Pseudocholinesterase variation.
Pseudocholinesterase variation.
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假胆碱酯酶变异。
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-67179-1_7
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发表时间:
1978
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通讯作者:
D. Agarwal
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作者:
H. Goedde;D. Agarwal
The genetically determined polymorphism of serum cholinesterase is of special interest because its substrate succinyldicholine is a drug commonly used as a short-acting muscle relaxant. Genetic variants that failed to hydrolyze the drug were detected fo'r the first time by Lehmann and Ryan (1956), by Kalow and Genest (1957), and by Goedde et al.(1964). Only about two-thirds of the succinyldicholine-sensitive patients homozygous for the so-called atypical allele could be easily identified by inhibition reaction with dibucaine. Other variants are due to the so-called fluoride-resistant allele (Harris and Whittaker, 1961) and the silent allele-the latter characterized by very low enzyme activity (Liddell and Lehmann, 1963) or by the absence of cholinesterase protein (Goedde et aI., 1965; Goedde and Altland, 1971).Although most of the individuals who have an atypical variant are predisposed to prolonged apnea after application of succinyldicholine, not all of the apnea cases encountered in clinical practice always show a variant nature of the serum enzyme. It has been observed that more than 30% of the patients who suffered a prolonged apnea did not possess a genetically determined variant of cholinesterase. In these cases the enzyme appears to be a normal type in standard assays, but apparently does not hydrolyze succinyldicholine at pharmacologic concentrations during surgery. The presence of other hitherto unknown structural mutants of cholinesterase, drug interactions, or undetected liver disease have been discussed as possible reasons for this discrepancy. Some years ago, in cooperation with the Behring Company, we developed a purified pseudocholinesterase preparation (Goedde et aI., 1967). In patients with prolonged apnea caused by this genetic defect, enzyme replacement can be accomplished by injection of this preparation, which is nowadays commonly used in German hospitals (Goedde and Altland, 1971). In this paper, we report the occurrence of new cholinesterase variants sensitive only to succinyldicholine. Family studies support our findings. Out of 232 patients who had prolonged apnea after succinyldicholine, the sera of whom had been sent to us for phenotyping, we could classify only about 7Q% as having known genetic variants (Table 1). Kalow (1966) and Thompson and Whittaker (1966) observed about 40% normal phenotypes in such patients. In another report, Whittaker (1968) could explain two cases of apnea having a normal phenotype, on the basis of the so-called chloride number.