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Role of Nitric Oxide on Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10671398
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Anesthesiology/Resuscitation studies
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

FUKUDA Taeko  Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba Assistant Professor, 臨床医学系, 講師 (40228911)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SAITO Shigeyuki  Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba Assistant Professor, 臨床医学系, 講師 (20186935)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
KeywordsNitric Oxide (NO) / Inhalational Anesthetics / MAC / 7-Nitro Indazole (7-NI) / Dexmedetomidine
Research Abstract

"Effects of 7-Nitro Indazole on Halothane Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration"
Methods : Fourteen Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 7-Nitro indazole (7-NI ; selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) group and control group. We measured minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) of halothane before and after injection of 7-NI (100 mg/kg) or vehicle. Using NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry, we also investigated the nNOS activity of the locus ceruleus (LC) and the spinal cord (SC).
Results : 7-NI reduced the MAC about 50 %, which was accompanied by about 25 % suppression of nNOS staining in SC and LC.
"Halothane Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration and NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry after Dexmedetomidine injection"
Methods : Thirteen-six Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three Dexmedetomidine (DEX) groups (50μg/kg bolus, 50μg/kg/day ; three-day and two-week continuous administration) and three control groups (vehicle). We investigated halothane MAC and the nNOS activity of the LC and the SC using NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry.
Results : Bolus injection of DEX reduced the MAC about 50 %, however, did not change the NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry. On the other hand, continuous administration of DEX did not reduce the MAC, however, nNOS activity of the LC and IV-V laminae of the lumbar SC decreased in the three-day DEX group, but not the two-week DEX group.
Conclusion : Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in decision of MAC, however, NO is not only one factor.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1998-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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