Int J Med Sci 2021; 18(3):652-659. doi:10.7150/ijms.54320 This issue Cite

Research Paper

Propofol rather than Isoflurane Accelerates the Interstitial Fluid Drainage in the Deep Rat Brain

Guomei Zhao1, Hongbin Han2,3,4✉, Wei Wang5✉, Kaiying Jia1

1. Department of Geriatrics, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China
2. Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology, Beijing 100191, China
4. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
5. Research Institute for Translation Medicine on Molecular Function and Artificial Intelligence Imaging, Department of Radiology, The First People's Hospital of FoShan, Foshan 52800, China

Citation:
Zhao G, Han H, Wang W, Jia K. Propofol rather than Isoflurane Accelerates the Interstitial Fluid Drainage in the Deep Rat Brain. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18(3):652-659. doi:10.7150/ijms.54320. https://www.medsci.org/v18p0652.htm
Other styles

File import instruction

Abstract

Objective: Different anesthetics have distinct effects on the interstitial fluid (ISF) drainage in the extracellular space (ECS) of the superficial rat brain, while their effects on ISF drainage in the ECS of the deep rat brain still remain unknown. Herein, we attempt to investigate and compare the effects of propofol and isoflurane on ECS structure and ISF drainage in the caudate-putamen (CPu) and thalamus (Tha) of the deep rat brain.

Methods: Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized with propofol or isoflurane, respectively. Twenty-four anesthetized rats were randomly divided into the propofol-CPu, isoflurane-CPu, propofol-Tha, and isoflurane-Tha groups. Tracer-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescent-labeled tracer assay were utilized to quantify ISF drainage in the deep brain.

Results: The half-life of ISF in the propofol-CPu and propofol-Tha groups was shorter than that in the isoflurane-CPu and isoflurane-Tha groups, respectively. The ECS volume fraction in the propofol-CPu and propofol-Tha groups was much higher than that in the isoflurane-CPu and isoflurane-Tha groups, respectively. However, the ECS tortuosity in the propofol-CPu and propofol-Tha groups was much smaller than that in isoflurane-CPu and isoflurane-Tha groups, respectively.

Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that propofol rather than isoflurane accelerates the ISF drainage in the deep rat brain, which provides novel insights into the selective control of ISF drainage and guides selection of anesthetic agents in different clinical settings, and unravels the mechanism of how general anesthetics function.

Keywords: Propofol, isoflurane, deep rat brain, extracellular space, interstitial fluid


Citation styles

APA
Zhao, G., Han, H., Wang, W., Jia, K. (2021). Propofol rather than Isoflurane Accelerates the Interstitial Fluid Drainage in the Deep Rat Brain. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 18(3), 652-659. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.54320.

ACS
Zhao, G.; Han, H.; Wang, W.; Jia, K. Propofol rather than Isoflurane Accelerates the Interstitial Fluid Drainage in the Deep Rat Brain. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2021, 18 (3), 652-659. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.54320.

NLM
Zhao G, Han H, Wang W, Jia K. Propofol rather than Isoflurane Accelerates the Interstitial Fluid Drainage in the Deep Rat Brain. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18(3):652-659. doi:10.7150/ijms.54320. https://www.medsci.org/v18p0652.htm

CSE
Zhao G, Han H, Wang W, Jia K. 2021. Propofol rather than Isoflurane Accelerates the Interstitial Fluid Drainage in the Deep Rat Brain. Int J Med Sci. 18(3):652-659.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
Popup Image