Effect of propofol on C-fos gene expression and neuronal damage induced by ketamine in rat cerebral cortex / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of propofol on C-fos expression and glutamate concentration in rat cerebral cortex induced by ketamine. Methods Twenty-eight male Wistar rats weighing 260-280 g were randomly divided into four groups of seven animals group 1 received normal saline intraperitoneally (ip) (group NS); group 2 received NS + ketamine 100mg?kg-1 ip (group K); group 3 received propofol 100 mg?kg-1 + ketamine 100mg?kg-1 ip (group PK); group 4 received diazepam 10mg?kg-1 + ketamine 100 mg?kg-1 ip (group DK). The interval between the two intraperitoneal injections was 5 min in each group. The animals were decapitated 30 min after ip injection. C-fos mRNA expression was detected by RT-PCR method and fos protein expression by immuno-histochemical technique. Another forty Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups of 10 animals as was described above. Two hours after ip injection, five animals in each group were decapitated for microscopic examination and the other five animals for determination of water and glutamate content of cerebral cortex.Results C-fos mRNA expression increased at 30 min after intraperitoneal ketamine. Ketamine induced significant increase in Fos protein expression, and glutamate and water content in cerebral cortex 2 h after ip injection. Propofol and diazepam inhibited the increases induced by ketamine ( P