Effects of local anesthetics on mechanical characteristics of lipid bilayers and on the ion transport dynamics.

Bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) of various composition were used to study the effects of local anesthetics (LA) carbisocaine and lidocaine on mechanical membrane characteristics and on the transport dynamics of ions across gramicidin D ionic channels. Carbisocaine concentrations of 20 mumols/l-0.1 mmol/l caused a considerable decrease (by 15-40%) in modulus of elasticity E1 in direction perpendicular to membrane surface. The effect of lidocaine was approx. one order of magnitude weaker. LA-induced changes in E1 were shown to depend on both the lipid composition of the membrane and the electrolyte pH. Neutral forms of LA induce marked changes in E1. An analysis of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of BLM modified by the channel forming agent gramicidin D revealed that carbisocaine significantly affects the superlinear segment of the I-V relationship; this suggests a strong effect on the transport dynamics of ions through the internal channel region. The results of the study suggest that the action of both carbisocaine and lidocaine may be non-specific. The effectivity of the non-specific action of LA is determined by the hydrophobic moiety of the local anesthetic molecule.

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