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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2018

Inhibiting RIPK1 Limits Neuroinflammation and Alleviates Postoperative Cognitive Impairments in D-Galactose-Induced Aged Mice.

Shangchun Duan, Xueqin Wang, Gong Chen, Chengxuan Quan, Shuangquan Qu, Jianbin Tong

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Shangchun DuanDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xueqin WangCenter for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Gong ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Chengxuan QuanDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Shuangquan QuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China.
Jianbin TongDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

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Abstract

Neuroinflammation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) of the elderly patients. Receptor-interacting protein kinase1 (RIPK1) is a key molecular switch modulating inflammation, apoptosis and necroptosis. Here, we investigated whether inhibiting RIPK1 by necrostatin-1 (Nec-1) could limit neuroinflammation and attenuate POCD in D-Galactose (D-Gal)-induced aged mice. The mice were subjected to anesthesia and partial hepatectomy, and necrostatin-1 was administered intraperitoneally 1 h prior to anesthesia and surgery. Cognitive function and movement were tested 24 h after surgery by open field, Barnes maze and puzzle box. The hippocampal tissues were collected to detect the following: neuroinflammation (Iba-1, IL-1α, IL-1β, TNF-α), Necroptosis (Propidium Iodide (PI) labeling, RIPK1, nuclear transcription factor kappa B (NF-κB) and neuroplasticity (doublecortin (DCX), NR2B, GluA1, GluA2). We found that anesthesia and surgery induced a significant deficit in spatial memory acquisition and impairment of executive function and memory to simple task in D-Galactose-induced aged mice. Inhibiting RIPK1 by necrostatin-1 strikingly mitigated cognitive impairment and alleviated postoperative amplified neuroinflammation, necroptosis and GluA1 loss in hippocampus. These suggest that targeting RIPK1 by necrostatin-1 may serve as a promising therapeutics for prevention of POCD in elderly patients.

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cognitive deficitelderlynecrostatin-1neuroinflammationsurgery

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PMCPMC6048190

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