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ArticleCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2024

The changing of α5-GABAA receptors expression and distribution participate in sevoflurane-induced learning and memory impairment in young mice.

Shengran Wang, Sixuan Wang, Zhun Wang, Jinpeng Dong, Mengxue Zhang, Yongan Wang, Jianyu Wang, Beichen Jia, Yuan Luo, Yiqing Yin

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Shengran WangNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0009-0004-9167-8091
Sixuan WangNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0009-0008-9081-8047
Zhun WangNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jinpeng DongNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Mengxue ZhangNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yongan WangState Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.
Jianyu WangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, China.
Beichen JiaState Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.
Yuan LuoState Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.
Yiqing YinNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.

Funding

The Scientific Research Program of Tianjin Education Commission of China (Key Program) 2022ZD063The Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project TJYXZDXK-009AThe Tianjin Scientific Research Start-up Foundation for Talent Introduction ZLWKJZZL06
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Abstract

backgroundSevoflurane is a superior agent for maintaining anesthesia during surgical procedures. However, the neurotoxic mechanisms of clinical concentration remain poorly understood. Sevoflurane can interfere with the normal function of neurons and synapses and impair cognitive function by acting on α5-GABAAR.

methodsUsing MWM test, we evaluated cognitive abilities in mice following 1 h of anesthesia with 2.7%-3% sevoflurane. Based on hippocampal transcriptome analysis, we analyzed the differential genes and IL-6 24 h post-anesthesia. Western blot and RT-PCR were performed to measure the levels of α5-GABAAR, Radixin, P-ERM, P-Radixin, Gephyrin, IL-6, and ROCK. The spatial distribution and expression of α5-GABAAR on neuronal somata were analyzed using histological and three-dimensional imaging techniques.

resultsMWM test indicated that partial long-term learning and memory impairment. Combining molecular biology and histological analysis, our studies have demonstrated that sevoflurane induces immunosuppression, characterized by reduced IL-6 expression levels, and that enhanced Radixin dephosphorylation undermines the microstructural stability of α5-GABAAR, leading to its dissociation from synaptic exterior and resulting in a disordered distribution in α5-GABAAR expression within neuronal cell bodies. On the synaptic cleft, the expression level of α5-GABAAR remained unchanged, the spatial distribution became more compact, with an increased fluorescence intensity per voxel. On the extra-synaptic space, the expression level of α5-GABAAR decreased within unchanged spatial distribution, accompanied by an increased fluorescence intensity per voxel.

conclusionDysregulated α5-GABAAR expression and distribution contributes to sevoflurane-induced partial long-term learning and memory impairment, which lays the foundation for elucidating the underlying mechanisms in future studies.

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Anesthetics, InhalationHippocampusMemory DisordersReceptors, GABA-ASevofluraneAnimalsMaleMaze LearningMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAnesthetics, InhalationGabra5 protein, mouseReceptors, GABA-ASevofluranechangingexpression and distributionneurotoxic mechanismpartial long‐term learning and memory impairmentsevofluraneα5‐GABAAR

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PMCPMC11066188

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