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Wang X, Li Y, Zhao J, Yu J, Zhang Q, Xu F, Zhang Y, Zhou Q, Yin C, Hou Z, Wang Q. Activation of astrocyte Gq pathway in hippocampal CA1 region attenuates anesthesia/surgery induced cognitive dysfunction in aged mice. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:1040569. [PMID: 36437995 PMCID: PMC9692004 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1040569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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The elderly are particularly vulnerable to brain dysfunction after fracture surgery, but the mechanism underlying the cognitive decline due to anesthesia/surgery is not well understood. In this study, we observed hippocampus-dependent cognitive impairment in aged mice undergoing anesthesia and tibial fracture surgery, a common model of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in aged mice. We used Golgi staining and neuroelectrophysiological techniques to detect structurally and functionally impaired synaptic plasticity in hippocampal CA1 region of Postoperative cognitive dysfunction aged mice, respectively. Based on the 'third party synapse' hypothesis of astrocytes, we used glial fibrillary acidic protein to label astrocytes and found an increase in abnormal activation of astrocytes in the CA1 region of hippocampus. We hypothesize that abnormal astrocyte function is the driving force for impaired synaptic plasticity. So we used chemogenetic methods to intervene astrocytes. Injection of adeno-associated virus into the CA1 region of the hippocampus bilateral to aged mice resulted in the specific expression of the Gq receptor, a receptor specially designed to be activated only by certain drugs, within astrocytes. The results of novel object recognition and conditioned fear experiments showed that CNO activation of astrocyte Gq pathway could improve the learning and memory ability and the synaptic plasticity of Postoperative cognitive dysfunction aged mice was also improved. The results of this study suggest that activation of the Gq pathway in astrocytes alleviates Postoperative cognitive dysfunction induced by anesthesia and surgery in aged mice.
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- Xupeng Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Teaching Experiment Center, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, Hebei Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Intelligent Orthopaedic Equipment, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Electro-Acupuncture Pretreatment Ameliorates Anesthesia and Surgery-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction Via Inhibiting Mitochondrial Injury and nEuroapoptosis in Aged Rats. Neurochem Res 2022; 47:1751-1764. [PMID: 35258777 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-022-03567-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) remains one of the most common complications following anesthesia and surgery (AS) in the elderly population. Calcium-mediated mitochondrial injury has been proved to induce cognitive impairment in a variety of neurologic diseases. In the current study we determined whether electro-acupuncture (EA) pretreatment ameliorated AS-induced POCD in aged rats, as well as the underlying mechanism. Eighty SD rats (18 months, male) were randomly assigned into four groups (n = 20): C, C + EA, POCD and EA + POCD. Rats in Group POCD and EA + POCD were subjected to exploratory laparotomy under sevoflurane anesthesia. Rats of Group C + EA and EA + POCD received a 5-day EA stimulation at Hegu, Neiguan and Zusanli acupoints before AS. At 3rd day after AS, open field test along with Morris water maze test were employed to examine the cognitive function of aged rats. Then hippocampal tissues were stripped and hippocampal neuronal amount, expression level of cleaved caspase-9 level, cytochrome c (Cyt C), cleaved caspase-3 level, Bcl-2, Bax, ROS expression level, apoptosis rate, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]c), opening level of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) and ultrastructure of hippocampal neurons were detected separately. EA pretreatment inhibited AS-induced cognitive dysfunction. Furthermore, EA pretreatment decreased level of [Ca2+]c, MMP, mPTP, ROS and hippocampal mitochondrial disruption and enhanced neuronal amount. In addition, EA pretreatment notably reduced the AS-induced increased level of cleaved caspase-9, cleaved caspase-3 and expression of Cyt c, Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, as well as neuronal apoptosis rate in aged rats. EA pretreatment ameliorates AS-induced POCD in aged rats, the potential mechanism may be associated with inhibiting calcium overload and ameliorating mitochondrial injury and neuroapoptosis in hippocampal neurons.
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Wu YQ, Liu Q, Wang HB, Chen C, Huang H, Sun YM, Ma LH, Wan J, Sun YY, Miao HH. Microarray Analysis Identifies Key Differentially Expressed Circular RNAs in Aged Mice With Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:716383. [PMID: 34483886 PMCID: PMC8415796 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.716383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common complication in elderly patients. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases. However, the role of circRNAs in POCD in aged mice has not yet been reported. This study aimed to explore the potential circRNAs in a POCD model. First, a circRNA microarray was used to analyze the expression profiles. Differentially expressed circRNAs were validated using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. A bioinformatics analysis was then used to construct a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network. The database for annotation, visualization, and integrated discovery was used to perform Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis of circRNA-related genes. Moreover, protein-protein interactions were analyzed to predict the circRNA-regulated hub genes using the STRING and molecular complex detection plug-in of Cytoscape. Microarray screen 124 predicted circRNAs in the POCD of aged mice. We found that the up/downregulated circRNAs were involved in multiple signaling pathways. Hub genes, including Egfr and Prkacb, were identified and may be regulated by ceRNA networks. These results suggest that circRNAs are dysexpressed in the hippocampus and may contribute to POCD in aged mice.
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- Yu-Qing Wu
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Androgen Receptor-Mediated Nuclear Transport of NRDP1 in Prostate Cancer Cells Is Associated with Worse Patient Outcomes. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13174425. [PMID: 34503235 PMCID: PMC8430998 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13174425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary NRDP1 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that has been shown by our group and others to target ErbB3 for proteasomal degradation in prostate and breast cancer cells and thereby decrease the likelihood cancer progression. Our group has found that NRDP1 can be located in the nucleus as well as the cytoplasm of prostate cancer (CaP) cells, which is unexpected as NRDP1 lacks a nuclear localization signal. Here we elucidate the mechanism by which nuclear translocation of NRDP1 can occur and demonstrate that nuclear NRDP1 retains its ubiquitin ligase activity. Our patient data and cell line studies indicate that increased levels of nuclear NRDP1 contributes CaP progression, thereby underscoring the clinical relevance of our findings and supporting continued investigation and elucidation of the specific role(s) played by NRDP1 in the nucleus of CaP cells. Abstract To our knowledge, our group is the first to demonstrate that NRDP1 is located in the nucleus as well as the cytoplasm of CaP cells. Subcellular fractionation, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence analysis combined with confocal microscopy were used to validate this finding. Subcellular fractionation followed by western blot analysis revealed a strong association between AR and NRDP1 localization when AR expression and/or cellular localization was manipulated via treatment with R1881, AR-specific siRNA, or enzalutamide. Transfection of LNCaP with various NRDP1 and AR constructs followed by immunoprecipitation confirmed binding of NRDP1 to AR is possible and determined that binding requires the hinge region of AR. Co-transfection with NRDP1 constructs and HA-ubiquitin followed by subcellular fractionation confirmed that nuclear NRDP1 retains its ubiquitin ligase activity. We also show that increased nuclear NRDP1 is associated with PSA recurrence in CaP patients (n = 162, odds ratio; 1.238, p = 0.007) and that higher levels of nuclear NRDP1 are found in castration resistant cell lines (CWR22Rv1 and PC3) compared to androgen sensitive cell lines (LNCaP and MDA-PCa-3B). The combined data indicate that NRDP1 plays a role in mediating CaP progression and supports further investigation of both the mechanism by which nuclear transport occurs and the identification of specific nuclear targets.
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Qin J, Ma Q, Ma D. Low-dose Sevoflurane Attenuates Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB)- induced Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) by Regulating Hippocampus Apoptosis via PI3K/AKT Pathway. Curr Neurovasc Res 2020; 17:232-240. [PMID: 32400333 DOI: 10.2174/1567202617666200513085403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) caused postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) was characterized by hippocampus apoptosis, which seriously limited the therapeutic efficacy and utilization of CPB in clinic. Recent data indicated that sevoflurane anesthesia might alleviate CPB-induced POCD, however, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. METHODS In the present study, the in vivo CPB-POCD models were established by using aged Sprague-Dawley (SD) male rats and the in vitro hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) models were inducted by using the primary hippocampus neuron (PHN) cells. RESULTS The results showed that CPB impaired cognitive functions and induced hippocampus apoptosis in rat models, which were alleviated by pre-treating rats with low-dose sevoflurane. In addition, the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signal pathway was inactivated in the hippocampus tissues of CPB-POCD rats, which were rescued by low-dose sevoflurane treatment. Of note, the PI3K/AKT inhibitor (LY294002) abrogated the protective effects of low-dose sevoflurane on CPB-POCD rats. Consistently, the in vitro results showed that H/R treatment induced cell apoptosis and inhibited cell viability in PHN cells, which were attenuated by low-dose sevoflurane. Similarly, LY294002 abrogated the inhibiting effects of low-dose sevoflurane on H/R-induced PHN cell death. CONCLUSION Taken together, low-dose sevoflurane attenuated CPB-induced POCD by inhibiting hippocampus apoptosis through activating PI3K/AKT signal pathway.
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- Jianhua Qin
- Department of Anesthesiology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tianchi Road 91, Urumchi 830001, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tianchi Road 91, Urumchi 830001, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shangcheng Road N1, Yiwu 322000, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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Exosomes of Antler Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Rats through Inhibiting the TLR2/TLR4 Signaling Pathway. Stem Cells Int 2020; 2020:2134565. [PMID: 32300366 PMCID: PMC7136781 DOI: 10.1155/2020/2134565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a severe complication of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and has common characteristics such as acute cognitive dysfunction, impaired memory, and inattention. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells that have therapeutic potentials mainly through paracrine action via secreting growth factors and cytokines. Exosomes are one of the important paracrine factors and have been reported as potential cell-free therapy for the treatment of autoimmune and central nervous system disorders. In this study, we examined exosomes derived from antler MSCs (AMSCs) of POCD rats after CPB and evaluated their potential regulatory mechanisms. AMSC-derived exosomes reduced neurological damage and brain damage and prevent apoptosis in CPB rats. Furthermore, AMSC-derived exosomes were found to reduce hippocampal neuronal apoptosis and the expression of TLR2, TLR4, MyD88, and NF-κB in CPB rats. However, the above effects of AMSC-derived exosomes on CPB rats were abolished partially by toll-like receptor 2/4 (TLR2/TLR4) agonist (LPS-EB). In conclusion, AMSC-derived exosomes can improve cognitive function in CPB rats through inhibiting the TLR2/TLR4 signaling pathway.
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