scholarly journals Kinetics of Uptake and Washout of Lidocaine in Rat Sciatic Nerve In Vitro

2013 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 694-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Leeson ◽  
Gary Strichartz
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3972
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Kikuchi ◽  
Kentaro Setoyama ◽  
Seiya Takada ◽  
Shotaro Otsuka ◽  
Kazuki Nakanishi ◽  
...  

Perineural adhesions leading to neuropathy are one of the most undesirable consequences of peripheral nerve surgery. However, there are currently no widely used compounds with anti-adhesive effects in the field of peripheral nerve surgery. E8002 is a novel, anti-adhesive, multi-layer membrane that contains L-ascorbic acid (AA). Here, we investigated the effect and mechanism of E8002 in a rat sciatic nerve adhesion model. A total of 21 rats were used. Six weeks after surgery, macroscopic adhesion scores were significantly lower in the E8002 group (adhesion procedure followed by nerve wrapping with E8002) compared to the E8002 AA(−) group (adhesion procedure followed by nerve wrapping with the E8002 membrane excluding AA) and adhesion group (adhesion procedure but no treatment). Correspondingly, a microscopic examination revealed prominent scar tissue in the E8002 AA(−) and adhesion groups. Furthermore, an in vitro study using human blood samples showed that AA enhanced tissue-type, plasminogen activator-mediated fibrinolysis. Altogether, these results suggest that E8002 may exert an anti-adhesive action via AA and the regulation of fibrinolysis.


Lipids ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis W. Stillway ◽  
Dorothy A. Weigand ◽  
Maria G. Buse

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 1435-1442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Gerner ◽  
Mustafa Mujtaba ◽  
Mohammed Khan ◽  
Yukari Sudoh ◽  
Kamen Vlassakov ◽  
...  

Background The antidepressant amitriptyline is commonly used orally for the treatment of chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain, which is thought to be caused by high-frequency ectopic discharge. Among its many properties, amitriptyline is a potent Na(+) channel blocker in vitro, has local anesthetic properties in vivo, and confers additional blockade at high stimulus-discharge rates (use-dependent blockade). As with other drug modifications, adding a phenylethyl group to obtain a permanently charged quaternary ammonium derivative may improve these advantageous properties. Methods The electrophysiologic properties of N-phenylethyl amitriptyline were assessed in cultured neuronal GH(3) cells with the whole cell mode of the patch clamp technique, and the therapeutic range and toxicity were evaluated in the rat sciatic nerve model. Results In vitro, N-phenylethyl amitriptyline at 10 microm elicits a greater block of Na(+) channels than amitriptyline (resting block of approximately 90% vs. approximately 15%). This derivative also retains the attribute of amitriptyline in evoking high-degree use-dependent blockade during repetitive pulses. In vivo, duration to full recovery of nociception in the sciatic nerve model was 1,932 +/- 72 min for N-phenylethyl amitriptyline at 2.5 mm (n = 7) versus 72 +/- 3 min for lidocaine at 37 mm (n = 4; mean +/- SEM). However, there was evidence of neurotoxicity at 5 mm. Conclusion N-phenylethyl amitriptyline appears to have a narrow therapeutic range but is much more potent than lidocaine, providing a block duration several times longer than any clinically used local anesthetic. Further work in animal models of neuropathic pain will assess the potential use of this drug.


2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1158-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
PM Lima-Accioly ◽  
PR Lavor-Porto ◽  
FS Cavalcante ◽  
PJC Magalhães ◽  
S Lahlou ◽  
...  

1986 ◽  
Vol 35 (23) ◽  
pp. 4261-4266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Fabre ◽  
Gérard Fabre ◽  
Nicole Lena ◽  
Jean-Paul Cano

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Amado ◽  
Jorge M Rodrigues ◽  
Ana L Luís ◽  
Paulo AS Armada-da-Silva ◽  
Márcia Vieira ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuaki Shioyama ◽  
Mikihiro Kihara ◽  
Mitsuo Takahashi

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Robinson ◽  
A. J. Fishman ◽  
B. R. Bendok ◽  
C.-P. Richter

This study compared functional and physical collateral damage to a nerve when operating a Codman MALIS Bipolar Electrosurgical System CMC-III or a CO2laser coupled to a laser, with correlation to an in vitro model of heating profiles created by the devices in thermochromic ink agarose. Functional damage of the rat sciatic nerve after operating the MALIS or CO2laser at various power settings and proximities to the nerve was measured by electrically evoked nerve action potentials, and histology of the nerve was used to assess physical damage. Thermochromic ink dissolved in agarose was used to model the spatial and temporal profile of the collateral heating zone of the electrosurgical system and the laser ablation cone. We found that this laser can be operated at 2 W directly above the nerve with minimal damage, while power settings of 5 W and 10 W resulted in acute functional and physical nerve damage, correlating with the maximal heating cone in the thermochromic ink model. MALIS settings up to 40 (11 W) did not result in major functional or physical nerve damage until the nerve was between the forceps tips, correlating with the hottest zone, localized discretely between the tips.


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