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Ecotoxicology of narcosis: Stereoselectivity and potential target sites.

Chemosphere 72, 1256-1259 (2008)
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The stereoselectivity of certain anesthetics is currently thought to be inconsistent with lipid theories of narcosis. The EC(50)-values of etomidate enantiomers for tadpole narcosis are now examined as a function of octanol/water partition coefficients, and enhancement factors for predicted over experimental EC(50) values are determined from a calibration curve for non-selective narcosis. The unfavored S-(-)-enantiomers of etomidate and two analogues surprisingly still fulfill the Meyer-Overton rule. The R(+)-enantiomers of etomidate and four structural analogues are up to 34-fold more active than expected. The non-chiral anesthetic, propofol, is 8-fold more active than expected. It is concluded that there may be two pathways to tadpole narcosis: enhanced narcosis involving specific receptor binding sites and non-selective narcosis corresponding to the Meyer-Overton rule and operating on the lipid/protein interface.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Tadpole narcosis; Stereoselectivity; Etomidate; Propofol; GABAA channel; Lipid/protein interface
Language english
Publication Year 2008
HGF-reported in Year 2008
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0045-6535
e-ISSN 1879-1298
Journal Chemosphere
Quellenangaben Volume: 72, Issue: 9, Pages: 1256-1259 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place Kidlington, Oxford
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Research field(s) Environmental Sciences
PSP Element(s) G-504900-001
Scopus ID 46149083203
Erfassungsdatum 2008-07-23