Metformin alleviates prolonged isoflurane inhalation induced cognitive decline via reducing neuroinflammation in adult mice

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With the widespread use of volatile anesthetic agents in the prolonged sedation for COVID-19 pneumonia and ARDS, there is an urgent need to investigate the effects and treatments of lengthy low-concentration inhaled anesthetics exposure on cognitive function in adults. Previous studies showed that general anesthetics dose- and exposure length-dependently induced neuroinflammatory response and cognitive decline in neonatal and aging animals. The anti-diabetes drug metformin has anti-neuroinflammation effects by modulating microglial polarization and inhibiting astrocyte activation. In this study, we demonstrated that the inhalation of 1.3% isoflurane (a sub-minimal alveolar concentration, sub-MAC) for 6 h impaired recognition of novel objects from Day 1 to Day3 in adult mice. Prolonged sub-MAC isoflurane exposure also triggered typically reactive microglia and A1-like astrocytes in the hippocampus of adult mice on Day 3 after anesthesia. In addition, prolonged isoflurane inhalation switched microglia into a proinflammatory M1 phenotype characterized by elevated CD68 and iNOS as well as decreased arginase-1 and IL-10. Metformin pretreatment before anesthesia enhanced cognitive performance in the novel object test. The positive cellular modifications promoted by metformin pretreatment included the inhibition of reactive microglia and A1-like astrocytes and the polarization of microglia into M2 phenotype in the hippocampus of adult mice. In conclusion, prolonged sub-MAC isoflurane exposure triggered significant hippocampal neuroinflammation and cognitive decline in adult mice which can be alleviated by metformin pretreatment via inhibiting reactive microglia and A1-like astrocytes and promoting microglia polarization toward anti-inflammatory phenotype in the hippocampus.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

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International immunopharmacology - 109(2022) vom: 16. Aug., Seite 108903

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peng, Liangyu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jiyan [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Wenjia [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Tianjiao [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Xiaoping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9100L32L2N
Anesthetics
Astrocyte
CYS9AKD70P
Cognitive impairment
Isoflurane
Journal Article
Metformin
Microglia
Neuroinflammation

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Date Completed 21.06.2022

Date Revised 15.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2022.108903

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NLM342309463