TLR4 Deletion Improves Cognitive Brain Function and Structure in Aged Mice.

Autor: Fei X; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China., Dou YN; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China., Lv W; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China., Ding B; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China., Wei J; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China., Wu X; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China., He X; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China., Fei Z; Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. Electronic address: feizhou@fmmu.edu.cn., Fei F; Department of Ophthalmology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. Electronic address: feeplus@163.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neuroscience [Neuroscience] 2022 Jun 01; Vol. 492, pp. 1-17. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.04.007
Abstrakt: Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4), a member of the TLR family, plays a key role in inflammation-related diseases of the nervous system. TLR4 knockout mice are widely used in various neurological disease studies, and there is a clear correlation between inflammation and behavior. Therefore, elucidating the effect of TLR4 on neurobehavioral function is essential, and the related mechanisms need to be explored. Male TLR4 knockout (TLR4 -/- ) and wild-type (TLR4 +/+ ) mice of different ages (4, 8, and 16 months) were used for behavioral experiments. Synaptic spine, blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity, memory regulatory proteins, cortical blood flow, and inflammatory factor examinations were also conducted to explore the possible mechanism by which TLR4 works. Here, we found that compared with 16-m-old TLR4 +/+ mice, age-matched TLR4 -/- mice had better learning and memory abilities, increased expression of neuronal synaptic spines, and increased memory-related regulatory proteins in the hippocampus. TLR4 knockout significantly attenuated the fear response in 16-m-old mice. The TLR4 -/- mice also had better blood-brain barrier integrity, increased expression of tight junction-associated proteins, increased cerebral cortical blood flow and reduced proinflammatory cytokine expression in the cortex and cerebrospinal fluid. Our results suggest that TLR4 deletion ameliorates significant neurobehavioral dysfunction during the aging stage, as well as multiple abnormalities in brain function and structure due to alterations in tight junction-associated proteins and inflammatory factors.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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