Neuroprotective effect of dexmedetomidine on autophagy in mice administered intracerebroventricular injections of Aβ<sub>25-35</sub>
- 주제(키워드) dexmedetomidine , autophagy , Alzheimer's disease , amyloid beta-protein , behavioral test
- 주제(기타) Pharmacology & Pharmacy
- 설명문(일반) [Lee, Youn Young] Ewha Womans Univ Seoul Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol & Pain Med, Seoul, South Korea; [Lee, Youn Young; Han, Jong In; Cho, Sooyoung] Ewha Womans Univ, Coll Med, Dept Anesthesiol & Pain Med, Seoul, South Korea; [Han, Jong In; Cho, Sooyoung] Ewha Womans Univ, Mokdong Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol & Pain Med, Seoul, South Korea; [Lee, Kyung Eun; Suh, Eun Cheng] Ewha Womans Univ, Coll Med, Dept Pharmacol, Seoul, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- OA유형 Green Published, Green Submitted, gold
- 발행기관 FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- 발행년도 2023
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000211549
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1184776
- PubMed 37663257
초록/요약
Alzheimer's disease (AD), one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases is associated with pathological autophagy-lysosomal pathway dysfunction. Dexmedetomidine (Dex) has been suggested as an adjuvant to general anesthesia with advantages in reducing the incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in Dex-treated patients with AD and older individuals. Several studies reported that Dex improved memory; however, evidence on the effects of Dex on neuronal autophagy dysfunction in the AD model is lacking. We hypothesized that Dex administration would have neuroprotective effects by improving pathological autophagy dysfunction in mice that received an intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of amyloid beta-protein fragment 25-35 (A beta(25-35)) and in an autophagy-deficient cellular model. In the Y-maze test, Dex reversed the decreased activity of A beta(25- 35) mice. Additionally, it restored the levels of two memory-related proteins, phosphorylated Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (p-CaMKII) and postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95) in A beta(25-35) mice and organotypic hippocampal slice culture (OHSC) with A beta(25-35). Dex administration also resulted in decreased expression of the autophagy-related microtubule-associated proteins light chain 3-II (LC3-II), p62, lysosomeassociated membrane protein2 (LAMP2), and cathepsin D in A beta(25-35) mice and OHSC with A ss 25-35. Increased numbers of co-localized puncta of LC3-LAMP2 or LC3-cathepsin D, along with dissociated LC3-p62 immunoreactivity following Dex treatment, were observed. These findings were consistent with the results of western blots and the transformation of double-membrane autophagosomes into single-membraned autolysosomes in ultrastructures. It was evident that Dex treatment alleviated impaired autolysosome formation in A beta mice. Our study demonstrated the improvement of memory impairment caused by Dex and its neuroprotective mechanism by investigating the role of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in a murine A beta(25-35) model. These findings suggest that Dex could be used as a potential neuroprotective adjuvant in general anesthesia to prevent cognitive decline.
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