Research Article

Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase

Volume: 7 Number: 2 August 31, 2023
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Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase

Abstract

Aim: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is usually seen in the aged patients in postoperative period. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of melatonin on cognitive and synaptic dysfunction and oxidative stress in POCD model constructed by abdominal surgery in aged rats. Material and Methods: Twenty months old male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into the control group, melatonin treated-control group, surgery group and melatonin treated-surgery group. The novel object recognition test (NORT) was used to assess the postoperative cognitive ability of rats at the end of the experiments. The contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and reduced glutathione (GSH) were evaluated in the synaptosomes of hippocampus by spectrophotometric methods. The protein levels of calcium-calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) were measured by using ELISA. . Results: Animals in surgery group showed significant an impairment of novel object recognition memory in NORT. Surgery group also exhibited increased content of MDA (21.05±3.96) and decreased levels of GSH (5.86±0.26) and PSD95 (156.04±2.56) in the hippocampus (respectively p=0.012, p<0.001, p=0.004) . The levels of PSD95 (193.08±4.14) and CaMKII (2.82±0.25) (respectively p=0.027, p=0.041) and novel object recognition memory was improved by melatonin treatment. Conclusion: Melatonin may be a potential therapeutic agent which can protect against abdominal surgery- induced cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients.

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English

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Physiopathology

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Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2023

Submission Date

August 14, 2023

Acceptance Date

August 22, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Turan, İ., Özaçmak, V. H., & Sayan Özaçmak, H. (2023). Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase. Medical Journal of Western Black Sea, 7(2), 225-233. https://doi.org/10.29058/mjwbs.1342979
AMA
1.Turan İ, Özaçmak VH, Sayan Özaçmak H. Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase. Med J West Black Sea. 2023;7(2):225-233. doi:10.29058/mjwbs.1342979
Chicago
Turan, İnci, Veysel Haktan Özaçmak, and Hale Sayan Özaçmak. 2023. “Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+ Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase”. Medical Journal of Western Black Sea 7 (2): 225-33. https://doi.org/10.29058/mjwbs.1342979.
EndNote
Turan İ, Özaçmak VH, Sayan Özaçmak H (August 1, 2023) Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase. Medical Journal of Western Black Sea 7 2 225–233.
IEEE
[1]İ. Turan, V. H. Özaçmak, and H. Sayan Özaçmak, “Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase”, Med J West Black Sea, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 225–233, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.29058/mjwbs.1342979.
ISNAD
Turan, İnci - Özaçmak, Veysel Haktan - Sayan Özaçmak, Hale. “Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+ Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase”. Medical Journal of Western Black Sea 7/2 (August 1, 2023): 225-233. https://doi.org/10.29058/mjwbs.1342979.
JAMA
1.Turan İ, Özaçmak VH, Sayan Özaçmak H. Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase. Med J West Black Sea. 2023;7:225–233.
MLA
Turan, İnci, et al. “Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+ Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase”. Medical Journal of Western Black Sea, vol. 7, no. 2, Aug. 2023, pp. 225-33, doi:10.29058/mjwbs.1342979.
Vancouver
1.İnci Turan, Veysel Haktan Özaçmak, Hale Sayan Özaçmak. Melatonin Improves Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats: Relevance of Oxidative Stress, PSD95 and Ca2+/Calmoduline Dependent Protein Kinase. Med J West Black Sea. 2023 Aug. 1;7(2):225-33. doi:10.29058/mjwbs.1342979

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