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Faulkner C, de Leeuw NH. In silico studies of the interactions between propofol and fentanyl using Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 40:312-324. [PMID: 32909527 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1814415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fentanyl is a potent opioid analgesic, which for decades has been used routinely in surgical and therapeutic applications. In addition to its analgesic properties, fentanyl also possesses anesthetic properties, which are not well understood. Fentanyl is used in the general anesthesia process to induce and maintain anesthesia in combination with the general anesthetic propofol, which fentanyl is known to potentiate. As the atomic-level mechanism behind the potentiation of propofol is unclear, we have used classical molecular dynamics simulations to study the interactions of these drugs with the Gloeobacter violaceus ion channel (GLIC). This ion channel has been identified as a target for many anesthetic drugs. We identified multiple binding sites using flooding style and Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) simulations, showing fentanyl acting as a stabiliser that holds propofol within binding sites. Our extensive GaMD simulations were also able to show the pathway by which propofol blocks the channel pore, which has previously been suggested as a mechanism for ion channel modulation. General anesthesia is a multi-drug process and this study provides the first insight into the interactions between two different drugs in the anesthesia process in a relevant biological environment.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.,School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Aggarwal A, Brennan C, Shortal B, Contreras D, Kelz MB, Proekt A. Coherence of Visual-Evoked Gamma Oscillations Is Disrupted by Propofol but Preserved Under Equipotent Doses of Isoflurane. Front Syst Neurosci 2019; 13:19. [PMID: 31139058 PMCID: PMC6519322 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2019.00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Previous research demonstrates that the underlying state of the brain influences how sensory stimuli are processed. Canonically, the state of the brain has been defined by quantifying the spectral characteristics of spontaneous fluctuations in local field potentials (LFP). Here, we utilized isoflurane and propofol anesthesia to parametrically alter the spectral state of the murine brain. With either drug, we produce slow wave activity, with low anesthetic doses, or burst suppression, with higher doses. We find that while spontaneous LFP oscillations were similar, the average visual-evoked potential (VEP) was always smaller in amplitude and shorter in duration under propofol than under comparable doses of isoflurane. This diminished average VEP results from increased trial-to-trial variability in VEPs under propofol. One feature of single trial VEPs that was consistent in all animals was visual-evoked gamma band oscillation (20-60 Hz). This gamma band oscillation was coherent between trials in the early phase (<250 ms) of the visual evoked potential under isoflurane. Inter trial phase coherence (ITPC) of gamma oscillations was dramatically attenuated in the same propofol anesthetized mice despite similar spontaneous oscillations in the LFP. This suggests that while both anesthetics lead to loss of consciousness (LOC), elicit slow oscillations and burst suppression, only the isoflurane permits phase resetting of gamma oscillations by visual stimuli. These results demonstrate that accurate characterization of a brain state must include both spontaneous as well as stimulus-induced perturbations of brain activity.
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- Adeeti Aggarwal
- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Although general anesthesia induced by inhaled anesthetics produces definitive phenotypes (e.g., loss of mobility, amnesia, analgesia), the underlying targets of these drugs are still not clear. Genomics and proteomic techniques are discussed for measurement of global transcriptional and translational changes after inhaled anesthetic exposures. The current discussion focuses primarily on the genomic and proteomic technical methodology. We also include a discussion of network and pathway analyses for data interpretation after identification of the targets.
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- Jonathan Z Pan
- University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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Anesthetics interact with a broad range of different targets, including both soluble and membrane-bound proteins. Understanding these interactions at the molecular level requires detailed structural knowledge of anesthetic-protein complexes, and one of the most productive routes to such knowledge is X-ray crystallography. In this chapter we discuss the application of this technique to the analysis of complexes of anesthetics with soluble proteins. The model protein apoferritin is highlighted, and protocols are presented for obtaining diffraction-quality crystals of this protein in complex with different general anesthetics.
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Davis BM, Brenton J, Davis S, Shamsher E, Sisa C, Grgic L, Cordeiro MF. Assessing anesthetic activity through modulation of the membrane dipole potential. J Lipid Res 2017; 58:1962-1976. [PMID: 28818873 PMCID: PMC5625120 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m073932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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There is great individual variation in response to general anesthetics (GAs) leading to difficulties in optimal dosing and sometimes even accidental awareness during general anesthesia (AAGA). AAGA is a rare, but potentially devastating, complication affecting between 0.1% and 2% of patients undergoing surgery. The development of novel personalized screening techniques to accurately predict a patient’s response to GAs and the risk of AAGA remains an unmet clinical need. In the present study, we demonstrate the principle of using a fluorescent reporter of the membrane dipole potential, di-8-ANEPPs, as a novel method to monitor anesthetic activity using a well-described inducer/noninducer pair. The membrane dipole potential has previously been suggested to contribute a novel mechanism of anesthetic action. We show that the fluorescence ratio of di-8-ANEPPs changed in response to physiological concentrations of the anesthetic, 1-chloro-1,2,2-trifluorocyclobutane (F3), but not the structurally similar noninducer, 1,2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane (F6), to artificial membranes and in vitro retinal cell systems. Modulation of the membrane dipole provides an explanation to overcome the limitations associated with the alternative membrane-mediated mechanisms of GA action. Furthermore, by combining this technique with noninvasive retinal imaging technologies, we propose that this technique could provide a novel and noninvasive technique to monitor GA susceptibility and identify patients at risk of AAGA.
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom .,Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and Imperial College Ophthalmic Research Group, Imperial College London, London NW1 5QH, United Kingdom
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Macroscopic and macromolecular specificity of alkylphenol anesthetics for neuronal substrates. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9695. [PMID: 25853337 PMCID: PMC4894431 DOI: 10.1038/srep09695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We used a photoactive general anesthetic called meta-azi-propofol (AziPm) to test the selectivity and specificity of alkylphenol anesthetic binding in mammalian brain. Photolabeling of rat brain sections with [3H]AziPm revealed widespread but heterogeneous ligand distribution, with [3H]AziPm preferentially binding to synapse-dense areas compared to areas composed largely of cell bodies or myelin. With [3H]AziPm and propofol, we determined that alkylphenol general anesthetics bind selectively and specifically to multiple synaptic protein targets. In contrast, the alkylphenol anesthetics do not bind to specific sites on abundant phospholipids or cholesterol, although [3H]AziPm shows selectivity for photolabeling phosphatidylethanolamines. Together, our experiments suggest that alkylphenol anesthetic substrates are widespread in number and distribution, similar to those of volatile general anesthetics, and that multi-target mechanisms likely underlie their pharmacology.
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Distinctive recruitment of endogenous sleep-promoting neurons by volatile anesthetics and a nonimmobilizer. Anesthesiology 2014; 121:999-1009. [PMID: 25057841 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000000383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Numerous studies demonstrate that anesthetic-induced unconsciousness is accompanied by activation of hypothalamic sleep-promoting neurons, which occurs through both pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms. However, the correlation between drug exposure, neuronal activation, and onset of hypnosis remains incompletely understood. Moreover, the degree to which anesthetics activate both endogenous populations of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic sleep-promoting neurons within the ventrolateral preoptic (VLPO) and median preoptic nuclei remains unknown. METHODS Mice were exposed to oxygen, hypnotic doses of isoflurane or halothane, or 1,2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane (F6), a nonimmobilizer. Hypothalamic brain slices prepared from anesthetic-naive mice were also exposed to oxygen, volatile anesthetics, or F6 ex vivo, both in the presence and absence of tetrodotoxin. Double-label immunohistochemistry was performed to quantify the number of c-Fos-immunoreactive nuclei in the GABAergic subpopulation of neurons in the VLPO and the median preoptic areas to test the hypothesis that volatile anesthetics, but not nonimmobilizers, activate sleep-promoting neurons in both nuclei. RESULTS In vivo exposure to isoflurane and halothane doubled the fraction of active, c-Fos-expressing GABAergic neurons in the VLPO, whereas F6 failed to affect VLPO c-Fos expression. Both in the presence and absence of tetrodotoxin, isoflurane dose-dependently increased c-Fos expression in GABAergic neurons ex vivo, whereas F6 failed to alter expression. In GABAergic neurons of the median preoptic area, c-Fos expression increased with isoflurane and F6, but not with halothane exposure. CONCLUSIONS Anesthetic unconsciousness is not accompanied by global activation of all putative sleep-promoting neurons. However, within the VLPO hypnotic doses of volatile anesthetics, but not nonimmobilizers, activate putative sleep-promoting neurons, correlating with the appearance of the hypnotic state.
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Profiling of the soluble proteome in rat hippocampus post propofol anesthesia. Neurochem Res 2013; 38:2661-7. [PMID: 24214022 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1184-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The current study was designed to initially observe the changes in soluble proteome in rat hippocampus post anesthesia, trying to explore possible clues for elucidating the effects of propofol. Soluble proteins were separated by 2-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). Their expressions were observed at 1, 6, 24 h and 7 days after 3 h of propofol anesthesia. Spots exhibiting significant changes among different time-points were submitted to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF MS) assay and peptide mass fingerprinting identification. The expression changes of selected proteins were further assayed using Western blot and RT-PCR. Twenty-six differentially expressed proteins were found and 19 were successfully identified with MALDI-TOF MS. Gene ontology analysis revealed these identified proteins were mainly cytosol (5) and/or cytoskeleton fractions (5). According to biological processes category, 9 proteins take part in development process, 12 are involved in metabolic process and 6 in regulatory function. Functionally, 17 proteins were involved in binding activities among which 12 possessed catalytic activities. Most changes took place within 24 h. Change patterns of selected proteins were identical in 2-DE and Western blot. Three mRNA of 5 selected proteins exhibited similar change patterns with those of their protein expressions. Soluble proteome in rat hippocampus are dynamically affected by propofol, with multiple processes being involved. They are possible explanations for propofol effects but further investigations are required.
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Weiser BP, Woll KA, Dailey WP, Eckenhoff RG. Mechanisms revealed through general anesthetic photolabeling. CURRENT ANESTHESIOLOGY REPORTS 2013; 4:57-66. [PMID: 24563623 DOI: 10.1007/s40140-013-0040-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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General anesthetic photolabels are used to reveal molecular targets and molecular binding sites of anesthetic ligands. After identification, the relevance of anesthetic substrates or binding sites can be tested in biological systems. Halothane and photoactive analogs of isoflurane, propofol, etomidate, neurosteroids, anthracene, and long chain alcohols have been used in anesthetic photolabeling experiments. Interrogated protein targets include the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, GABAA receptor, tubulin, leukocyte function-associated antigen-1, and protein kinase C. In this review, we summarize insights revealed by photolabeling these targets, as well as general features of anesthetics, such as their propensity to partition to mitochondria and bind voltage-dependent anion channels. The theory of anesthetic photolabel design and the experimental application of photoactive ligands are also discussed.
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- Brian P Weiser
- Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ; Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ; Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Craddock TJA, St. George M, Freedman H, Barakat KH, Damaraju S, Hameroff S, Tuszynski JA. Computational predictions of volatile anesthetic interactions with the microtubule cytoskeleton: implications for side effects of general anesthesia. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37251. [PMID: 22761654 PMCID: PMC3382613 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The cytoskeleton is essential to cell morphology, cargo trafficking, and cell division. As the neuronal cytoskeleton is extremely complex, it is no wonder that a startling number of neurodegenerative disorders (including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease) share the common feature of a dysfunctional neuronal cytoskeleton. Recently, concern has been raised about a possible link between anesthesia, post-operative cognitive dysfunction, and the exacerbation of neurodegenerative disorders. Experimental investigations suggest that anesthetics bind to and affect cytoskeletal microtubules, and that anesthesia-related cognitive dysfunction involves microtubule instability, hyper-phosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau, and tau separation from microtubules. However, exact mechanisms are yet to be identified. In this paper the interaction of anesthetics with the microtubule subunit protein tubulin is investigated using computer-modeling methods. Homology modeling, molecular dynamics simulations and surface geometry techniques were used to determine putative binding sites for volatile anesthetics on tubulin. This was followed by free energy based docking calculations for halothane (2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane) on the tubulin body, and C-terminal regions for specific tubulin isotypes. Locations of the putative binding sites, halothane binding energies and the relation to cytoskeleton function are reported in this paper.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Center of Marine Sciences, Foundation for Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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In the nematode C. elegans, immobility induced by the anesthetic halothane is coupled to its ability to modulate neuronal resting membrane potential, perhaps through effects on leak channels; a similar anesthetic, isoflurane, appears to work a different way.
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- Roderic G Eckenhoff
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Abstracts presented at the 8th International Symposium on Memory and Awareness in Anesthesia (MAA8). Br J Anaesth 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Singaram VK, Somerlot BH, Falk SA, Falk MJ, Sedensky MM, Morgan PG. Optical reversal of halothane-induced immobility in C. elegans. Curr Biol 2011; 21:2070-6. [PMID: 22137475 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Volatile anesthetics (VAs) cause profound neurological effects, including reversible loss of consciousness and immobility. Despite their widespread use, the mechanism of action of VAs remains one of the unsolved puzzles of neuroscience [1, 2]. Genetic studies in Caenorhabditis elegans [3, 4], Drosophila [3, 5], and mice [6-9] indicate that ion channels controlling the neuronal resting membrane potential (RMP) also control anesthetic sensitivity. Leak channels selective for K(+) [10-13] or permeable to Na(+) [14] are critical for establishing RMP. We hypothesized that halothane, a VA, caused immobility by altering the neuronal RMP. In C. elegans, halothane-induced immobility is acutely and completely reversed by channelrhodopsin-2 based depolarization of the RMP when expressed specifically in cholinergic neurons. Furthermore, hyperpolarizing cholinergic neurons via halorhodopsin activation increases sensitivity to halothane. The sensitivity of C. elegans to halothane can be altered by 25-fold by either manipulation of membrane conductance with optogenetic methods or generation of mutations in leak channels that set the RMP. Immobility induced by another VA, isoflurane, is not affected by these treatments, thereby excluding the possibility of nonspecific hyperactivity. The sum of our data indicates that leak channels and the RMP are important determinants of halothane-induced general anesthesia.
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- Vinod K Singaram
- Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Structure-based shape pharmacophore modeling for the discovery of novel anesthetic compounds. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:5133-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.05.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2009] [Revised: 05/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pan JZ, Xi J, Eckenhoff MF, Eckenhoff RG. Inhaled anesthetics elicit region-specific changes in protein expression in mammalian brain. Proteomics 2008; 8:2983-92. [PMID: 18655074 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Inhaled anesthetics bind specifically to many proteins in the mammalian brain. Within the subgroup of proteins whose activity is substantially modulated by anesthetic binding, it is reasonable to expect anesthetic-induced alterations in host expression level. Thus, in an attempt to define the group of functional targets for these commonly used drugs, we examined changes in protein expression after anesthetic exposure in both intact rodent brains and in neuronal cell culture. Differential in-gel electrophoresis was used to minimize variance, in order to detect small changes. Quantitative analysis shows that 5 h exposures to 1 minimum alveolar concentration (1 MAC) halothane caused changes in the expression of approximately 2% of detectable proteins, but only at 2-24 h after awakening, and only in the cortex. An equipotent concentration of isoflurane altered the expression of only approximately 1% of detectable proteins, and only in the hippocampus. Primary cortical neurons were exposed to three-fold higher concentrations of anesthetics with no evidence of cytotoxicity. Small changes in protein expression were elicited by both drugs. Despite the fact that anesthetics produce profound changes in neurobiology and behavior, we found only minor changes in brain protein expression. A pronounced degree of regional selectivity was noted, indicating an under appreciated degree of specificity for these promiscuous drugs.
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- Jonathan Z Pan
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Eckenhoff R, Zheng W, Kelz M. From anesthetic mechanisms research to drug discovery. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2008; 84:144-8. [PMID: 18449184 DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2008.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The ability to render patients insensible and amnesic to remarkably invasive procedures that are uncomfortable to watch, let alone experience, has been rightly designated as one of the greatest medical discoveries of all time. General anesthesia, introduced formally in the mid-nineteenth century, is now delivered to approximately 40 million patients every year in the United States alone. Given its central role in health care, it is indeed extraordinary how poorly we understand anesthesia and anesthetics. In fact, definitions are at best operational and convey little understanding of the underlying neurobiology, while the hypothetical mechanisms are surprisingly superficial. Worse, there is growing concern that the anesthetic drugs in current use, especially the inhaled anesthetics, have durable adverse effects on cognition.
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- Rg Eckenhoff
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Four-alpha-helix bundle with designed anesthetic binding pockets. Part II: halothane effects on structure and dynamics. Biophys J 2008; 94:4464-72. [PMID: 18310239 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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As a model of the protein targets for volatile anesthetics, the dimeric four-alpha-helix bundle, (Aalpha(2)-L1M/L38M)(2), was designed to contain a long hydrophobic core, enclosed by four amphipathic alpha-helices, for specific anesthetic binding. The structural and dynamical analyses of (Aalpha(2)-L1M/L38M)(2) in the absence of anesthetics (another study) showed a highly dynamic antiparallel dimer with an asymmetric arrangement of the four helices and a lateral accessing pathway from the aqueous phase to the hydrophobic core. In this study, we determined the high-resolution NMR structure of (Aalpha(2)-L1M/L38M)(2) in the presence of halothane, a clinically used volatile anesthetic. The high-solution NMR structure, with a backbone root mean-square deviation of 1.72 A (2JST), and the NMR binding measurements revealed that the primary halothane binding site is located between two side-chains of W15 from each monomer, different from the initially designed anesthetic binding sites. Hydrophobic interactions with residues A44 and L18 also contribute to stabilizing the bound halothane. Whereas halothane produces minor changes in the monomer structure, the quaternary arrangement of the dimer is shifted by about half a helical turn and twists relative to each other, which leads to the closure of the lateral access pathway to the hydrophobic core. Quantitative dynamics analyses, including Modelfree analysis of the relaxation data and the Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill transverse relaxation dispersion measurements, suggest that the most profound anesthetic effect is the suppression of the conformational exchange both near and remote from the binding site. Our results revealed a novel mechanism of an induced fit between anesthetic molecule and its protein target, with the direct consequence of protein dynamics changing on a global rather than a local scale. This mechanism may be universal to anesthetic action on neuronal proteins.
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Ishizawa Y. Mechanisms of anesthetic actions and the brain. J Anesth 2007; 21:187-99. [PMID: 17458649 DOI: 10.1007/s00540-006-0482-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The neural mechanisms behind anesthetic-induced behavioral changes such as loss of consciousness, amnesia, and analgesia, are insufficiently understood, though general anesthesia has been of tremendous importance for the development of medicine. In this review, I summarize what is currently known about general anesthetic actions at different organizational levels and discuss current and future research, using systems neuroscience approaches such as functional neuroimaging and quantitative electrophysiology to understand anesthesia actions at the integrated brain level.
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- Yumiko Ishizawa
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Clinics 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Byrem WC, Armstead SC, Kobayashi S, Eckenhoff RG, Eckmann DM. A guest molecule–host cavity fitting algorithm to mine PDB for small molecule targets. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1764:1320-4. [PMID: 16904958 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2005] [Revised: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Inhaled anesthetic molecule occupancy of a protein internal cavity depends in part on the volumes of the guest molecule and the host site. Current algorithms to determine volume and surface area of cavities in proteins whose structures have been determined and cataloged make no allowance for shape or small degrees of shape adjustment to accommodate a guest. We developed an algorithm to determine spheroid dimensions matching cavity volume and surface area and applied it to screen the cavities of 6,658 nonredundant structures stored in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) for potential targets of halothane (2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane). Our algorithm determined sizes of prolate and oblate spheroids matching dimensions of each cavity found. If those spheroids could accommodate halothane (radius 2.91 A) as a guest, we determined the packing coefficient. 394,766 total cavities were identified. Of 58,681 cavities satisfying the fit criteria for halothane, 11,902 cavities had packing coefficients in the range of 0.46-0.64. This represents 20.3% of cavities large enough to hold halothane, 3.0% of all cavities processed, and found in 2,432 protein structures. Our algorithm incorporates shape dependence to screen guest-host relationships for potential small molecule occupancy of protein cavities. Proteins with large numbers of such cavities are more likely to be functionally altered by halothane.
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- William C Byrem
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Pan JZ, Wei H, Hecker JG, Tobias JW, Eckenhoff RG, Eckenhoff MF. Rat brain DNA transcript profile of halothane and isoflurane exposure. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2006; 16:171-82. [PMID: 16495776 DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000189795.21770.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Inhaled anesthetics produce many effects and bind to a large number of brain proteins, but it is not yet clear if this is accompanied by widespread changes in gene expression of the biological targets. Such changes in expression might implicate functionally important targets from the large pool of binding targets. Both rats and isolated primary cortical neurons were exposed to anesthetics and DNA oligonucleotide microarrays were used to detect and quantify transcriptional changes in neural tissue. Using analysis of variance with multiple testing correction, multiple exposures of rats to 0.8 MAC (minimum alveolar concentration) halothane only produced significant changes in a few metabolic genes. No significant in-vivo gene transcriptional response to 0.8 MAC isoflurane was detected. The use of primary cortical neurons allowed exposure to 3 MAC anesthetics without evidence of toxicity. Isoflurane altered several genes involved with neurotransmitter transport, signaling and cellular structure, whereas halothane produced few detectable changes in these cultured cells. Selected genes were confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Although indicating only a small degree of transcriptional regulation, these data implicate several plausible targets, including synaptic vesicle handling, that might contribute to drug action. In addition, the data show different gene expression profiles for the two inhaled anesthetics, suggesting unique pharmacological targets and mechanisms in each case.
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- Jonathan Z Pan
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Xi J, Liu R, Rossi MJ, Yang J, Loll PJ, Dailey WP, Eckenhoff RG. Photoactive analogues of the haloether anesthetics provide high-resolution features from low-affinity interactions. ACS Chem Biol 2006; 1:377-84. [PMID: 17163775 DOI: 10.1021/cb600207d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The difficulty in obtaining binding target and site information for low-affinity drugs, like the inhaled anesthetics, has limited identification of their molecular effectors. Because such information can be provided by photoactive analogues, we designed, synthesized, and characterized a novel diazirnyl haloether that closely mimics isoflurane, the most widely used clinical general anesthetic. This compound, H-diaziflurane, is a nontoxic, potent anesthetic that potentiates GABA-gated ion channels in primary cultures of hippocampal neurons. Calorimetric and structural characterizations show that H-diaziflurane binds a model anesthetic host protein with similar energetics as isoflurane and forms photoadducts with residues lining the isoflurane binding site. H-diaziflurane will be immediately useful for identifying targets and sites important for the molecular pharmacology of the inhaled haloether anesthetics.
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- Jin Xi
- Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Eckenhoff RG, Liu R, Johansson JS, Loll PJ. The four-helix bundle: An attractive fold. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.06.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Xi J, Liu R, Asbury GR, Eckenhoff MF, Eckenhoff RG. Inhalational anesthetic-binding proteins in rat neuronal membranes. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:19628-33. [PMID: 14988400 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313864200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Molecular targets of inhaled anesthetics must be represented in the group that specifically bind these drugs, but the paucity of direct binding data has limited the number of candidates for further evaluation. To find candidate targets, we used a combination of photolabeling, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry to identify halothane-binding targets in rat neuronal membranes. Of the 265 spots detected on the two-dimensional gels, 90 were labeled by [(14)C]halothane, and 34 were identified. Mitochondrial proteins, especially respiratory complex and voltage-dependent anion channels, dominated the labeled group, and there were several examples of subunit- and state-dependent binding. A significant correlation was found between internal protein cavities and binding in a group of proteins with high resolution structures. Therefore, in addition to identifying novel neuronal targets, these data suggest a general molecular feature, the buried cavity, as a dominant attribute of volatile anesthetic-binding sites found in a limited number of neuronal membrane proteins.
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- Jin Xi
- Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 305 John Morgan, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Arias HR, Kem WR, Trudell JR, Blanton MP. Unique general anesthetic binding sites within distinct conformational states of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2003; 54:1-50. [PMID: 12785284 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(03)54002-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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General anesthesia is a complex behavioral state provoked by the pharmacological action of a broad range of structurally different hydrophobic molecules called general anesthetics (GAs) on receptor members of the genetically linked ligand-gated ion channel (LGIC) superfamily. This superfamily includes nicotinic acetylcholine (AChRs), type A and C gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAAR and GABACR), glycine (GlyR), and type 3 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3R) receptors. This review focuses on recent advances in the localization of GA binding sites on conformationally and compositionally distinct AChRs. The experimental evidence outlined in this review suggests that: 1. Several neuronal-type AChRs might be targets for the pharmacological action of distinct GAs. 2. The molecular components of a specific GA binding site on a certain receptor subtype are different from the structural determinants of the locus for the same GA on a different receptor subtype. 3. There are unique binding sites for distinct GAs in the same receptor protein. 4. A GA can activate, potentiate, or inhibit an ion channel, indicating the existence of more than one binding site for the same GA. 5. The affinity of a specific GA depends on the conformational state of the receptor. 6. GAs inhibition channels by at least two mechanisms, an open-channel-blocking and/or an allosteric mechanism. 7. Certain GAs may inhibit AChR function by competing for the agonist binding sites or by augmenting the desensitization rate.
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- Hugo R Arias
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766, USA
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Rebecchi MJ, Pentyala SN. Anaesthetic actions on other targets: protein kinase C and guanine nucleotide-binding proteins. Br J Anaesth 2002; 89:62-78. [PMID: 12173242 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aef160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- M J Rebecchi
- Departments of Anesthesiology and Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8480, USA
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- H A Nash
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 36/Room 1B08, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-4034, USA
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