Effects of isoflurane, ketamine and dantrolene on apoptosis in the rat hippocampus

Year 2020, Volume: 11 Issue: 4, 255 - 261, 30.09.2020

Seyfi Kartal , Berrin Günaydın , Süreyya Barun Çiğdem Elmas

https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.782524

Abstract

Aim: Since both isoflurane and ketamine were already known to cause neurodegenerative apoptotic effects and dantrolene was known to inhibit degeneration, we investigated whether dantrolene could play a cytoprotective role under isoflurane and/or ketamine anesthesia. Therefore, we aimed to determine caspase activation as a marker of apoptosis in hippocampus (CA1 and dentate gyrus regions) of rats exposed to either administration of isoflurane with or without ketamine and dantrolene or isoflurane+ketamine+dantrolene.
Material and Methods: Thirty Wistar male rats were randomly assigned to five groups. Only oxygen 100% was administered into the closed cage for 2 hours in the control group (group A) whereas in the four study groups (as B,C,D and E), either 1.4% isoflurane alone in 100% oxygen was administered (group B) or 1.4% isoflurane in 100% oxygen was administered 60 minutes after intraperitoneal (ip) injection of dantrolene 10 mg/kg (group C), subcutaneous (sc) ketamine 40 mg/kg (group D) or ip dantrolene + sc ketamine (group E). Rats were sacrified to perform histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis (hematoxylin staining caspase activation).
Results: Isoflurane alone (group B) and isoflurane+ketamine (group D) exposure to rats resulted in a significantly increased caspase activation when compared to control (group A) and dantrolene inhibited isoflurane + ketamine induced apoptosis in the hippocampus. Conclusion: Isoflurane with or without ketamine caused neuroapoptosis in rats and dantrolene attenuated the apoptotic effect of both isoflurane and isoflurane+ketamine by decreasing caspase activation. These results might have an important promising role in anesthetic choice for specific susceptible group after further clinical studies.

Keywords

Isoflurane, ketamine, dantrolene, apoptosis

Supporting Institution

TUBİTAK

Project Number

110S514

Sıçan hipokampüsünde izofluran, ketamin ve dantrolenin apoptozis üzerine etkileri

Abstract

Amaç: Hem izofluran ve ketaminin nörodejeneratif apoptotik etkileri gösterilmiş hem de dantrolenin dejenerasyonu inhibe ettiği bilindiği için biz isoflurane ve/veya ketamine anestezisi altında dantrolenin sitoprotekif bir rolü olup olamayacağını araştırdık. Bu nedenle sıçan hipokampüsünde (CA1 ve dentat girus bölgelerinde) apoptozisin belirteci olan kaspaz aktivasyonunu; izofluranı ketamine ve dantrolen varken veya yokken veya izofluran+ketamin+dantrolen varlığında belirlemeyi amaçladık
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Wistar 30 erkek sıçan rastgele beş gruba ayrıldı. Kontrol grubunda 2 saat sadece %100 oksijen verilirken, dört çalışma grubunda (A.B,C ve D) ya sadece %100 oksijen içinde %1.4 izofluran (grup B) veya intraperitoneal (ip) dantrolen 10 mg/kg enjeksiyonundan (grup C), subkutan (sk) ketamin 40 mg/kg enjeksiyonundan (group D) ya da ip dantrolen + sk ketamine enjeksiyonundan (group E) 60 dk sonra %100 oksijen içinde %1.4 izofluran uygulanmıştır. Sonra sıçanlar histopatolojik ve immunohistokimyasal inceleme (hematoxylin boyama ile kaspas aktivasyonu) için sakrifiye edilmişlerdir.
Bulgular: Sadece izofluran (grup B) ve izofluran+ketamine (grup D) maruz kalan sıçanlarda kontrol grubuna (grup A) göre hipokampüsde kaspas aktivasyonunda önemli artış ile dantrolenin izofluran+ketaminle indüklenmiş apoptozisi inhibe ettiği gözlendi.
Sonuç: İzofluranın ketamine varken ya da yokken sıçanda nöroapoptozise neden olduğu ve dantrolenle; izofluran ve izofluran+ketaminin apoptotik etkisinin azalan kaspaz aktivasyonuyla olduğu gösterilmiştir. Bu sonuçlar ileri klinik çalışmalardan sonra duyarlı grupların anestezi seçimde rol oynabilir.

Keywords

Izofluran, ketamin, dantrolen, apoptozis

Project Number

110S514

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