Experimental conditions are important determinants of cardiac inotropic effects of propofol.

نویسندگان

  • Noriaki Kanaya
  • Brad Gable
  • Peter J Wickley
  • Paul A Murray
  • Derek S Damron
چکیده

BACKGROUND The rationale for this study is that the depressant effect of propofol on cardiac function in vitro is highly variable but may be explained by differences in the temperature and stimulation frequency used for the study. Both temperature and stimulation frequency are known to modulate cellular mechanisms that regulate intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity in cardiac muscle. The authors hypothesized that temperature and stimulation frequency play a major role in determining propofol-induced alterations in [Ca2+]i and contraction in individual, electrically stimulated cardiomyocytes and the function of isolated perfused hearts. METHODS Freshly isolated myocytes were obtained from adult rat hearts, loaded with fura-2, and placed on the stage of an inverted fluorescence microscope in a temperature-regulated bath. [Ca2+]i and myocyte shortening were simultaneously measured in individual cells at 28 degrees or 37 degrees C at various stimulation frequencies (0.3, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 Hz) with and without propofol. Langendorff perfused hearts paced at 180 or 330 beats/min were used to assess the effects of propofol on overall cardiac function. RESULTS At 28 degrees C (hypothermic) and, to a lesser extent, at 37 degrees C (normothermic), increasing stimulation frequency increased peak shortening and [Ca2+]i. Times to peak shortening and rate of relengthening were more prolonged at 28 degrees C compared with 37 degrees C at low stimulation frequencies (0.3 Hz), whereas the same conditions for [Ca2+]i were not altered by temperature. At 0.3 Hz and 28 degrees C, propofol caused a dose-dependent decrease in peak shortening and peak [Ca2+]i. These changes were greater at 28 degrees C compared with 37 degrees C and involved activation of protein kinase C. At a frequency of 2 Hz, there was a rightward shift in the dose-response relation for propofol on [Ca2+]i and shortening at both 37 degrees and 28 degrees C compared with that observed at 0.3 Hz. In Langendorff perfused hearts paced at 330 beats/min, clinically relevant concentrations of propofol decreased left ventricular developed pressure, with the effect being less at 28 degrees C compared with 37 degrees C. In contrast, only a supraclinical concentration of propofol decreased left ventricular developed pressure at 28 degrees C at either stimulation frequency. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that temperature and stimulation frequency alter the inhibitory effect of propofol on cardiomyocyte [Ca2+]i and contraction. In isolated cardiomyocytes, the inhibitory effects of propofol are more pronounced during hypothermia and at higher stimulation frequencies and involve activation of protein kinase C. In Langendorff perfused hearts at constant heart rate, the inhibitory effects of propofol at clinically relevant concentrations are more pronounced during normothermic conditions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Anesthesiology

دوره 103 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005