Papers of the Week

Isoflurane (ISO) has been widely used in clinical anesthesia, and exposure to ISO leads to cognitive dysfunction. Our paper aimed to investigate the effect of miR-128-3p on cognitive impairment, inflammation, and oxidative stress elicited by ISO anesthesia in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. The SD rats were treated with ISO to mimic the ISO-injured situation, and the concentration of miR-128-3p was quantified utilizing real-time PCR. The miR-128-3p's impacts in ISO-engendered rat models on the respects of inflammatory condition and oxidative activities were measured by the commercial kits. The Morris water maze test was adopted to measure the neuro-function regarding miR-128-3p. Additionally, the target was tested by the alternation of luciferase activity. The irritation of ISO suppressed miR-128-3p expression in rats, which was enhanced by the injection of miR-128-3p agomir. The adverse roles of ISO on inflammation, oxidative stress, and cognitive disorders were partially abrogated by an increment of miR-128-3p. A miR-128-3p's interconnection with specificity protein 1 (SP1) was pinpointed, and aggrandized mRNA levels of SP1 were found under ISO state. MiR-128 acted as a regulator in ISO damage in the respects of cognition, inflammation, and oxidative stress. The SP1's link of miR-128-3p was showcased.