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Role of adenosine in isoflurane-induced cardioprotection. Anesthesiology 1997 May;86(5):1128-39

Date

05/01/1997

Pubmed ID

9158363

DOI

10.1097/00000542-199705000-00017

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0031005282 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   103 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This investigation tested the hypothesis that adenosine (A1) receptor blockade modulates the cardioprotective effects of isoflurane.

METHODS: Hemodynamics and percentage segment shortening (%SS) in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) perfusion territory were evaluated in barbiturate-anesthetized dogs (n = 31) at selected intervals after pretreatment with the selective A1 receptor antagonist (8-cyclopentyl-1,3,dipropyl-xanthine; DPCPX 0.8 mg/kg, intravenously) or drug vehicle in the presence or absence of 1 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) isoflurane. Dogs were subjected to five 5-min occlusions and reperfusions of the LAD, followed by 180 min of final reperfusion. Isoflurane was administered for 30 min before and during LAD occlusions and reperfusions and was discontinued at the onset of final reperfusion. Two other groups of dogs (n = 17) were used to measure interstitial concentrations of purines in the LAD region using a microdialysis technique in the presence and absence of isoflurane.

RESULTS: Dogs receiving drug vehicle or DPCPX exhibited no recovery of %SS after 180 min of reperfusion (-5 +/- 7 and 5 +/- 11% of baseline, respectively, +/- SEM). In contrast, dogs receiving isoflurane alone demonstrated complete recovery of %SS at 60 min after reperfusion. DPCPX pretreatment partially attenuated isoflurane-induced enhancement of recovery of %SS (34 +/- 11% of baseline 180 min after reperfusion; P < 0.05). Interstitial purine concentrations were increased during multiple occlusions and reperfusions of the LAD in dogs not receiving isoflurane, but they were unchanged by coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion in dogs receiving isoflurane.

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that isoflurane-induced cardioprotection in stunned myocardium is partially mediated by adenosine type 1 receptor activation and is accompanied by decreases in endogenous adenosine release.

Author List

Kersten JR, Orth KG, Pagel PS, Mei DA, Gross GJ, Warltier DC

Authors

Paul S. Pagel PhD, MS, MD Emeritus Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
David C. Warltier PhD Emeritus Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Anesthetics, Inhalation
Animals
Dogs
Hemodynamics
Isoflurane
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists
Xanthines