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ArticleInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]2024

SS-31 inhibits mtDNA-cGAS-STING signaling to improve POCD by activating mitophagy in aged mice.

Yelong Ji, Yuanyuan Ma, Yimei Ma, Ying Wang, Xining Zhao, Danfeng Jin, Li Xu, Shengjin Ge

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Yelong Ji *Department of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Yuanyuan Ma *Department of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Yimei MaDepartment of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Ying WangDepartment of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Xining ZhaoDepartment of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Danfeng JinDepartment of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Li XuDepartment of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Shengjin GeDepartment of Anesthesia, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China. ge.shengjin@fudan.edu.cn.
Fudan University · CNZhongshan Hospital · CN

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Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty shslczdzk03603the research program of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University 2021ZSCX27
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeuroinflammation is crucial in the development of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), and microglial activation is an active participant in this process. SS-31, a mitochondrion-targeted antioxidant, is widely regarded as a potential drug for neurodegenerative diseases and inflammatory diseases. In this study, we sought to explore whether SS-31 plays a neuroprotective role and the underlying mechanism.

methodsInternal fixation of tibial fracture was performed in 18-month-old mice to induce surgery-associated neurocognitive dysfunction. LPS was administrated to BV2 cells to induce neuroinflammation. Neurobehavioral deficits, hippocampal injury, protein expression, mitophagy level and cell state were evaluated after treatment with SS-31, PHB2 siRNA and an STING agonist.

resultsOur study revealed that SS-31 interacted with PHB2 to activate mitophagy and improve neural damage in surgically aged mice, which was attributed to the reduced cGAS-STING pathway and M1 microglial polarization by decreased release of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) but not nuclear DNA (nDNA). In vitro, knockdown of PHB2 and an STING agonist abolished the protective effect of SS-31.

conclusionsSS-31 conferred neuroprotection against POCD by promoting PHB2-mediated mitophagy activation to inhibit mtDNA release, which in turn suppressed the cGAS-STING pathway and M1 microglial polarization.

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DNA, MitochondrialMitophagyPostoperative Cognitive ComplicationsAnimalsCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseHumansInfantMembrane ProteinsMiceMitochondriaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesNucleotidyltransferasesOligopeptidesSTING Proteinarginyl-2,'6'-dimethyltyrosyl-lysyl-phenylalaninamidecGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNA, MitochondrialMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesOligopeptidesSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteincGAS–STINGMitophagymtDNAPHB2POCDSS-31

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