简介：BACKGROUND:Calciumion(Ca2+)overloadplaysanimportantroleincerebralischemia/reperfusioninjury.Anisodamine,atypeofalkaloid,canprotectthemyocardiumfromischemiaandreperfusioninjurybyinhibitingintracellularcalcium[Ca2+]ioverload.OBJECTIVE:Toinvestigateeffectsofanisodamineon[Ca2+]iconcentrationandcortexultrastructurefol-lowingacutecerebralischemia/reperfusioninrabbits.DESIGN,TIMEANDSETTING:RandomizedandcontrolledtrialwasperformedattheDepartmentofEmergency,TongjiHospital,TongjiMedicalCollegeofHuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnologyfromSeptembertoDecember2006.MATERIALS:Fortyhealthyrabbitswereusedtoestablishmodelsofacutecerebralischemia/reperfusion.AnisodaminewasprovidedbyLianyungangDongfengPharmaceuticalFactory;Fura-2waspurchasedfromNanjingJianchengBioengineeringInstitute;dual-wavelengthfluorescentspectrophotometrysystemandDM-300softwarewereprovidedbyBio-Rad,USA;OPTON-EM10CtransmissionelectronmicroscopewasproductofSiemens,Germany.METHODS:Fortyrabbitswererandomlydividedintothefollowinggroups:shamoperation,ischemia,ischemia/reperfusion,andanisodamine,withtenrabbitsineachgroup.Modelsofcompletecerebralischemiainjurywereestablished.Inaddition,bloodwascollectedfromthefemoralarteryofratsintheischemia/reperfusionandanisodaminegroupstoinducehypotensionandestablishreperfusioninjurymodels.Thebilateralcommoncarotidarteryclampwasremovedfromtheanisodaminegroup20minutesafterischemia,andanisodamine(10mg/kgbodymass)wasinjectedviathefemoralvein.Rabbitsintheshamoperationgroupunderwentonlyvenouscannulation.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:[Ca2+]iconcentrationwasdeterminedusingadual-wavelengthfluorescentspectrophotometrysystem,andcorticalultrastructurewasobservedfollowinguranyl-leadcitratestaining.RESULTS:Thelevelsof[Ca2+]iintheischemiaandischemia/reperfusiongroupsweresignificantlyin-creased,c