PMID- 16845130 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061010 LR - 20180126 IS - 0007-0912 (Print) IS - 0007-0912 (Linking) VI - 97 IP - 3 DP - 2006 Sep TI - Propofol metabolism is enhanced after repetitive ketamine administration in rats: the role of cytochrome P-450 2B induction. PG - 351-8 AB - BACKGROUND: In a series of ex vivo and in vivo studies we investigated the ability of repetitive ketamine administration to alter the metabolism and anaesthetic effect of propofol and the role of ketamine-mediated P-450 2B induction in rats. METHODS: Male Wistar rats were pretreated with 80 mg kg(-1) ketamine i.p. twice daily for 4 days. Pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylation (PROD), P-450 2B protein and mRNA were determined. Residual propofol concentration was measured after incubating hepatic microsomes with 100 muM propofol. Sleeping times induced by i.p. 80 mg kg(-1) propofol were determined. Orphenadrine, a P-450 2B inhibitor, was added in both ex vivo and in vivo studies. Finally, serial whole blood propofol concentrations were determined after i.v. infusion of 15 mg kg(-1) propofol. RESULTS: Ketamine pretreatment produced 5.4-, 3.4- and 1.7-fold increases in hepatic PROD activity, P-450 2B protein and mRNA, respectively. Residual propofol concentration was 46% lower after incubation with microsomes from ketamine-pretreated rats than in the control group. The addition of orphenadrine to ketamine-pretreated microsomes produced an increase in residual propofol concentration in a concentration-dependent manner. Ketamine pretreatment reduced propofol sleeping time to 12% of the control, which was reversed by orphenadrine. The whole blood propofol concentration in ketamine-pretreated rats was significantly lower than that of control rats at 1, 2, 4 and 8 min after cessation of propofol infusion. CONCLUSIONS: Repetitive ketamine administration enhances propofol metabolism and reduces propofol sleeping time in rats. We suggest that P-450 2B induction may produce ketamine-propofol interaction in anaesthetic practice. FAU - Chan, W-H AU - Chan WH AD - Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University 1 Jen-Ai Road, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, T-L AU - Chen TL FAU - Chen, R-M AU - Chen RM FAU - Sun, W-Z AU - Sun WZ FAU - Ueng, T-H AU - Ueng TH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060715 PL - England TA - Br J Anaesth JT - British journal of anaesthesia JID - 0372541 RN - 0 (Anesthetics, Combined) RN - 0 (Anesthetics, Dissociative) RN - 0 (Anesthetics, Intravenous) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 690G0D6V8H (Ketamine) RN - AL805O9OG9 (Orphenadrine) RN - EC 1.14.- (Steroid Hydroxylases) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (steroid 16-beta-hydroxylase) RN - YI7VU623SF (Propofol) SB - IM MH - Anesthetics, Combined/pharmacology MH - Anesthetics, Dissociative/pharmacology MH - Anesthetics, Intravenous/blood/*pharmacokinetics MH - Animals MH - Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Ketamine/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Microsomes, Liver/metabolism MH - Orphenadrine/pharmacology MH - Propofol/blood/*pharmacokinetics MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Steroid Hydroxylases/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology EDAT- 2006/07/18 09:00 MHDA- 2006/10/13 09:00 CRDT- 2006/07/18 09:00 PHST- 2006/07/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/10/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/07/18 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0007-0912(17)35436-3 [pii] AID - 10.1093/bja/ael173 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Anaesth. 2006 Sep;97(3):351-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/ael173. Epub 2006 Jul 15.