PMID- 33211285 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211129 LR - 20211129 IS - 1476-3524 (Electronic) IS - 1029-8428 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Jun TI - The Protective Effects of Ramelteon Against Isoflurane-Induced Insults and Inflammatory Response in Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells. PG - 677-686 LID - 10.1007/s12640-020-00309-7 [doi] AB - Anesthetic-induced cognitive impairment has been observed clinically. The mechanism underlying anesthetic-induced cognitive impairment is closely associated with neuronal apoptosis and neuroinflammation. Ramelteon is a potent and highly selective melatonin receptor agonist that has been used for the treatment of insomnia and has been reported to have an anti-inflammatory effect. In this study, we aimed to investigate the protective effects of Ramelteon against the cytotoxicity induced by isoflurane in brain microvascular endothelial cells. Our results show that Ramelteon ameliorated oxidative stress by suppressing the generation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMVECs). In addition, Ramelteon displayed a robust anti-inflammatory capacity against isoflurane-induced insults and inflammation by reducing the generation of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), and MMP-9. Furthermore, Ramelteon reduced the expression of cell adhesion molecules such as intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and E-selectin. Importantly, Ramelteon downregulated the activation of the p38MAPK/NF-kappaB signaling pathway, which is the key transcriptional regulator in the inflammation process. Our findings in the present study provide new evidence for the use of Ramelteon in the prevention of isoflurane-induced insults in brain endothelial cells. FAU - Wang, Tao AU - Wang T AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Longhua District, Haikou, 570311, Hainan, China. wangtao567@163.com. FAU - Li, Zhen AU - Li Z AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Qinghai Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'ning, China. FAU - Xia, Shuyun AU - Xia S AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Pingdu People's Hospital, Pingdu, China. FAU - Xu, Zhixin AU - Xu Z AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Longhua District, Haikou, 570311, Hainan, China. FAU - Chen, Xiaofang AU - Chen X AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Longhua District, Haikou, 570311, Hainan, China. FAU - Sun, Hu AU - Sun H AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, 368 Yehai Av., Longhua District, Haikou, 570311, Hainan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201119 PL - United States TA - Neurotox Res JT - Neurotoxicity research JID - 100929017 RN - 0 (Anesthetics, Inhalation) RN - 0 (Indenes) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 901AS54I69 (ramelteon) RN - CYS9AKD70P (Isoflurane) SB - IM MH - Anesthetics, Inhalation/toxicity MH - Brain/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Endothelial Cells/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Indenes/*pharmacology MH - Inflammation Mediators/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Isoflurane/*toxicity MH - Microvessels/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/drug effects/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain endothelial cells OT - Isoflurane OT - NF-kappaB OT - Neuroinflammation OT - Oxidative stress OT - Ramelteon EDAT- 2020/11/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/30 06:00 CRDT- 2020/11/19 12:16 PHST- 2020/09/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/19 12:16 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s12640-020-00309-7 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12640-020-00309-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurotox Res. 2021 Jun;39(3):677-686. doi: 10.1007/s12640-020-00309-7. Epub 2020 Nov 19.