title: Effects of propofol on extracellular acidification rates in primary cortical cell cultures: application of silicon microphysiometry to anaesthesia.
abstract: Propofol depresses both cerebral oxygen consumption and glucose utilization. We tested the hypothesis that these well described effects on brain metabolism are manifest by a reduction in neuronal acid production in vitro. The rate of extracellular acidification in primary cell cultures of rat cortical neurones was measured using a novel instrument (silicon microphysiometer) after stimulation with propofol 0.3, 3 and 30 micrograms ml-1. Intralipid 10% served as a control. Propofol 3 micrograms ml-1 caused a mean decrease of 1.51 (SEM 0.71)% in baseline acidification rate, which was significantly greater than that produced by 0.3 microgram ml-1 or Intralipid alone (P < 0.05). The reduction after stimulation with propofol 30 micrograms ml-1 was 4.68 (0.35)% of baseline rates and this in turn was significantly greater than that elicited by propofol 3 or 0.3 microgram ml-1, or Intralipid (P < 0.001). We have confirmed the depressant effect of propofol on cerebral metabolism and established that propofol inhibits neuronal acid excretion in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abrahams
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Björnström
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eintrei
mesh_terms: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004655:Emulsions; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D005217:Fat Emulsions, Intravenous / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration / Q000187:drug effects; D010743:Phospholipids; D011199:Potentiometry; D015742:Propofol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013024:Soybean Oil
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D004655:Emulsions; D005217:Fat Emulsions, Intravenous; D010743:Phospholipids; C545823:soybean oil, phospholipid emulsion; D013024:Soybean Oil; D015742:Propofol