Ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis in the fetal and neonatal rhesus macaque brain.
Ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis in the fetal and neonatal rhesus macaque brain.
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DOI:
10.1097/aln.0b013e318242b2cd
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发表时间:
2012-02
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Olney JW
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作者:
Brambrink AM;Evers AS;Avidan MS;Farber NB;Smith DJ;Martin LD;Dissen GA;Creeley CE;Olney JW
Exposure of rhesus macaque fetuses for 24 h, or neonates for 9 h, to ketamine anesthesia causes neuroapoptosis in the developing brain. The present study further clarifies the minimum exposure required for, and the extent and spatial distribution of, ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis in rhesus fetuses and neonates. Ketamine was administered by intravenous infusion for 5 h to postnatal day 6 rhesus neonates, or to pregnant rhesus females at 120 days gestation (full term = 165 days). Three hours later, fetuses were delivered by caesarian section, and the fetal and neonatal brains were studied for evidence of apoptotic neurodegeneration, as determined by activated caspase-3 staining. Both the fetal (n = 3) and neonatal (n = 4) ketamine-exposed brains had a significant increase in apoptotic profiles compared to drug-naive controls (fetal n = 4; neonatal n = 5). Loss of neurons due to ketamine exposure was 2.2 times greater in fetuses than in neonates. The pattern of neurodegeneration in fetuses was different from that in neonates, and all subjects exposed at either age had a pattern characteristic for that age. The developing rhesus macaque brain is sensitive to the apoptogenic action of ketamine at both a fetal and neonatal age, and exposure duration of 5 h is sufficient to induce a significant neuroapoptosis response at either age. The pattern of neurodegeneration induced by ketamine in fetuses was different from that in neonates, and loss of neurons attributable to ketamine exposure was 2.2 times greater in the fetal than neonatal brains.