• O Langeron, B Bouhemad, G Orliaguet, P Coriat, Y Lecarpentier, and B Riou.
• Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. olivier.langeron@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
• Br J Anaesth. 2003 Jun 1; 90 (6): 759-65.

BackgroundThe effects of halogenated anaesthetics on cross-bridge (CB) kinetics are unclear. As halogenated anaesthetics do not markedly modify the intracellular calcium transient in the diaphragm, we used an isolated rat diaphragm preparation to assess the effects of halothane and isoflurane on CB kinetics.MethodsThe effects of halothane and isoflurane (1 and 2 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)) on rat diaphragm muscle strips were studied in vitro (Krebs-Henseleit solution, 29 degrees C, oxygen 95%/carbon dioxide 5%) in tetanus mode (50 Hz). From the force-velocity curve and using A. F. Huxley's equations, we determined the main mechanical and energetic variables and calculated CB kinetics.ResultsAt 1 and 2 MAC, isoflurane and halothane induced no significant inotropic effects. Whatever the concentrations tested, halothane and isoflurane did not significantly modify the CB number, the elementary force per CB, the attachment and detachment constants, the duration of the CB cycle and mean CB velocity.ConclusionIn the rat diaphragm at therapeutic concentrations, halogenated anaesthetics do not significantly modify CB mechanical and kinetic properties.

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