Anesth Analg 2001;93:265-270
© 2001 International Anesthesia Research Society
CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA
Late Preconditioning is Blocked by Racemic Ketamine, But Not by S(+)-Ketamine
Jost Müllenheim, MD,
Ralf Rulands*,
Thomas Wietschorke*,
Jan Fräßdorf, MD,
Benedikt Preckel, MD, DEAA, and
Wolfgang Schlack, MD, PhD, DEAA
Institut für Klinische Anaesthesiologie and *Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufphysiologie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Schlack, DEAA, Institut für Klinische Anaesthesiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Postfach 10 10 07, D-40001 Düsseldorf, Germany. Address e-mail to wolfgang{at}herzkreis.uni-duesseldorf.de
Racemic ketamine blocks KATP channels in isolated cells and abolishes short-term cardioprotection against prolonged ischemia. We investigated the effects of racemic ketamine and S(+)-ketamine on ischemic late preconditioning (LPC) in the rabbit heart in vivo. A coronary occluder was chronically implanted in 36 rabbits. After recovery, the rabbits divided into four groups (each n = 9). LPC was induced in conscious rabbits by a 5-min coronary occlusion. Twenty-four hours later, the animals were instrumented for measurement of left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP, tip manometer), cardiac output (CO, ultrasonic flowprobe) and myocardial infarct size (triphenyltetrazolium staining). All rabbits were then subjected to 30-min coronary occlusion and 2 h reperfusion. Controls underwent the ischemia-reperfusion program without LPC. To test whether racemic ketamine or S(+)-ketamine blocks the cardioprotection induced by LPC, the drugs (10 mg/kg) were given 10 min before the 30-min ischemia. Hemodynamic values were not significantly different between groups during the experiments (baseline: LVSP, 94 ± 3 mm Hg [mean ± SEM] and CO, 243 ± 9 mL/min; coronary occlusion: LVSP, 93% ± 4% of baseline and CO, 84% ± 4%; after 2 h of reperfusion: LVSP, 85% ± 4% and CO, 83% ± 4%). LPC reduced infarct size from 44% ± 3% of the area at risk in controls to 22% ± 3% (P = 0.002). Administration of racemic ketamine abolished the cardioprotective effects of LPC (44 ± 4%, P = 0.002). S(+)-ketamine did not affect the infarct size reduction induced by LPC (26 ± 6%, P = 0.88).
IMPLICATIONS: Racemic ketamine, but not S(+)-ketamine, blocks the cardioprotection induced by ischemic late preconditioning in rabbit hearts in vivo. Thus, the influence of ketamine on ischemic late preconditioning is most likely enantiomer specific, and the use of S(+)-ketamine may be preferable in patients with coronary artery disease.
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