Anestésicos locais: interação com membranas biológicas e com o canal de sódio voltagem-dependente
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2008-01-01
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Araujo, Daniele Ribeiro de
Paula, Eneida de
Fraceto, Leonardo Fernandes [UNESP]
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
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Many theories about the mechanism of action of local anesthetics (LA) are described in the literature. Two types of theories can be distinguished: those that focus on the direct effects of LA on their target protein in the axon membranes, i.e. the voltage-gated sodium channel and the ones that take into account the interaction of anesthetic molecules with the lipid membrane phase for the reversible nerve blockage. Since there is a direct correlation between LA hydrophobicity and potency, it is crucial to take this physico-chemical property into account to understand the mechanism of action of LA, be it on the sodium channel protein, lipid(s), or on the whole membrane phase.
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local anesthetic, membrane, voltage-gated sodium channel
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Química Nova. Sociedade Brasileira de Química, v. 31, n. 7, p. 1775-1783, 2008.