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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha triggers a cytokine cascade yielding postoperative cognitive decline.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive decline following surgery in older individuals is a major clinical problem of uncertain mechanism; a similar cognitive decline also follows severe infection, chemotherapy, or trauma and is currently without effective therapy. A variety of mechanisms have been proposed, and exploring the role of inflammation, we recently reported the role of IL-1? in the hippocampus after surgery in mice with postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Here, we show that TNF-? is upstream of IL-1 and provokes its production in the brain. Peripheral blockade of TNF-? is able to limit the release of IL-1 and prevent neuroinflammation and cognitive decline in a mouse model of surgery-induced cognitive decline. TNF-? appears to synergize with MyD88, the IL-1/TLR superfamily common signaling pathway, to sustain postoperative cognitive decline. Taken together, our results suggest a unique therapeutic potential for preemptive treatment with anti-TNF antibody to prevent surgery-induced cognitive decline.

SUBMITTER: Terrando N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2996666 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha triggers a cytokine cascade yielding postoperative cognitive decline.

Terrando Niccolò N Monaco Claudia C Ma Daqing D Foxwell Brian M J BM Feldmann Marc M Maze Mervyn M

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20101101 47

Cognitive decline following surgery in older individuals is a major clinical problem of uncertain mechanism; a similar cognitive decline also follows severe infection, chemotherapy, or trauma and is currently without effective therapy. A variety of mechanisms have been proposed, and exploring the role of inflammation, we recently reported the role of IL-1β in the hippocampus after surgery in mice with postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Here, we show that TNF-α is upstream of IL-1 and provokes ...[more]

PMID: 21041647

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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha triggers a cytokine cascade yielding postoperative cognitive decline.

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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha triggers a cytokine cascade yielding postoperative cognitive decline.

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