Pharmacological inhibition of PTEN attenuates cognitive deficits caused by neonatal repeated exposures to isoflurane via inhibition of NR2B-mediated tau phosphorylation in rats
Repeated isoflurane exposures result in activation of PTEN in the hippocampus of neonatal rats. Inhibition of PTEN with BPV (pic) reduces cognitive deficits in the rats repeatedly exposed to isoflurane in neonatal age. Inhibition of PTEN restores synaptic protein synthesis and ameliorates tau phosphorylation in the hippocampus. NR2B-containing NMDA receptor acts downstream of PTEN in regulating tau phosphorylation.