title: Therapeutic effect of propofol in the treatment of endotoxin-induced shock in rats.
abstract: To assess the potential therapeutic effect of propofol in the treatment of endotoxemia, 76 rats were randomly assigned to 5 groups: control group(A), endotoxemic group(B), pre-treatment group(C), simultaneous treatment group(D) and post-treatment group(E). Five h after endotoxin injection, PO2, pH, MAP, plasma concentrations of Nitrite/nitrate (NO2-/NO3-) and mortality rates were assessed in each group. After the rats were sacrificed, lung tissue was sampled to measure myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha contents. It was found that endotoxin injection produced progressive hypotension, metabolic acidosis, and a large increase in the plasma NO2-/NO3- concentrations and increased mortality rates in 5 h. Endotoxin injection significantly increased MPO activity and TNF-alpha contents in lung tissue (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). These changes response to endotoxin were significantly attenuated in the groups B, C and D. But these beneficial effects were blunted in the group E. The results suggest that propofol administration may offer advantages in endotoxemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022.
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Bangxiong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Luojing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shiying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Shihai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D015742:Propofol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009195:Peroxidase; D015742:Propofol