermis demonstrated STS expression in vivo by immunostaining as well as
a normalization of histologic appearance at 5 weeks post-grafting. In
addition, transduced XLI epidermis demonstrated a return of barrier
function parameters to normal. These findings demonstrate corrective gene
delivery in human XLI patient skin tissue at both molecular and functional
levels and provide a model of human cutaneous gene therapy.
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The in vivo behaviour of well-defined immune complexes in rats was studied using complexes derived from DNP-conjugated bovine thyroglobulin (DNP-BTG) and purified specific goat anti-DNP IgG. Both clearance and glomerular localization were mainly dependent on the nature of the antigen. Soluble immune complexes formed with DNP17-BTG were cleared faster and showed a more marked localization in the glomerular mesangium than complexes formed with DNP3.4-BTG. A slight increase in the antibody to antigen ratio seemed to facilitate mesangial localization of soluble immune complexes. Insoluble immune complexes showed temporary localization as microemboli in the lumina of glomerular and peritubular capillaries. This study thus shows that not only the size and composition of the complexes but also the nature of the antigen within the complex can influence the clearance and organ localization of circulating immune complexes. 相似文献