Differential hippocampal protein expression between normal aged rats and aged rats with postoperative cognitive dysfunction: A proteomic analysis.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in the expression of hippocampal proteins between normal control aged rats and aged rats with postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). A total of 24 aged rats were randomly divided into a surgery group (n=12) and a control group (n=12). The rats in the surgery group were treated with 2 h isoflurane anesthesia and splenectomy, while the rats in the control group received 40% oxygen for 2 h without surgery. The cognitive functions of the two groups were examined using a Y-maze test. The protein expression profiles of the hippocampus of six aged rats (three rats with POCD and three from the normal control group) were assessed using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. A total of three differential proteins were further confirmed between the POCD rats and normal rats using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The expression levels of 21 proteins in the rats with POCD were significantly different compared with the normal control rats. These proteins were functionally clustered to synaptic plasticity (three proteins), oxidative stress (four proteins), energy production (six proteins), neuroinflammation (three proteins) and glutamate metabolism (two proteins). In addition, three proteins (fatty acid binding protein 7, brain, glutamate dehydrogenase 1 and glutamine synthetase), associated with astrocytic function, were significantly different in the rats with POCD compared with those in the normal control (P<0.05). Similar changes in the mRNA expression levels of the three proteins in the hippocampi of POCD rats were also detected using RT-qPCR. Neuroinflammation, glutamate toxicity and oxidative stress were possibly involved in the pathological mechanism underlying POCD in aged rats. In addition, astrocytes may also be important in POCD in aged rats.
Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China.
Yang
Y
Li
Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China.
Saiying
S
Wang
Department of Anesthesiology, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China.
Ke
K
Ran
Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China.
Zhonghua
Z
Hu
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
Zhaoqian
Z
Liu
Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China.
Kaiming
K
Duan
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D040901:Proteomics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013156:Splenectomy
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D020543:Proteome; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007530:Isoflurane