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ArticleNeural regeneration research2019

Etomidate affects the anti-oxidant pathway to protect retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve transection.

Xuan Zhao, Fang Kuang, Yi-Yan You, Ming-Mei Wu, Si-Wei You

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuan ZhaoDepartment of Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Air Force Medical University; Department of Histology and Embryology & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Fang KuangDepartment of Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yi-Yan YouErnest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Ming-Mei WuDepartment of Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Si-Wei YouDepartment of Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Air Force Medical University · CNRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our previous studies revealed that etomidate, a non-barbiturate intravenous anesthetic agent, has protective effects on retinal ganglion cells within 7 days after optic nerve transection. Whether this process is related to anti-oxidative stress is not clear. To reveal its mechanism, we established the optic nerve transection injury model by transecting 1 mm behind the left eyeball of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats received an intraperitoneal injection of etomidate (4 mg/kg) once per day for 7 days. The results showed that etomidate significantly enhanced the number of retinal ganglion cells retrogradely labeled with Fluorogold at 7 days after optic nerve transection. Etomidate also significantly reduced the levels of nitric oxide and malonaldehyde in the retina and increased the level of glutathione at 12 hours after optic nerve transection. Thus, etomidate can protect retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve transection in adult rats by activating an anti-oxidative stress response. The study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee at Air Force Medical University, China (approval No. 20180305) on March 5, 2018.

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anti-oxidative stressetomidateglutathionemalonaldehydenerve regenerationneural regenerationnitric oxideoptic nerve transectionretinal ganglion cells

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