NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS CAUSED BY LOCAL-ANESTHETICS IN EARLY CHICK-EMBRYOS
NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS CAUSED BY LOCAL-ANESTHETICS IN EARLY CHICK-EMBRYOS
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DOI:
10.1002/tera.1420310114
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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NAGELE, RG
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LEE, H;NAGELE, RG
The effects of local anesthetics (ketamine HCl, lidocaine HCl, procaine HCl and tetracaine HCl) on stage 8 (4-somite) chick embryos were investigated. In general, embryos responded to drug treatment in a dose related manner during the first 6 h of incubation. Concentrations of 500 .mu.g/ml (.apprx. 2 mM) or higher were embryolethal, whereas 100-200 .mu.g/ml (0.1-0.8 mM) preferentially inhibited elevation of neural folds. The latter effect was detectable within 3 h of treatment and was readily reversible. Tetracaine was the most potent among the 4 local anesthetics tested at any given dose. Compared to controls, cells in the defective neuroepithelium were less elongated and exhibited smoother apical (luminal) surfaces, thinner microfilament bundles and less intense actin-specific fluorescence. The effects of local anesthetics (100-200 .mu.g/ml) on stage 8 chick embryos were not identical to those of cytochalasin D (0.05 .mu.g/ml), colchicine (1 .mu.g/ml) or ionophore A23187 (25 .mu.g/ml), although all treatments produced neural tube defects. Local anesthetics inhibit closure of the neural tube through their disruptive action on the organization and function of microfilaments in developing neuroepithelical cells.