CEREBRAL ENERGY-METABOLISM IN CYANIDE ENCEPHALOPATHY
CEREBRAL ENERGY-METABOLISM IN CYANIDE ENCEPHALOPATHY
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DOI:
10.1038/jcbfm.1989.23
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
MACMILLAN, VH
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作者:
MACMILLAN, VH
This study documents the effects of an intracarotid artery injection of a lethal threshold amount of KCN (2.5 mg .cntdot. kg-1) on the energy metabolism and histology of the rat brain. This dose of KCN resulted in a rapid abolition of electroencephalographic activity, which remained essentially absent for up to 3 h. Cerebral metabolite measurements 0.25 h after KCN infusion indicated a 52% reduction in cytochrome oxidase activity, a 600% increase in lactate, a 32% reduction in ATP, a 73% increase in ADP, and an 85% decrease in glycogen. Measurements of the above energy metabolites over the ensuing 7 days showed a return to control of all metabolites by 6-24 h. Corresponding to the normalization of energy metabolism was a return of EEG and conscious activity. Histological examination of cyanide-expose animals revealed a paucity of change with only one animal at 0.5 h showing several dark neurons, two animals at 1 h with minor pallor of corus callosum and caudate-putamen, and one animal at 48 h with a small hippocampal infarction. It is concluded that it may be impossible to produce a serious enough disruption of cerebral metabolism with KCN injection, to produce neuronal damage by purely "histotoxic" mechanisms.