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Anesthetics fragment hippocampal network activity, alter spine dynamics, and affect memory consolidation.
Yang, Wei; Chini, Mattia; Pöpplau, Jastyn A et al.
2021 • In PLoS Biology, 19 (4), p. 3001146
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Keywords :
Anesthetics; Xylazine; Ketamine; Isoflurane; Medetomidine; Midazolam; Fentanyl; Anesthesia/adverse effects; Anesthetics/adverse effects; Anesthetics/pharmacology; Animals; Electrophysiological Phenomena/drug effects; Female; Fentanyl/adverse effects; Fentanyl/pharmacology; Hippocampus/cytology; Hippocampus/drug effects; Hippocampus/physiology; Isoflurane/adverse effects; Isoflurane/pharmacology; Ketamine/adverse effects; Ketamine/pharmacology; Male; Medetomidine/adverse effects; Medetomidine/pharmacology; Memory Consolidation/drug effects; Memory Disorders/chemically induced; Memory Disorders/pathology; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Transgenic; Midazolam/adverse effects; Midazolam/pharmacology; Nerve Net/drug effects; Nerve Net/physiology; Spine/drug effects; Spine/physiology; Xylazine/adverse effects; Xylazine/pharmacology; Anesthesia; Electrophysiological Phenomena; Hippocampus; Memory Consolidation; Memory Disorders; Nerve Net; Spine; Neuroscience (all); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Immunology and Microbiology (all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Abstract :
[en] General anesthesia is characterized by reversible loss of consciousness accompanied by transient amnesia. Yet, long-term memory impairment is an undesirable side effect. How different types of general anesthetics (GAs) affect the hippocampus, a brain region central to memory formation and consolidation, is poorly understood. Using extracellular recordings, chronic 2-photon imaging, and behavioral analysis, we monitor the effects of isoflurane (Iso), medetomidine/midazolam/fentanyl (MMF), and ketamine/xylazine (Keta/Xyl) on network activity and structural spine dynamics in the hippocampal CA1 area of adult mice. GAs robustly reduced spiking activity, decorrelated cellular ensembles, albeit with distinct activity signatures, and altered spine dynamics. CA1 network activity under all 3 anesthetics was different to natural sleep. Iso anesthesia most closely resembled unperturbed activity during wakefulness and sleep, and network alterations recovered more readily than with Keta/Xyl and MMF. Correspondingly, memory consolidation was impaired after exposure to Keta/Xyl and MMF, but not Iso. Thus, different anesthetics distinctly alter hippocampal network dynamics, synaptic connectivity, and memory consolidation, with implications for GA strategy appraisal in animal research and clinical settings.
Disciplines :
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Yang, Wei  ✱;  Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Chini, Mattia   ✱;  Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Pöpplau, Jastyn A ;  Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Formozov, Andrey ;  Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Dieter, Alexander ;  Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Piechocinski, Patrick ;  Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Rais, Cynthia;  Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Morellini, Fabio;  Research Group Behavioral Biology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Sporns, Olaf;  Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America ; Indiana University Network Science Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
Hanganu-Opatz, Ileana L;  Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Wiegert, J Simon ;  Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Anesthetics fragment hippocampal network activity, alter spine dynamics, and affect memory consolidation.
Publication date :
April 2021
Journal title :
PLoS Biology
ISSN :
1544-9173
eISSN :
1545-7885
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, United States
Volume :
19
Issue :
4
Pages :
e3001146
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ERC - European Research Council
DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service
CSC - Chinese Scholarship Council
Funding text :
This work was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, SPP1926, FOR2419/P6, SFB936/B8 to J.S.W., SPP 1665/Ha 4466/10-1/Ha4466/12-1, SFB 936/B5 to I.L.H.-O., SFB 936/B7 to F.M.), the European Research Council (ERC2016-StG-714762 to J.S.W., ERC-2015-CoG 681577 to I.L.H.-O.), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, STG/19/ 5744091 to A.F.), and the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC 201606210129 to W.Y.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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