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Could dexmedetomidine be repurposed as a glymphatic enhancer?




TekijätPersson Niklas Daniel Åke, Uusalo Panu, Nedergaard Maiken, Lohela Terhi J, Lilius Tuomas O

KustantajaELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON

Julkaisuvuosi2022

JournalTrends in Pharmacological Sciences

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiTRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lehden akronyymiTRENDS PHARMACOL SCI

Vuosikerta43

Numero12

Aloitussivu1030

Lopetussivu1040

Sivujen määrä11

ISSN0165-6147

eISSN1873-3735

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2022.09.007

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2022.09.007

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/177207864


Tiivistelmä
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows through the central nervous system (CNS) via the glymphatic pathway to clear the interstitium of metabolic waste. In preclinical studies, glymphatic fluid flow rate increases with low central noradrenergic tone and slow-wave activity during natural sleep and general anesthesia. By contrast, sleep deprivation reduces glymphatic clearance and leads to intracerebral accumulation of metabolic waste, suggesting an underlying mechanism linking sleep disturbances with neurodegenerative diseases. The selective alpha(2)-adrenergic agonist dexmedetomidine is a sedative drug that induces slow waves in the electroencephalogram, suppresses central noradrenergic tone, and preserves glymphatic outflow. As recently developed dexmedetomidine formulations enable self-administration, we suggest that dexmedetomidine could serve as a sedative-hypnotic drug to enhance clearance of harmful waste from the brain of those vulnerable to neurodegeneration.

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