Differential neurotoxic effects of propofol on dissociated cortical cells and organotypic hippocampal cultures.
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serval:BIB_345A44652B03
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Differential neurotoxic effects of propofol on dissociated cortical cells and organotypic hippocampal cultures.
Journal
Anesthesiology
ISSN
0003-3022
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2000
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
92
Number
5
Pages
1408-1417
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Propofol is a widely used anesthetic agent for adults and children. Although extensive clinical use has demonstrated its safety, neurologic dysfunctions have been described after the use of this agent. A recent study on a model of aggregating cell cultures reported that propofol might cause irreversible lesions of gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated (GABAergic) neurons when administered at a critical phase of brain development. We investigated this issue by comparing the effects of long-term propofol treatment on two models of brain cultures: dissociated neonatal cortical cell cultures and organotypic slice cultures. METHODS: Survival of GABAergic neurons in dissociated cultures of newborn rat cortex (postnatal age, 1 day) treated for 3 days with different concentrations of propofol was assessed using histologic and cytochemical methods. For hippocampal organotypic slice cultures (postnatal age, 1 and 7 days), cell survival was assessed by measuring functional and morphologic parameters: extracellular and intracellular electrophysiology, propidium staining of dying cells, and light and electron microscopy. RESULTS: In dissociated neonatal cell cultures, propofol induced dose-dependent lesions of GABAergic neurons and of glial cells. In contrast, no evidence for neurotoxic effects of propofol were found after long-term treatment of organotypic slice cultures. Excitatory transmission was not affected by propofol, and inhibitory transmission was still functional. Histologic preparations showed no evidence for cell degeneration or death. CONCLUSION: Although long-term applications of propofol to dissociated cortical cell cultures produced degeneration and death of GABAergic neurons and glial cells, no such lesions were found when using a model of postnatal organotypic slice cultures. This conclusion is based on both functional and morphologic tests.
Keywords
Anesthetics, Intravenous/toxicity, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Cell Death/drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Cerebral Cortex/cytology, Cerebral Cortex/drug effects, Culture Techniques, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electrophysiology, Hippocampus/cytology, Hippocampus/drug effects, Membrane Potentials/drug effects, Neurons/cytology, Neurons/drug effects, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Propofol/toxicity, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptors, GABA-A/drug effects
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