PMID- 31306126 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201009 LR - 20211204 IS - 1875-8908 (Electronic) IS - 1387-2877 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 3 DP - 2019 TI - Intranasal Insulin Increases Synaptic Protein Expression and Prevents Anesthesia-Induced Cognitive Deficits Through mTOR-eEF2 Pathway. PG - 925-936 LID - 10.3233/JAD-190280 [doi] AB - General anesthesia increases the risk for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in vulnerable individuals such as the elderly. We previously reported that prior administration of insulin through intranasal delivery can prevent the anesthesia-induced cognitive impairment and biochemical changes in the brain. However, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. Here, we report that general anesthesia resulted in downregulation of mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) in the brain along with reduction of presynaptic proteins and brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cognitive impairment in aged mice. Prior administration of intranasal insulin prevented these anesthesia-induced changes. These results suggest the involvement of the mTOR-eEF2 signaling pathway in the anesthesia-induced brain changes and cognitive impairment and in the prevention of these changes with insulin. Correlation analyses and the use of eEF2 kinase inhibitor further support our conclusions. These studies shed light on the molecular mechanism by which anesthesia and insulin could act on synaptic proteins and cognitive function. FAU - Yu, Qian AU - Yu Q AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. AD - Department of Orthopedics, Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China. FAU - Dai, Chun-Ling AU - Dai CL AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. FAU - Zhang, Yongli AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. FAU - Chen, Yanxing AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. AD - Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Wu, Zhe AU - Wu Z AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical College, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, Hubei, China. FAU - Iqbal, Khalid AU - Iqbal K AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. FAU - Liu, Fei AU - Liu F AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. FAU - Gong, Cheng-Xin AU - Gong CX AD - Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - J Alzheimers Dis JT - Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD JID - 9814863 RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.20 (Eef2k protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.20 (Elongation Factor 2 Kinase) SB - IM MH - Administration, Intranasal MH - *Alzheimer Disease/metabolism/psychology MH - Anesthesia, General/adverse effects MH - Animals MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - Cognition/drug effects MH - *Cognitive Dysfunction/etiology/metabolism/prevention & control MH - *Elongation Factor 2 Kinase/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology MH - Insulin/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anesthesia OT - cognitive impairment OT - eEF2 OT - insulin OT - intranasal delivery OT - mTOR OT - synaptic proteins EDAT- 2019/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/07/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - JAD190280 [pii] AID - 10.3233/JAD-190280 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;70(3):925-936. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190280.