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Lin J, Gang L, Wen L, Zi HY, Xia S. 20(S)-Ginsenoside Rh1 alleviates sevoflurane-induced ototoxicity by reducing oxidative stress levels. Neuroreport 2024; 35:152-159. [PMID: 38141010 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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CONTEXT Sevoflurane is an inhalational anesthetic widely used in pediatric surgery. However, animal studies have shown that multiple sevoflurane exposures during the neonatal period led to ototoxicity. 20(S)-Ginsenoside Rh1, a ginsenoside extract, protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity by scavenging free radicals. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the effects of Rh1 on sevoflurane-induced ototoxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Neonatal cochlear explants and House Ear Institute-Organ of Corti 1 (HEI-OC1) cells were cultured and randomly divided into three groups: the control group, the sevoflurane group and the Rh1 pretreatment group. We pretreated cochlear explants or HEI-OC1 cells with 100 μM Rh1 2 hours before performing sevoflurane exposure. Immunofluorescence was used to detect hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons. Cell Counting Kit-8 assay was used to determine cell viability. Annexin V-fluorescein isothiocyanate and propidium iodide were used to evaluate apoptosis. CellROX-Green and MitoSOX-Red probes were used to measure the amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester labeling was used to examine mitochondrial membrane potential. RESULTS Rh1 attenuated spiral ganglion neuron nerve fibers and synapses degeneration in cochlear explants after sevoflurane exposure. Rh1 significantly increased the viability of HEI-OC1 cells, reduced reactive oxygen species accumulation in HEI-OC1 cells, and prevented mitochondrial damage in HEI-OC1 cells after sevoflurane exposure. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION These findings suggest that Rh1 is a promising drug for preventing sevoflurane-induced ototoxicity.
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- Jin Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Eye and ENT Hospital
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Eye and ENT Hospital
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- ENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye and ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, NHC Key Laboratoryof Hearing Medicine
- NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- ENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye and ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, NHC Key Laboratoryof Hearing Medicine
- NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Eye and ENT Hospital
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Xu M, Xia L, Li J, Du Y, Dong Z. 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone ameliorates cognitive impairment induced by repeated neonatal sevoflurane exposures in mice through increasing tau O-GlcNAcylation. Neurosci Lett 2024; 818:137559. [PMID: 37984484 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sevoflurane, one of the most commonly used general anesthetics for pediatric anesthesia, has recently gained significant attention in both preclinical and clinical settings due to its potential neurotoxicity in the developing brain. Tau phosphorylation, induced by sevoflurane, is recognized as one of the major causes of neurotoxicity. 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (DHF), a TrkB receptor agonist, has been reported to exhibit potential neuroprotective effects against tauopathies. In this study, our objective was to investigate whether DHF could provide neuroprotective effects against sevoflurane-induced neurotoxicity and explore the underlying molecular mechanisms. METHODS Six-day-old mice were subjected to 2 h of anesthesia with 3 % sevoflurane, with or without pretreatment of DHF (5 mg/kg/day, i.p.) for 3 consecutive days. Autonomic motor ability was assessed by open-field test, while learning and memory abilities were evaluated by the fear conditioning test. Western blotting was conducted to measure the levels of t-TrkB, p-TrkB, tau, and phosphorylated tau. Additionally, a co-immunoprecipitation assay was performed to investigate the interaction between O-GlcNAcylation and tau. RESULTS Repeated neonatal sevoflurane exposures resulted in reduced freezing time during the context and cued fear conditioning tests in adulthood. However, pretreatment with DHF restored the freezing time to the level of the control group, indicating that DHF effectively alleviated cognitive impairments induced by neonatal sevoflurane exposure. We also observed that repeated neonatal sevoflurane exposures increased tau phosphorylation while decreasing tau O-GlcNAcylation. However, DHF pretreatment rebalanced the tau O-GlcNAcylation/phosphorylation ratio by enhancing the interaction between tau and O-GlcNAcylation. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate that DHF effectively ameliorates sevoflurane-induced cognitive impairment in developing mice by restoring the balance between tau O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation. Therefore, this study suggests that DHF has the potential to be a therapeutic agent for treating cognitive impairment associated with anesthetics, such as sevoflurane.
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- Mingliang Xu
- Growth, Development, and Mental Health of Children and Adolescence Center, Pediatric Research Institute, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China; Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China
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- Growth, Development, and Mental Health of Children and Adolescence Center, Pediatric Research Institute, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Growth, Development, and Mental Health of Children and Adolescence Center, Pediatric Research Institute, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Growth, Development, and Mental Health of Children and Adolescence Center, Pediatric Research Institute, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Growth, Development, and Mental Health of Children and Adolescence Center, Pediatric Research Institute, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.
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Selke S, Winter M, Finger S, Roeher K, Neppert J, Harth V. A straightforward method for determination of the sevoflurane metabolite hexafluoroisopropanol in urinary occupational medical samples by headspace-gas chromatography mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2023; 1231:123923. [PMID: 37984163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2023.123923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Biological monitoring of the unmodified sevoflurane and its metabolite hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) in urine samples was proposed to determine the individual exposure levels of the medical staff. In this study, a method for simultaneous determination of both compounds in urine using static headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS) was developed. The method is linear over a broad concentration range from 1 to 1000 µg/L (r2 > 0.999) and shows high precision. Limits of quantification (LOQ) are 0.6 µg/L for sevoflurane and 3 µg/L for HFIP, representing an excellent sensitivity without the necessity of analyte enrichment. The method was successfully applied in a German pilot-study to monitor both compounds in samples from medical personnel working in operating theatres. Urinary concentrations of HFIP ranged between < LOQ and 145 µg/L, while sevoflurane was below the LOD in all samples.
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- S Selke
- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Department of Anesthesiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Department of Anesthesiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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Zhao D, Zhang M, Yang L, Zeng M. GPR68 Improves Nerve Damage and Myelination in an Immature Rat Model Induced by Sevoflurane Anesthesia by Activating cAMP/CREB to Mediate BDNF. ACS Chem Neurosci 2022; 13:423-431. [PMID: 35025202 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ovarian cancer G-protein-coupled receptor 1 (OGR1, also known as GPR68) is a member of proton-sensing G-protein-coupled receptors, involved in cardiovascular physiology, tumor biology, and asthma, and exerts a neuroprotective effect against brain ischemia. The effects of GPR68 on anesthesia-induced nerve damage and myelination were investigated in this study. First, 2-day old postnatal rats were exposed to 4.9% sevoflurane for 2 h. Data from hematoxylin and eosin staining and Nissl staining showed that sevoflurane induced pathological changes in the hippocampus with a reduced number of neurons. GPR68 was downregulated in the hippocampus of sevoflurane-induced rats. Second, sevoflurane-induced rats were injected with adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated overexpression of GPR68, and overexpression of GPR68 ameliorated sevoflurane-induced pathological changes, enhanced the number of neurons, and improved the learning and memory function. Moreover, overexpression of GPR68 increased the number of BrdU-positive and Olig2-positive cells and enhanced protein expression of Olig2 in sevoflurane-induced rats. Third, the number of myelin basic protein (MBP) positive cells and protein expression of MBP in sevoflurane-induced rats were also enhanced by injection with AAV-GPR68. Overexpression of GPR68 attenuated sevoflurane-induced neuronal apoptosis and oxidative stress in rats. Lastly, overexpression of GPR68 upregulated protein expression of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by increasing cAMP and phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB). In conclusion, GPR68 alleviated sevoflurane-induced nerve damage and myelination through BDNF-mediated activation of the cAMP/CREB pathway.
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- Dan Zhao
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610032, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610032, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610032, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, China
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Li D, Sun J, Yu M, Wang Y, Lu Y, Li B. The protective effects of miR-128-3p on sevoflurane-induced progressive neurotoxicity in rats by targeting NOVA1. J Toxicol Sci 2022; 47:51-60. [PMID: 35110470 DOI: 10.2131/jts.47.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Dedong Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China
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Li Y, Zhou X, Shen X. Esketamine may be an ideal substitute for ketamine during cochlear function measurement. Braz J Med Biol Res 2021; 54:e11503. [PMID: 34431874 PMCID: PMC8389612 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x2021e11503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mixture of ketamine and xylazine is widely used for the auditory brainstem response (ABR) measurement. Esketamine is twice as potent as ketamine. Our objective was to assess the influence of esketamine in mice undergoing cochlear function measurement including ABR and distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) measurement. C57Bl/6J mice were treated with an equivalent dose of analgesia and received either a single intraperitoneal (ip) injection of 100 mg/kg ketamine and 25 mg/kg xylazine or 50 mg/kg esketamine and 25 mg/kg xylazine. Hearing thresholds, peak latencies of waves I and V, and DPOAE thresholds were recorded. Time to loss of righting and time to regain righting were also assessed. We found that hearing thresholds, the peak latencies of waves I and V, and DPOAE thresholds were similar between the two groups (all P>0.05). Time to regain righting was significantly shorter in the esketamine group (P<0.001) than in the ketamine group. We concluded that when using equivalent doses of analgesia, esketamine may be an ideal substitute for ketamine during cochlear function test.
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- Yufeng Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Cui FH, Li J, Li KZ, Xie YG, Zhao XL. Effects of sevoflurane exposure during different stages of pregnancy on the brain development of rat offspring. J Anesth 2021; 35:654-662. [PMID: 34279702 PMCID: PMC8460505 DOI: 10.1007/s00540-021-02972-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Objective This study explored the effects of sevoflurane exposure during different stages of pregnancy on the brain development of offspring. Methods Thirty-six pregnant SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: control, sevoflurane exposure in early (S1) pregnancy, sevoflurane exposure in middle (S2) pregnancy, and sevoflurane exposure in late (S3) pregnancy. After natural birth, the learning and memory capacity of offspring rats was analyzed using the Morris water maze experiment. The hippocampi of offspring rats were collected. The levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in the hippocampus were measured by ELISA. Additionally, the Nissl bodies in the hippocampus were analyzed using Nissl staining. Immunohistochemistry was used to examine the expression of BDNF and CPEB2 in the hippocampus of offspring. Proteins related to the NR4A1/NF-κB pathway were analyzed using western blotting. Results The memory and learning capacity of offspring rats was significantly reduced in the S1 and S2 groups compared to the control group (p < 0.05), while there was no obvious difference between the control and S3 groups (p > 0.05). The level of IL-1β was significantly increased (p < 0.05) in the S1 group compared with the control group. Sevoflurane anesthesia received in early and middle pregnancy could significantly affect the formation of Nissl bodies in the hippocampi of offspring rats. In addition, the expression of BDNF and CPEB2 in the hippocampi of offspring rats was greatly decreased in the S1 group compared with the control group (p < 0.05). The expression of NR4A1 in the hippocampi of rat offspring was significantly decreased in the S1 and S2 groups compared with the control group (p < 0.05). The expression of proteins related to the NF-κB pathway was increased in the S1 group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusions The neurotoxic effect of maternal sevoflurane anesthesia on the brain development of offspring is higher when the exposure occurs in early pregnancy than in late pregnancy, and its mechanism might involve the NR4A1/NF-κB pathway to increase the secretion of inflammatory cytokines.
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- Feng-He Cui
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 20 Yuhuangdingdong Road, Zhifu District, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 20 Yuhuangdingdong Road, Zhifu District, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 20 Yuhuangdingdong Road, Zhifu District, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 20 Yuhuangdingdong Road, Zhifu District, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 20 Yuhuangdingdong Road, Zhifu District, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China.
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Yuan X, Liu H, Li Y, Li W, Yu H, Shen X. Ribbon Synapses and Hearing Impairment in Mice After in utero Sevoflurane Exposure. DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2020; 14:2685-2693. [PMID: 32753847 PMCID: PMC7354911 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s253031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Introduction In utero, exposure to sevoflurane (a commonly used inhalation anesthetic) can lead to hearing impairment in offspring mice, but the underlying impairment mechanism is not known. Materials and Methods Day-15 pregnant mice were treated with 2.5% sevoflurane for 2 h to investigate sevoflurane ototoxicity. Cochleae from offspring mice were harvested for hair-cell and ribbon-synapse assessments. Hearing in offspring mice was assessed at postnatal day 30 using an auditory brainstem-response (ABR) test. Cochlear-explant cultures from offspring mice were exposed to 2.5% sevoflurane for 6 h. Immediately after treatment, explants were assessed for hair-cell morphology, mitochondrial oxidative stress, and autophagy. Results In utero, sevoflurane exposure impaired hearing in the offspring is demonstrated by a decrease in ABR wave I amplitudes, a marker for ribbon-synapse functionality. Sevoflurane exposure caused no obvious damage to hair cells, but cochlear ribbon synapses were reduced in postnatal day 15 offspring, and partially recovered by postnatal day 30. Sevoflurane treatment also increased mitochondrial reactive-oxygen species stress and decreased autophagy in the cochlear explants. Conclusion These results suggest that oxidative stress and reduced autophagy may underly ribbon-synapse involvement in sevoflurane-induced hearing loss.
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- Xia Yuan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center, Shanghai Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shanghai Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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Zuo Y, Li B, Xie J, Ma Z, Thirupathi A, Yu P, Gao G, Zhou J, Zhou C, Xu H, Chang Y, Shi Z. Sevoflurane anesthesia during pregnancy in mice induces cognitive impairment in the offspring by causing iron deficiency and inhibiting myelinogenesis. Neurochem Int 2020; 135:104693. [PMID: 32035889 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2020.104693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Maternal anesthetic exposure during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment in offspring. The balance of cerebral iron metabolism is essential for the development of brain tissue. Iron deficiency affects the myelinogenesis and nerve tissue development, especially in fetus or infant, which has a key role in cognitive function. We aimed to investigate whether maternal sevoflurane (Sev) exposure caused cognitive impairment in offspring through inducing iron deficiency and inhibiting myelinogenesis. Pregnant mice (gestation stage day 14) were treated with 2% Sev for 6 h. Cognitive function of offspring mice was determined by the Morris water maze and Context fear conditioning test. Iron levels were assayed by Perl's iron staining and synchrotron imaging. Hippocampus and cortex tissues or cerebral microvascular endothelial cells of offspring mice (postnatal day 35) were harvested and subjected to Western blot and/or immunhistochemistry to assess ferritin, transferrin receptor 1(TfR1), Ferroportin-1 (FpN1), myelin basic protein (MBP), tight junction protein ZO-1, occludin, and claudin-5 levels. Beginning with postnatal day 30, the offspring were treated with iron therapy for 30 days, and the indicators above were tested. Our results showed Sev dramatically decreased the iron levels of brain and impaired cognitive function in offspring mice. Sev decreased the expression of heavy chain ferritin (FtH), light chain ferritin (FtL), MBP, ZO-1, occludin, claudin-5, and FpN1, and increased TfR1 in hippocampus and cortex or cerebral microvascular endothelial cells of offspring mice, indicating that Sev caused the iron deficiency and impaired the myelinogenesis in the brain of offspring. Interestingly, iron therapy prompted the myelinogenesis and improved impaired cognitive function at postnatal day 60. Our research uncovered a new mechanism which showed that iron deficiency induced by Sev and myelin formation disorder due to decreased iron of brain may be an important risk factor for cognitive impairment in offspring. It was necessary for offspring to be supplied iron supplement whose mother suffered exposure to sevoflurane during pregnancy.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China
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- First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050030, Hebei Province, China
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- Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, Hebei Province, China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, China.
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Chastain-Potts SE, Tesic V, Tat QL, Cabrera OH, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Sevoflurane Exposure Results in Sex-Specific Transgenerational Upregulation of Target IEGs in the Subiculum. Mol Neurobiol 2020; 57:11-22. [PMID: 31512116 PMCID: PMC6980510 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-01752-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Large body of animal work and emerging clinical findings have suggested that early exposure to anesthetics may result in increased risk of learning disabilities and behavioral impairments. Recent studies have begun to investigate anesthesia-induced epigenetic modifications to elucidate their role in behavioral and neurodevelopmental abnormalities. Here we examine sevoflurane-induced transgenerational modifications of subicular neuronal DNA methylation and expression of immediate early genes (IEGs), arc and junB, crucial to synaptic plasticity and normal neuronal development. We show that 6 h sevoflurane exposure in postnatal day 7 rat pups resulted in decreased neuronal 5-methycytosine, indicating reduced DNA methylation. This effect is transgenerationally expressed in offspring born to exposed mothers which is of importance considering that decreased DNA methylation in the brain has been linked with functional decline in learning and memory. We further show that sevoflurane exposure induces upregulation of Arc and JunB mRNA expression, 42.7% and 35.2%, respectively. Transgenerational changes in Arc and JunB mRNA were sexually dimorphic only occurring in males born to exposed females, expressed as upregulation of Arc and JunB mRNA, 71.6% and 74.0%, respectively. We further investigated correlation between altered arc promoter methylation and observed upregulation of Arc mRNA and observed that sevoflurane reduced methylation in the 5-upstream promoter region of females exposed to sevoflurane. Transgenerational hypomethylation and modifications to IEGs crucial to synaptic plasticity, observed following neonatal sevoflurane exposure could contribute to morphological and cognitive deficits known to occur with neonatal sevoflurane exposure.
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- Shelby E Chastain-Potts
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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