Effects of a seven-day continuous infusion of ropivacaine on circadian rhythms in the rat |
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Authors: | Velly Audrey Boulamery Simon Nicolas Bedidjian Sonia Bruguerolle Bernard |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. |
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Abstract: | The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a 7 d continuous infusion of ropivacaine on the 24 h rhythms of body temperature, heart rate, and locomotor activity. After an initial 7 d baseline, rats were randomly divided into two groups of 4 rats each to receive ropivacaine or saline via an osmotic pump for 7 consecutive days. The pumps were removed thereafter and observed during a 7 d recovery span. The studied circadian rhythms were measured by radiotelemetry throughout each of the 7 d periods. An additional group of 4 rats was studied under the same experimental conditions to assess the plasma levels of ropivacaine on days 3 and 8 following pump implantation. Our results indicate that ropivacaine does not induce loss of the circadian rhythms of body temperature, heart rate, or locomotor activity; a prominent period of 24 h was found for all variables in all animals, before, during, and after ropivacaine treatment. However, ropivacaine treatment did modify some characteristics of the rhythms; it increased the MESOR (24 h mean) of the heart rate and locomotor activity rhythms and advanced the acrophase (peak time) of the locomotor activity circadian rhythm. The present study indicates that the circadian rhythms of heart rate and locomotor activity are modified after continuous infusion of ropivacaine, which is of particular interest, given the potential cardiotoxicity of this local anesthetic agent. |
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Keywords: | Ropivacaine Local anesthetics Circadian rhythms Chronopharmacology Rats Radiotelemetry Continuous infusion |
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