title: Inhibitory effects of desflurane and sevoflurane on contractions of isolated gravid rat myometrium under oxytocin stimulation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We studied the inhibitory effects of desflurane and sevoflurane on oxytocin-induced contractions of isolated gravid rat myometrium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty strips were obtained from rats and these were randomly assigned into two groups. The effects of desflurane and sevoflurane were evaluated by treating strips with oxytocin alone 2x10-9 M or with oxytocin after desflurane and sevoflurane at 0.5, 1, and 2 MAC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Oxytocin significantly increased the amplitude and duration of contractions (P< 0.05), but it did not increase the frequency. The duration (84%, 79%), amplitude (90%, 84%) and frequency (88%, 75%) were inhibited at 2 MAC of desflurane and sevoflurane, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that the in vitro application of desflurane and sevoflurane similarly inhibit oxytocin-induced myometrial contractions of gravid rat in a dose-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. kdogru@erciyes.edu.tr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dogru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dalgiç
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yaba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Madenoglu
mesh_terms: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000077335:Desflurane; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009215:Myometrium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D010121:Oxytocin; D000077335:Desflurane; D007530:Isoflurane