Abstract | BACKGROUND: Volatile anesthetics induce pharmacological preconditioning in cardiac tissue. The purpose of this study was to test whether volatile anesthetics mediate this effect by activation of the mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium ( mitoK(ATP)) or sarcolemmal K( ATP) (sarcK( ATP)) channel in rat ventricular myocytes and to evaluate the signaling pathways involved. METHODS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Using autofluorescence in live cell imaging microscopy and a simulated model of ischemia, the authors present evidence that volatile anesthetics mediate their protection in cardiomyocytes by selectively priming mitoK(ATP) channels through multiple triggering protein kinase C-coupled signaling pathways. These observations provide important new insight into the mechanisms of anesthetic-induced preconditioning.
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Authors | Michael Zaugg, Eliana Lucchinetti, Donat R Spahn, Thomas Pasch, Marcus C Schaub |
Journal | Anesthesiology
(Anesthesiology)
Vol. 97
Issue 1
Pg. 4-14
(Jul 2002)
ISSN: 0003-3022 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12131097
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Anesthetics, Inhalation
- Potassium Channels
- Nitric Oxide
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Protein Kinase C
- Diazoxide
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Topics |
- Adenosine Triphosphate
(pharmacology)
- Anesthetics, Inhalation
(pharmacology)
- Animals
- Diazoxide
(pharmacology)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial
- Male
- Mitochondria, Heart
(drug effects)
- Nitric Oxide
(physiology)
- Potassium Channels
(drug effects)
- Protein Kinase C
(physiology)
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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