title: Comparison of the effects of isoflurane and sevoflurane on protein tyrosine phosphorylation-mediated vascular contraction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Isoflurane induces greater effects on vasodilation and decreasing blood pressure than sevoflurane. Tyrosine kinase-catalyzed protein tyrosine phosphorylation plays an important role in regulating vascular smooth muscle contraction. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of isoflurane and sevoflurane on tyrosine phosphorylation-mediated vascular constriction, by assessing the degree of sodium orthovanadate (Na(3)VO(4), tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor)-induced contraction and protein tyrosine phosphorylation of rat aortic smooth muscle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Na(3)VO(4)-induced contraction and protein tyrosine phosphorylation of rat aortic smooth muscle were measured in the presence of genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and different concentrations of isoflurane and sevoflurane, using isometric force measurement and Western blot, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Na(3)VO(4) (10(-4) M) induced sustained contraction and tyrosine phosphorylation of substrates that were both markedly attenuated in the presence of genistein (5 x 10(-5) M). Isoflurane and sevoflurane dose-dependently (1, 2, 3 MAC) attenuated the Na(3)VO(4)-induced contraction (P < 0.05-0.005, n = 8), with a greater degree of inhibition by isoflurane than sevoflurane at 2 MAC (P < 0.01) and 3 MAC (P < 0.05). Both anesthetics also attenuated the total band density of the Na(3)VO(4)-induced, tyrosine-phosphorylated substrates in a concentration-dependent manner (P < 0.05-0.005, n = 4), with much greater attenuation by isoflurane than sevoflurane at 1 and 2 MAC (P < 0.05), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the present study demonstrate that isoflurane exhibits a greater degree of inhibition on the Na(3)VO(4)-stimulated contraction and protein tyrosine phosphorylation of rat aortic smooth muscle compared with sevoflurane. These findings suggest that isoflurane depresses the protein tyrosine phosphorylation-mediated contraction of vascular smooth muscle to a greater degree than sevoflurane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakutani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatano
mesh_terms: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019833:Genistein / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D014638:Vanadates; D014443:Tyrosine; D007530:Isoflurane; D019833:Genistein; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases