Between Clotho and Lachesis: how isoflurane seals neuronal fate.
Between Clotho and Lachesis: how isoflurane seals neuronal fate.
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克洛托和拉克西斯之间:异氟烷如何决定神经元的命运。
DOI:
10.1097/aln.0b013e31819b590a
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发表时间:
2009
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
HemmingsJr,HughC
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作者:
Perouansky,Misha;HemmingsJr,HughC
FOR more than 150 yr, general anesthetics have represented the quintessential triumph of medical pharmacology, providing painless oblivion for patients and a quiet field for surgeons. But now, concerns over long-term sequelae in the vulnerable brain have begun to tarnish the heretofore almost spotless image of general anesthetics. The extremely low therapeutic ratios of these powerful agents (which would likely preclude regulatory approval today if not for their extreme utility) are well known; indeed their expert use and careful dosing forms the essence of the practice of anesthesiology. However, it is the reports of delayed and long-term damage to the developing and the aged brain that have attracted attention and concern from both scientists and the public.‡ The sophisticated and timely report by Head et al. in this issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY 1 illuminates some the complexity and context-specificity of anesthetic interactions with the mammalian brain.Head et al. investigated the interactions of isoflurane with neuronal growth factor brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) 2 and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a serine protease better known for its hematologic role in fibrinolysis and its therapeutic application as a thrombolytic agent. 3 BDNF-dependent signaling had been implicated previously in the activation of neuroapoptosis by a triple anesthetic cocktail (nitrous oxide, midazolam, isoflurane) in neonatal rats in vivo. 4 Head et al. extend these findings by providing evidence that exposure to isoflurane alone reduces release of tPA from neurons and thereby upsets the delicate balance between survivalpromoting and death-promoting aspects of BDNF signaling. This effect is proposed to be critical to isofluranemediated neurotoxicity in the developing rodent brain by reducing the processing of pro-BDNF to mature