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BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA
Volume 113, Issue 4, Pages 695-707Publisher
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DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu053
Keywords
endoplasmic reticulum; inhalation anaesthetics, isoflurane; receptors, ryanodine
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD [R21AG029856, R21AG038994, R01 GM088801, R01 AG041274]
- Investigator-initiated Research grant from Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, IL
- Cure Alzheimer's Fund, Wellesley, MA
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Background. Isoflurane has been reported to induce caspase-3 activation, which may induce neurotoxicity and contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. However, the underlying mechanism is largely unknown, especially whether or not isoflurane can induce ryanodine receptors (RyRs)-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, leading to caspase-3 activation. We therefore assessed the effects of isoflurane on RyRs-associated ER stress. Methods. We treated primary neurones from wild-type (C57BL/6J) mice with 1% and 2% isoflurane for 1, 3, or 6 h. We then measured levels of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and caspase-12, two ER stress markers, using immunocytochemistry staining and western blotting analysis. Dantrolene (5 mu M), the antagonist of RyRs, was used to investigate the role of RyRs in the isoflurane-induced ER stress and caspase-3 activation. Results. Isoflurane 2% for 6 h treatment increased the levels of CHOP (876% vs 100%, P=0.00009) and caspase-12 (276% vs 100%, P=0.006), and induced caspase-3 activation in the neurones. The administration of 2% isoflurane for 3 h (shorter duration), however, only increased the levels of CHOP (309% vs 100%, P=0.003) and caspase-12 (266% vs 100%, P=0.001), without causing caspase-3 activation. The isoflurane-induced ER stress (CHOP: F=16.64, P=0.0022; caspase-12: F=6.13, P=0.0383) and caspase-3 activation (F=32.06, P=0.0005) were attenuated by the dantrolene treatment. Conclusions. These data imply that isoflurane might induce caspase-3 activation by causing ER stress through RyRs, and dantrolene could attenuate the isoflurane-induced ER stress and caspase-3 activation. Further investigations of the potential neurotoxicity of isoflurane are needed.
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