title: The influence of fentanyl upon cerebral high-energy metabolites, lactate, and glucose during severe hypoxia in the rat.
abstract: The effects of intravenous administration of high-dose fentanyl (100 micrograms.kg-1, loading dose followed by an infusion of 200 micrograms.kg-1.h-1) were compared with those of a barbiturate (pentobarbital sodium 25 mg.kg-1, intraperitoneal) or hypothermia (rectal temperature 32 degrees C) on changes in cerebral cortical tissue levels of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), phosphocreatine (PCr), lactate, and glucose in severely hypoxemic rats (PaO2 13-23 mmHg for 20 min) with unilateral (left side) carotid ligation (10-12 animals in each group). Ligation of the carotid artery alone produced no change in brain high-energy metabolites, lactate, or glucose. The control values on the ligated side (nitrous oxide, 70%, + normoxia group) for cortical ATP, PCr, lactate, and glucose were 2.86 +/- 0.09 (mumol.g-1 wet weight, mean +/- 1 SE), 3.83 +/- 0.11, 1.68 +/- 0.21, and 3.29 +/- 0.47, respectively. Hypoxia (nitrous oxide, 70%, + hypoxia group) produced a significant (P less than 0.05) decrease in ATP (1.83 +/- 0.37) and PCr (1.93 +/- 0.48) and an increase in lactate (15.8 +/- 1.77) compared with the normoxic group, whereas brain glucose was not significantly changed (1.97 +/- 0.65). Fentanyl (fentanyl + hypoxia group) did not prevent the deleterious effects of hypoxia on cortical high energy metabolites (ATP, 2.0 +/- 0.27; PCr, 2.24 +/- 0.3) or lactate (19.33 +/- 3.16); however, fentanyl caused no alteration in high-energy cerebral metabolite concentrations in normoxic rats, nor did fentanyl produce a significant difference in brain tissue glucose or lactate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hahnemann, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Keykhah
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: O'Neil
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harp
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D010725:Phosphocreatine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D010725:Phosphocreatine; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010424:Pentobarbital; D005947:Glucose; D005283:Fentanyl