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ArticleNeurotoxicity research2021

Prophylactic Melatonin Treatment Ameliorated Propofol-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats.

Junhua Li, Guiyun Wu, Wen Song, Yafang Liu, Zhixiao Han, Zhiwen Shen, Yujuan Li

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Article in Neurotoxicity research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Junhua Li *Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1859-7330
Guiyun Wu *Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Wen SongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Yafang LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Zhixiao HanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Zhiwen ShenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Yujuan LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China. liyuj@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province No.2016A030313251, No.2018A0303130272Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China No.2016A030313827Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou, China No. 201707010207
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Considering the fact that melatonin acts as protective agent in various cognitive impairment, we decided to explore the precise effect of pretreatment with melatonin on cognitive function, mitochondrial activity, apoptosis and synaptic integrity in aged rats anesthetized by propofol. We first randomly allocated the thirty Sprague Dawley rats into three groups: Control vehicle-treated group (Con), Propofol-treated group (Pro) and Melatonin + Propofol group (Mel + Pro). The Barnes maze, open field and contextual fear conditioning test were employed to evaluate spatial memory, exploratory behavior and general locomotor activity, and hippocampus-dependent learning and memory ability, respectively. Moreover, mitochondrial function (including reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP levels) and apoptosis were detected in the regions of hippocampus (HIP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC). The results of behavioral tests suggested that melatonin improved propofol-induced memory impairment in aged rats. Melatonin mitigated mitochondrial dysfunction and decreased the apoptotic cell counts in the regions of HIP and PFC. Furthermore, prophylactic melatonin treatment also reversed the propofol-induced inactivation of PKA/CREB/BDNF signaling and synaptic dysfunction. On the whole, our results indicated that melatonin ameliorated the propofol-induced cognitive disorders via attenuating mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis, inactivation of PKA/CREB/BDNF signaling and synaptic dysfunction.

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Age FactorsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCells, CulturedCognitive DysfunctionHippocampusMaleMelatoninMembrane Potential, MitochondrialNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsPrefrontal CortexPropofolRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyMelatoninNeuroprotective AgentsPropofolApoptosisCognitive dysfunctionMelatoninMitochondrial dysfunctionPropofolSynaptic integrity

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PMID33159663
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