Dose-dependent protection of cardiac function by propofol during ischemia and early reperfusion in rats: effects on 15-F<sub>2t</sub>-isoprostane formation
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Abstract
We examined the effects of propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) on functional recovery and 15-F2t-isoprostane generation during ischemia-reperfusion in Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. Before the induction of 40 min of global ischemia, hearts were perfused (10 min) with propofol at 5 (lo-P) or 12 microg/mL (hi-P) in saline or with saline only (control). During ischemia, saline, lo-P, or hi-P was perfused through the aorta at 60 microL/min. During the first 15 min of reperfusion, propofol (5 or 12 microg/mL) was continued, followed by perfusion with 5 microg/mL propofol for 75 min in both propofol-treated groups. After 90 min of reperfusion (Rep-90), heart tissues were harvested for assessment of antioxidant status. In hi-P, we observed increased latency to and greater reduction of ischemic contracture relative to the lo-P or control groups. 15-F2t-Isoprostane concentrations increased during ischemia and were significantly lower in hi-P and lo-P than in control (P < 0.01). At Rep-90, myocardial functional recovery was greater in both propofol-treated groups relative to control, and it correlated positively with tissue antioxidant capacity preservation. Tissue antioxidant capacity was better preserved in hi-P than in lo-P treatment (P < 0.05). We conclude that oxidant injury occurs during ischemia and reperfusion, and propofol provides dose-dependent protection primarily by enhancing tissue antioxidant capacity and reducing lipid peroxidation.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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