PMID- 28814087 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171208 LR - 20191210 IS - 0006-9248 (Print) IS - 0006-9248 (Linking) VI - 118 IP - 2 DP - 2017 TI - Effects of sevoflurane on apoptosis, BDNF and cognitive functions in neonatal rats. PG - 80-84 LID - 10.4149/BLL_2017_017 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the early and late effects of sevoflurane on the neonatal brain. BACKGROUND: Sevoflurane is the most used anaesthetics in neonatal subjects. METHODS: The study included 7-day-old male Wistar-Albino rats (n = 30), which were divided into the two groups according to the anaesthetic received: sevoflurane (S) and control group (C). Half of each group was sacrificed six hours after anaesthesia (early, E) while the remaining subjects were sacrificed six weeks later (late, L). The serum brain-derived-neurotrophic factor (BDNF), brain BDNF and caspase-3 were evaluated. In addition, elevated plus arm test and Morris water test were performed in the late group. RESULTS: BDNF levels were higher in the late groups than in the early ones (p < 0.05). BDNF levels in cerebral cortex were higher in the Group CE than in the Group CL and SL (p < 0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between serum BDNF and cortex BDNF levels (p = 0.003, r = -0.425). Cortex caspase 3 levels were significantly higher in the Groups SE and SL than in the Group CE and CL (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups in the terms of open arm index, locomotor activity and Morris water test. CONCLUSIONS: Although sevoflurane induced apoptosis, it didn't affect BDNF levels and showed no long-term negative effects on learning and anxiety in neonatal rats (Tab. 1, Fig. 3, Ref. 26). FAU - Ozer, A B AU - Ozer AB FAU - Ceribasi, S AU - Ceribasi S FAU - Ceribasi, A O AU - Ceribasi AO FAU - Demirel, I AU - Demirel I FAU - Bayar, M K AU - Bayar MK FAU - Ustundag, B AU - Ustundag B FAU - Ileri, A AU - Ileri A FAU - Erhan, O L AU - Erhan OL LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PL - Slovakia TA - Bratisl Lek Listy JT - Bratislavske lekarske listy JID - 0065324 RN - 0 (Anesthetics, Inhalation) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Methyl Ethers) RN - 0 (brain-derived integrating factor-1, rat) RN - 38LVP0K73A (Sevoflurane) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Anesthetics, Inhalation/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Brain/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/blood MH - Caspase 3/blood MH - Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Cerebral Cortex/metabolism MH - Cognition/*drug effects MH - Cognition Disorders MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*drug effects MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/drug effects MH - Methyl Ethers/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Sevoflurane OTO - NOTNLM OT - anesthesia OT - apoptosis BDNF. OT - neonatal EDAT- 2017/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/09 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/18 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.4149/BLL_2017_017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bratisl Lek Listy. 2017;118(2):80-84. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2017_017.