Volatile aromatic Anesthetics variably impact human γ-aminobutyric acid type a receptor function
Volatile aromatic Anesthetics variably impact human γ-aminobutyric acid type a receptor function
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DOI:
10.1213/01.ane.0000282829.21797.97
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发表时间:
2007-11-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Raines, Douglas E.
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作者:
Kelly, Elizabeth W.;Solt, Ken;Raines, Douglas E.
The gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are important inhibitory and excitatory neurotransnmitter receptors, respectively, in the central nervous system. At the concentrations required to produce immobility in the face of a noxious stimulus, volatile aromatic anesthetics inhibit NMDA receptors to varying degrees, strongly suggesting that they also act at other targets to produce immobilization. In this study, we sought to assess the potential role that GABAA receptors play in mediating the behavioral actions of volatile aromatic anesthetics. METHODS: Electrophysiological techniques were used to quantify the effects of eight volatile aromatic anesthetics and three clinical anesthetics on currents mediated by alpha(1)beta(2)gamma(2)_GABA(A) receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. RESULTS: At equivalent minimal alveolar anesthetic concentration multiples, volatile aromatic anesthetics vary widely in the degrees to which they enhance GABAA receptor-mediated currents elicited by low concentrations of GABA. In general, anesthetics that inhibit NMDA receptors most, enhanced GABA, receptors least. This reciprocal relationship between anesthetic potency on GABA, versus NMDA receptors was also observed for the clinical anesthetics isoflurane, halothane, and cyclopropane. Studies using a range of GABA concentrations indicated that volatile aromatic anesthetics enhance GABAA receptor activity by shifting the open-close (gating) equilibrium towards the open channel state. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that GABAA receptors contribute variably to the behavioral actions of volatile anesthetics and imply that the molecular determinants of anesthetic action on NMDA and GABA, receptors are distinctly different. (Anesth Analg 2007;105:1287-92)