エピネフリンによって誘発された心筋筋のストレスに対する年齢関連の反応. 機能的・超構造的研究である
J Caspi1, J G Coles, L N Benson
1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Circulation
|November 1, 1991
まとめ
新生児のブタは,エピネフリンによる心臓毒性に対する感受性が高く,心筋損傷と左心室機能の障害を経験し,成人ブタと比較して増加しています. これは,ストレスに対する心臓の反応における年齢関連の違いを強調しています.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- 新生児生理学 新生児生理学
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
背景:
- エピネフリンは重要なホルモンであり,心臓の機能に影響を与える薬です.
- ストレスに対する心血管の反応の年齢関連の違いは完全に理解されていません.
- 新生児の心筋梗塞には独特の脆弱性がある可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 新生児と成人豚におけるエピネフリンの左心室機能と心臓の超構造に対する効果を比較する.
- エピネフリン注入によって誘発される年齢依存性心臓毒性を調査するために.
主な方法:
- 新生児および成人豚にエピネフリン (0.5および2.0μg/kg/min) を静脈注入する.
- 圧力-体積データを用いて左心室のシストリックおよびダイアストリック機能の評価 (導電性カテーテル).
- 心臓の超構造とプラズマエピネフリン濃度との機能的変化の相関.
主要な成果:
- 新生児は,成人とは異なり,エピネフリンの高用量投与で,エンドシストリック弾力性が低下し,心室の体積弾力性が増加した.
- 新生児の心臓超構造は,エピネフリン後にサルコレマの破裂とミトコンドリアCa2+の堆積を明らかにした.
- 成人豚は,低用量ではエンドシストリック弾性性が増加し,高用量では重要な機能的変化はありませんでした.
結論:
- 新生児の心筋は,成人心筋よりも,エピネフリン誘発の心臓毒性に対してより敏感です.
- エピネフリンは新生児の心臓筋損傷を大きくし,心臓の収縮性と弾力性に影響を及ぼします.
- 年齢は,循環中のエピネフリンの心臓毒性可能性を決定する重要な要因です.
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