title: Protective effects of emulsified isoflurane after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and its mechanism in rabbits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the protective effects of 8% emulsified isoflurane after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and its mechanism in rabbits.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four male adult New Zealand white rabbits were anesthetized with intravenous injection of 30 mg/kg pentobarbital followed by 5 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1) infusion. All rabbits were subjected to 30 minutes of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion and 3 hours of subsequent reperfusion. Before LAD occlusion, the rabbits were randomly allocated into three groups for preconditioning treatment (eight for each group). The control group (C group) received intravenously 0.9% NaCl for 30 minutes. The emulsified isoflurane group (EI group) received 8% emulsified isoflurane intravenously till 0.64% end-tidal concentration for 30 minutes that was followed by a 15-minute washout period. The Intralipid group (IN group) received 30% Intralipid for 30 minutes. The infarcted area, plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) content, superoxide dismutase activity (SOD) and nitrite concentration after 3-hour myocardial perfusion were recorded simultaneously.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury animals, the infarcted size in the EI group was significantly reduced (91.9% +/- 8%) as compared with control group (39% +/- 6%, t=5.19, P<0.01). The plasma SOD activity and nitrite concentration in EI group were significantly higher than those in control group (t=2.82, t=8.46, P<0.05), but MDA content was lower in EI group than that in control group (t=2.56, P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate that emulsified isoflurane has a cardioprotection effect against ischemia-reperfusion injury. This beneficial effect of emulsified isoflurane is probably through NO release and consequently by increase in antioxidation of myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China. raoyany@163.com
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Yan-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-Quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Sheng
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004655:Emulsions; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood; D011817:Rabbits; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007530:Isoflurane; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase