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Zhu X, Li J, Wang H, Gasior FM, Lee C, Lin S, Justice CN, O’Donnell JM, Vanden Hoek TL. Nicotinamide restores tissue NAD+ and improves survival in rodent models of cardiac arrest. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0291598. [PMID: 37713442 PMCID: PMC10503771 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023] Open
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Metabolic suppression in the ischemic heart is characterized by reduced levels of NAD+ and ATP. Since NAD+ is required for most metabolic processes that generate ATP, we hypothesized that nicotinamide restores ischemic tissue NAD+ and improves cardiac function in cardiomyocytes and isolated hearts, and enhances survival in a mouse model of cardiac arrest. Mouse cardiomyocytes were exposed to 30 min simulated ischemia and 90 min reperfusion. NAD+ content dropped 40% by the end of ischemia compared to pre-ischemia. Treatment with 100 μM nicotinamide (NAM) at the start of reperfusion completely restored the cellular level of NAD+ at 15 min of reperfusion. This rescue of NAD+ depletion was associated with improved contractile recovery as early as 10 min post-reperfusion. In a mouse model of cardiac arrest, 100 mg/kg NAM administered IV immediately after cardiopulmonary resuscitation resulted in 100% survival at 4 h as compared to 50% in the saline group. In an isolated rat heart model, the effect of NAM on cardiac function was measured for 20 min following 18 min global ischemia. Rate pressure product was reduced by 26% in the control group following arrest. Cardiac contractile function was completely recovered with NAM treatment given at the start of reperfusion. NAM restored tissue NAD+ and enhanced production of lactate and ATP, while reducing glucose diversion to sorbitol in the heart. We conclude that NAM can rapidly restore cardiac NAD+ following ischemia and enhance glycolysis and contractile recovery, with improved survival in a mouse model of cardiac arrest.
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- Xiangdong Zhu
- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Jaffal K, Chevillard L, Mégarbane B. Lipid Emulsion to Treat Acute Poisonings: Mechanisms of Action, Indications, and Controversies. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15051396. [PMID: 37242638 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15051396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Biodetoxification using intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) in acute poisoning is of growing interest. As well as for local anesthetics, ILE is currently used to reverse toxicity caused by a broad-spectrum of lipophilic drugs. Both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic mechanisms have been postulated to explain its possible benefits, mainly combining a scavenging effect called "lipid sink" and cardiotonic activity. Additional mechanisms based on ILE-attributed vasoactive and cytoprotective properties are still under investigation. Here, we present a narrative review on lipid resuscitation, focusing on the recent literature with advances in understanding ILE-attributed mechanisms of action and evaluating the evidence supporting ILE administration that enabled the international recommendations. Many practical aspects are still controversial, including the optimal dose, the optimal administration timing, and the optimal duration of infusion for clinical efficacy, as well as the threshold dose for adverse effects. Present evidence supports the use of ILE as first-line therapy to reverse local anesthetic-related systemic toxicity and as adjunct therapy in lipophilic non-local anesthetic drug overdoses refractory to well-established antidotes and supportive care. However, the level of evidence is low to very low, as for most other commonly used antidotes. Our review presents the internationally accepted recommendations according to the clinical poisoning scenario and provides the precautions of use to optimize the expected efficacy of ILE and limit the inconveniences of its futile administration. Based on their absorptive properties, the next generation of scavenging agents is additionally presented. Although emerging research shows great potential, several challenges need to be overcome before parenteral detoxifying agents could be considered as an established treatment for severe poisonings.
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- Karim Jaffal
- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Federation of Toxicology, Lariboisière Hospital, 75010 Paris, France
- INSERM UMRS-1144, Paris-Cité University, 75006 Paris, France
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Federation of Toxicology, Lariboisière Hospital, 75010 Paris, France
- INSERM UMRS-1144, Paris-Cité University, 75006 Paris, France
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Federation of Toxicology, Lariboisière Hospital, 75010 Paris, France
- INSERM UMRS-1144, Paris-Cité University, 75006 Paris, France
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Cobey FC, Kawabori M, Schumann R, Couper G, Bonney I, Fettiplace MR, Weinberg G. Intravenous Lipid Emulsion During Heart Transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021; 35:3139-3141. [PMID: 33771441 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Frederick C Cobey
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
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- CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
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- CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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Bornstein K, Long B, Porta AD, Weinberg G. After a century, Epinephrine's role in cardiac arrest resuscitation remains controversial. Am J Emerg Med 2021; 39:168-172. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Akt1-mediated CPR cooling protection targets regulators of metabolism, inflammation and contractile function in mouse cardiac arrest. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220604. [PMID: 31398213 PMCID: PMC6688812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Therapeutic hypothermia initiated during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in pre-clinical studies appears to be highly protective against sudden cardiac arrest injury. Given the challenges to implementing CPR cooling clinically, insights into its critical mechanisms of protection could guide development of new CPR drugs that mimic hypothermia effects without the need for physical cooling. Here, we used Akt1-deficient mice that lose CPR hypothermia protection to identify hypothermia targets. Adult female C57BL/6 mice (Akt1+/+ and Akt1+/-) underwent 8 min of KCl-induced asystolic arrest and were randomized to receive hypothermia (30 ± 0.5°C) or normothermia. Hypothermia was initiated during CPR and extended for 1 h after resuscitation. Neurologically scored survival was measured at 72 h. Other outcomes included mean arterial pressure and target measures in heart and brain related to contractile function, glucose utilization and inflammation. Compared to northothermia, hypothermia improved both 2h mean arterial pressure and 72h neurologically intact survival in Akt1+/+ mice but not in Akt1+/- mice. In Akt1+/+ mice, hypothermia increased Akt and GSK3β phosphorylation, pyruvate dehydrogenase activation, and NAD+ and ATP production while decreasing IκBα degradation and NF-κB activity in both heart and brain at 30 min after CPR. It also increased phospholamban phosphorylation in heart tissue. Further, hypothermia reduced metabolic and inflammatory blood markers lactate and Pre-B cell Colony Enhancing Factor. Despite hypothermia treatment, all these effects were reversed in Akt1+/- mice. Taken together, drugs that target Akt1 and its effectors may have the potential to mimic hypothermia-like protection to improve sudden cardiac arrest survival when administered during CPR.
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The experimental use of lipid emulsion for local anesthetic toxicity was originally identified in 1998. It was then translated to clinical practice in 2006 and expanded to drugs other than local anesthetics in 2008. Our understanding of lipid resuscitation therapy has progressed considerably since the previous update from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the scientific evidence has coalesced around specific discrete mechanisms. Intravenous lipid emulsion therapy provides a multimodal resuscitation benefit that includes both scavenging (eg, the lipid shuttle) and nonscavenging components. The intravascular lipid compartment scavenges drug from organs susceptible to toxicity and accelerates redistribution to organs where drug (eg, bupivacaine) is stored, detoxified, and later excreted. In addition, lipid exerts nonscavenging effects that include postconditioning (via activation of prosurvival kinases) along with cardiotonic and vasoconstrictive benefits. These effects protect tissue from ischemic damage and increase tissue perfusion during recovery from toxicity. Other mechanisms have diminished in favor based on lack of evidence; these include direct effects on channel currents (eg, calcium) and mass-effect overpowering a block in mitochondrial metabolism. In this narrative review, we discuss these proposed mechanisms and address questions left to answer in the field. Further work is needed, but the field has made considerable strides towards understanding the mechanisms.
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Baicalein Rescues Delayed Cooling via Preservation of Akt Activation and Akt-Mediated Phospholamban Phosphorylation. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19040973. [PMID: 29587364 PMCID: PMC5979521 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19040973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Cooling reduces the ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury seen in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by decreasing the burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Its cardioprotection is diminished when delay in reaching the target temperature occurs. Baicalein, a flavonoid derived from the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, possesses antioxidant properties. Therefore, we hypothesized that baicalein can rescue cooling cardioprotection when cooling is delayed. Two murine cardiomyocyte models, an I/R model (90 min ischemia/3 h reperfusion) and stunning model (30 min ischemia/90 min reperfusion), were used to assess cell survival and contractility, respectively. Cooling (32 °C) was initiated either during ischemia or during reperfusion. Cell viability and ROS generation were measured. Cell contractility was evaluated by real-time phase-contrast imaging. Our results showed that cooling reduced cell death and ROS generation, and this effect was diminished when cooling was delayed. Baicalein (25 µM), given either at the start of reperfusion or start of cooling, resulted in a comparable reduction of cell death and ROS production. Baicalein improved phospholamban phosphorylation, contractility recovery, and cell survival. These effects were Akt-dependent. In addition, no synergistic effect was observed with the combined treatments of cooling and baicalein. Our data suggest that baicalein may serve as a novel adjunct therapeutic strategy for SCA resuscitation.
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Weinberg G. Current evidence supports use of lipid rescue therapy in local anaesthetic systemic toxicity. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2017; 61:365-368. [PMID: 28251603 DOI: 10.1111/aas.12870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- G. Weinberg
- Department of Anesthesiology M/C 515; University of Illinois Hospital; Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; Chicago IL USA
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Insulin Signaling in Bupivacaine-induced Cardiac Toxicity: Sensitization during Recovery and Potentiation by Lipid Emulsion. Anesthesiology 2016; 124:428-42. [PMID: 26646023 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000000974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The impact of local anesthetics on the regulation of glucose homeostasis by protein kinase B (Akt) and 5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is unclear but important because of the implications for both local anesthetic toxicity and its reversal by IV lipid emulsion (ILE). METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats received 10 mg/kg bupivacaine over 20 s followed by nothing or 10 ml/kg ILE (or ILE without bupivacaine). At key time points, heart and kidney were excised. Glycogen content and phosphorylation levels of Akt, p70 s6 kinase, s6, insulin receptor substrate-1, glycogen synthase kinase-3β, AMPK, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and tuberous sclerosis 2 were quantified. Three animals received Wortmannin to irreversibly inhibit phosphoinositide-3-kinase (Pi3k) signaling. Isolated heart studies were conducted with bupivacaine and LY294002-a reversible Pi3K inhibitor. RESULTS Bupivacaine cardiotoxicity rapidly dephosphorylated Akt at S473 to 63 ± 5% of baseline and phosphorylated AMPK to 151 ± 19%. AMPK activation inhibited targets downstream of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 via tuberous sclerosis 2. Feedback dephosphorylation of IRS1 to 31 ± 8% of baseline sensitized Akt signaling in hearts resulting in hyperphosphorylation of Akt at T308 and glycogen synthase kinase-3β to 390 ± 64% and 293 ± 50% of baseline, respectively. Glycogen accumulated to 142 ± 7% of baseline. Irreversible inhibition of Pi3k upstream of Akt exacerbated bupivacaine cardiotoxicity, whereas pretreating with a reversible inhibitor delayed the onset of toxicity. ILE rapidly phosphorylated Akt at S473 and T308 to 150 ± 23% and 167 ± 10% of baseline, respectively, but did not interfere with AMPK or targets of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1. CONCLUSION Glucose handling by Akt and AMPK is integral to recovery from bupivacaine cardiotoxicity and modulation of these pathways by ILE contributes to lipid resuscitation.
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Adding Emulsified Isoflurane to Cardioplegia Solution Produces Cardiac Protection in a Dog Cardiopulmonary Bypass Model. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23572. [PMID: 27121996 PMCID: PMC4848478 DOI: 10.1038/srep23572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study investigated whether caridoplegia solution with Emulsified Isoflurane (EI) could improve cardiaoprotection in a dog CPB model of great similarity to clinical settings. Adult dogs were randomly assigned to receive one of the following cardioplegia solutions: St. Thomas with EI (group ST+EI), St. Thomas with 30% Intralipid (group ST+EL) and St. Thomas alone (group ST). The aorta was cross-clamped for two hours followed by reperfusion for another two hours, during which cardiac output was measured and dosages of positive inotropic agent to maintain normal hemodynamics were recorded. Serum level of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and CK-MB were measured. Deletion of cardiac mitochondrial DNA was examined at the end of reperfusion. Compared with ST, ST+EI decreased the requirement of dopamine support while animals receiving ST+EI had a significantly larger cardiac output. ST+EI reduced post-CPB release of cTnI and CK-MB. Mitochondrial DNA loss was observed in only one of the tested animals from group ST+EI while it was seen in all the tested animals from group ST+EL and ST. Addition of emulsified isoflurane into cardioplegia solution protects against myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury. This protective effect might be mediated by preserving mitochondrial ultrastructure and DNA integrity.
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Buys M, Scheepers PA, Levin AI. Lipid emulsion therapy: non-nutritive uses of lipid emulsions in anaesthesia and intensive care. SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/22201181.2015.1095470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fettiplace MR, Akpa BS, Rubinstein I, Weinberg G. Confusion About Infusion: Rational Volume Limits for Intravenous Lipid Emulsion During Treatment of Oral Overdoses. Ann Emerg Med 2015; 66:185-8. [PMID: 25737211 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael R Fettiplace
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Research and Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Research and Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Research and Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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Fettiplace MR, Lis K, Ripper R, Kowal K, Pichurko A, Vitello D, Rubinstein I, Schwartz D, Akpa BS, Weinberg G. Multi-modal contributions to detoxification of acute pharmacotoxicity by a triglyceride micro-emulsion. J Control Release 2015; 198:62-70. [PMID: 25483426 PMCID: PMC4293282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 11/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Triglyceride micro-emulsions such as Intralipid® have been used to reverse cardiac toxicity induced by a number of drugs but reservations about their broad-spectrum applicability remain because of the poorly understood mechanism of action. Herein we report an integrated mechanism of reversal of bupivacaine toxicity that includes both transient drug scavenging and a cardiotonic effect that couple to accelerate movement of the toxin away from sites of toxicity. We thus propose a multi-modal therapeutic paradigm for colloidal bio-detoxification whereby a micro-emulsion both improves cardiac output and rapidly ferries the drug away from organs subject to toxicity. In vivo and in silico models of toxicity were combined to test the contribution of individual mechanisms and reveal the multi-modal role played by the cardiotonic and scavenging actions of the triglyceride suspension. These results suggest a method to predict which drug toxicities are most amenable to treatment and inform the design of next-generation therapeutics for drug overdose.
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- Michael R Fettiplace
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States; Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 840 South Wood Street (MC 719), Room 920-N CSB, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 810 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, IL 60607, United States.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1740 West Taylor Street, Suite 3200 W, MC515, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Research & Development Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Avenue, 60612, United States.
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