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Nutr."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Elderly patients have a high risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Gastrointestinal disorders, such as constipation, in the elderly population may be involved in the pathogenesis of neurological disorders by promoting inflammatory responses due to a \u2018leaky gut\u2019. General anesthetic sevoflurane may impair gastrointestinal function in elderly patients to trigger neurological complications following surgery. Therefore, we hypothesized that elderly individuals with gastrointestinal dysfunction may be more vulnerable to sevoflurane and consequently develop POCD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Aged mice were randomly divided into four groups: control (CTRL), CTRL+sevoflurane (Sev), slow transit constipation (STC), and STC\u2009+\u2009Sev. Mice in the STC and STC\u2009+\u2009Sev groups were intra-gastrically administrated loperamide (3\u2009mg\/kg, twice a day for 7\u2009days) to induce a slow transit constipation (STC) model determined with fecal water content and the time of first white fecal pellet, whereas mice in the other groups received the similar volume of saline. One week later, mice in the CTRL+Sev group and STC\u2009+\u2009Sev group received 2% sevoflurane for 2\u2009h. The gut permeability evaluated with 4-kDa fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran, serum cytokines, microglia density, TLR4\/NF-\u03baB signaling expression, and POCD-like behavioral changes were determined accordingly.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The loperamide-induced STC mice had decreased fecal water content and prolonged time of first white fecal pellet. Sevoflurane exposure caused significantly increased gut permeability and serum cytokines, as well as the activation of microglia and the TLR4\/NF-\u03baB signaling pathway in the prefrontal cortex of the aged STC mice. Sevoflurane also caused cognitive impairment and emotional phenotype abnormality in aged STC mice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Aged STC mice were more vulnerable to sevoflurane anesthesia and consequently developed POCD-like behavioral changes. 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