Propofol is a widely used intravenous general anesthetic. Acetylcholine (ACh) is critical in controlling epithelial ion transport. This study was to investigate the effects of propofol on ACh-evoked secretion in rat ileum epithelium.

Methods

The Ussing chamber technique was used to investigate the effects of propofol on carbachol (CCh)-evoked short-circuit currents (Isc).

Key Results

Propofol (10⁻²–10⁻⁶ mol/L) attenuated CCh-evoked Isc of rat ileum mucosa in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibitory effect of propofol was only evident after application to the serosal side. Pretreatment with tetrodotoxin (TTX, 0.3 μmol/L, n=5) had no effect on propofol-induced inhibitory effect, whereas serosal application of K⁺ channel inhibitor, glibenclamide, but not, an ATP-sensitive K⁺ channel inhibitor, largely reduced the inhibitory effect of propofol. In addition, pretreatment with either hexamethonium bromide (HB, nicotinic nACh receptor antagonist) or Cl⁻ channel blockers niflumic acid and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (inh)-172 did not produce any effect on the propofol-induced inhibitory effect.

Conclusions & Inferences

Propofol inhibits CCh-induced intestinal secretion by directly targeting basolateral K⁺ channels.

Supporting Information

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Propofol inhibits carbachol-induced chloride secretion by directly targeting the basolateral K⁺ channel in rat ileum epithelium

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Propofol inhibits carbachol-induced chloride secretion by directly targeting the basolateral K+ channel in rat ileum epithelium

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Propofol inhibits carbachol-induced chloride secretion by directly targeting the basolateral K⁺ channel in rat ileum epithelium