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Isoflurane selectively inhibits distal mitochondrial complex I in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Jun 2011
Kayser Ernst-Bernhard, Suthammarak Wichit, Morgan Phil G, Sedensky Margaret M
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BACKGROUND: Complex I of the electron transport chain (ETC) is a possible target of volatile anesthetics (VAs). Complex I enzymatic activities are inhibited by VAs, and dysfunction of complex I can lead to hypersensitivity to VAs in worms and in people. Mutant analysis in Caenorhabditis (C.) elegans suggests that VAs may specifically interfere with complex I function at the binding site for its substrate...
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