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ArticleCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2025

Repeated Exposure to Sevoflurane in Neonatal Mice Induces Cognitive and Synaptic Impairments in a TTLL6-Mediated Tubulin Polyglutamylation Manner.

Yang Yu, Yue Zhao, Jingyu Feng, Naqi Lian, Jiafeng Yu, Yongyan Yang, Junyan Yao, Yonghao Yu

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  1. Dexmedetomidine Mitigates Sevoflurane-Induced Neurodevelopmental Effects in Paediatric Anaesthesia: A Meta-Analysis and Preclinical Study.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026
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Yang YuDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8303-8690
Yue ZhaoDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Jingyu FengDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Naqi LianDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jiafeng YuDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yongyan YangDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Junyan YaoDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yonghao YuDepartment of Anaesthesia, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7289-7748

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82001149National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072150National Natural Science Foundation of China 82201324Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project TJYXZDXK-036A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsRepeated sevoflurane exposure during the neonatal stage may induce Tau phosphorylation, dendritic spine loss, and neurocognitive impairment in the developing brain. Tubulin tyrosine ligase like-6 (TTLL6), which aggregates in dendrites due to Tau missorting, regulates microtubule stability via α-tubulin polyglutamylation. Meanwhile, Spastin modulates dendritic spine formation by severing microtubules. We hypothesize that repeated sevoflurane treatment impairs dendritic spine remodeling in neonatal mice by enhancing TTLL6-mediated tubulin polyglutamylation and increasing Spastin expression, leading to cognitive dysfunction in their pre-adolescent stage.

methodsSix-day-old wild type (WT), TTLL6 brain conditional knockout (TTLL6

resultsRepeated sevoflurane exposure during brain development in neonatal mice could reduce dendritic spine density, synapse number, PSD95, and ATP levels, while increasing pTau, polyglutamylated tubulin, Tau-TTLL6 missorting from axons to the somatodendritic compartment, and Spastin levels, leading to cognitive impairment later in their pre-adolescent stage (P30). However, these changes were ameliorated in the TTLL6

conclusionsRepeated neonatal sevoflurane exposure results in synaptic impairment through TTLL6-mediated tubulin polyglutamylation and increased Spastin expression, causing pre-adolescent cognitive dysfunction in mice. This process is initiated by Tau phosphorylation and missorting from axons to somatodendritic compartments.

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Anesthetics, InhalationCognitive DysfunctionPeptide SynthasesSevofluraneSynapsesTubulinAnimalsAnimals, NewbornDendritic SpinesFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationtau ProteinsAnesthetics, InhalationPeptide SynthasesSevofluranetau ProteinsTubulincognitive impairmentneonatal micesevofluranesynaptic plasticitytubulin polyglutamylation

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PMID40202105
PMCPMC11979716

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