PMID: 7547052Sep 1, 1995Paper

Anaesthetic agents decrease the activity of nitric oxide synthase from human polymorphonuclear leucocytes

British Journal of Anaesthesia
H F GalleyN R Webster

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) inhibitors reduce the threshold for anaesthesia. We have investigated the action of anaesthetic agents on human nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity. Thiopentone reduced mean NOS activity to 36.6 (SD 8.9) % of control at 100 mumol litre-1 (P < 0.001) and 50.9 (20.3) % at 1 mmol litre-1 (P < 0.05). Ketamine showed similar effects, with activity reduced to 67.0 (17.6) % (P < 0.05) and 57.7 (8.5) % (P < 0.001) at 100 mumol litre-1 and 1 mmol litre-1, respectively. Etomidate 100 mumol litre-1 did not significantly alter activity (88.2 (8.1) %) but 1 mmol litre-1 did (60.6 (10.4) %, P < 0.005). Halothane also caused a significant decrease in NOS activity at all concentrations. This effect was specific as other enzymes were unaffected. We conclude that anaesthetic agents have a profound effect on NOS activity and as inhibition of NO release augments anaesthesia, we suggest that this may play a role in the mechanism of anaesthesia in humans.

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