ArticleBrain, behavior, and immunity2017
Critical role of P2X7 receptors in the neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunction after surgery.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of intravenous and inhalation anesthesia in general on the cognition of elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Mechanistic Investigation of TSPO-Mediated Dysregulation of Mitochondrial Copper Homeostasis in Microglia and its Role in Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Neuroinflammation in postoperative cognitive dysfunction: the multi-target potential of esketamine in modulating microglial responses and synaptic integrity.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Photo-Biomodulation of the Hippocampus Using Near-Infrared Laser to Enhance Cognitive Function in Mice.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- [Hypertension exacerbates postoperative learning and memory impairment in rats possibly due to UCP2 downregulation-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025Article
- Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD): two potential mechanisms in cognitive function.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025Review
- The potential mechanism of mitochondrial homeostasis in postoperative neurocognitive disorders: an in-depth review.Annals of medicine · 2024Review
- Co-housing with Alzheimer's disease mice induces changes in gut microbiota and impairment of learning and memory in control mice.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid attenuates cognitive impairment in offspring caused by maternal surgery during mid-pregnancy.PloS one · 2024Article
- Unlocking the therapeutic potential of P2X7 receptor: a comprehensive review of its role in neurodegenerative disorders.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Research progress of microglial surface receptors in perioperative neurocognitive disorders.Ibrain · 2024Review
- Leveraging the ATP-P2X7 receptor signalling axis to alleviate traumatic CNS damage and related complications.Medicinal research reviews · 2023Review
- Intergenerational Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder.Biology · 2023Review
- Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Suppresses Oxidative Stress and Regulates M1/M2 Microglia Polarization via Sirt6/Nrf2 Pathway to Mitigate Cognitive Impairment in Aged Mice following Anesthesia and Surgery.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Inhibition of ERK/CREB signaling contributes to postoperative learning and memory dysfunction in neonatal rats.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Article
- Dual Role of the P2X7 Receptor in Dendritic Outgrowth during Physiological and Pathological Brain Development.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effect of Sevoflurane and Isoflurane on Post-Anaesthesia Cognitive Dysfunction in Normal and Type II Diabetic Rats.Archives of Razi Institute · 2023Article
- Neurometabolic and structural alterations of medial septum and hippocampal CA1 in a model of post-operative sleep fragmentation in aged mice: a study combining 1H-MRS and DTI.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction worsens patient outcome after surgery. Neuroinflammation is a critical neuropathological process for it. We determined the role of P2X7 receptors, proteins that participate in inflammatory response, in the neuroinflammation induction after surgery, and whether the choice of volatile anesthetics affects its occurrence. Eight-week old C57BL/6J or P2X7 receptor knockout male mice were subjected to right carotid arterial exposure under anesthesia with 1.8% isoflurane, 2.5% sevoflurane or 10% desflurane. They were tested by Barnes maze and fear conditioning from 2weeks after the surgery. Hippocampus was harvested 6h, 24h and 7days after the surgery for immunohistochemical staining and Western blotting. Mice with surgery under anesthesia with isoflurane, sevoflurane or desflurane took longer than control mice to identify the target box 1 or 8days after the training sessions in Barnes maze. Mice anesthetized by isoflurane or sevoflurane, but not by desflurane, had less freezing behavior than control mice in fear conditioning test. Mice with surgery and anesthesia had increased ionized calcium binding adapter molecule 1 and interleukin 1β in the hippocampus but this increase was smaller in mice anesthetized with desflurane than mice anesthetized with isoflurane. Mice with surgery had increased P2X7 receptors and its downstream molecule caspase 1. Inhibition or knockout of P2X7 receptors attenuated surgery and anesthesia-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment. We conclude that surgery under desflurane anesthesia may have reduced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment compared with surgery under isoflurane anesthesia. P2X7 receptors may mediate the neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment after surgery.
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