Anesth Analg 2005;101:509-516
© 2005 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000160586.71403.A4
NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIA
Sevoflurane Impairs Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation in Rats: Reversal by Nonselective Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition
Christian Werner, MD*,
Hong Lu, MD ,
Kristin Engelhard, MD*,
Nikolaus Unbehaun, MD , and
Eberhard Kochs, MD
*Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz; Klinik für Anaesthesiologie and Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universität, München, Germany
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Kristin Engelhard, MD, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeck Str. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. Address e-mail to engelhak{at}uni-mainz.de.
In this study, we investigated the effects of 1.0 and 2.0 minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) sevoflurane on cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation before and after nonselective inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthase in rats. Rats were randomly assigned as follows: Group 1 (n = 8): 1.0 MAC sevoflurane; Groups 2 and 3 (n = 8 per group): 2.0 MAC sevoflurane. Assessment of autoregulation within a mean arterial blood pressure range of 14060 mm Hg was performed by graded hemorrhage before and after administration of l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 30 mg/kg IV, Groups 1 and 2) or during hypocapnia (Group 3). In 10 additional animals, brain tissue NO2 concentrations were measured at 1.0 and 2.0 MAC sevoflurane. CBF autoregulation was maintained with 1.0 MAC sevoflurane (Group 1) regardless of NO synthase status indicating that CBF autoregulation might not be related to NO availability. Sevoflurane dose-dependently increased brain tissue NO2 and impaired CBF autoregulation. Administration of l-NAME (Group 2) but not hypocapnia (Group 3) restored CBF autoregulation. This suggests that sevoflurane impairs the autoregulatory capacity secondary to an increase of the perivascular NO availability and questions the importance of basal cerebrovascular tone in terms of vasodilatory capacity during hypotensive challenges.
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