RT Journal Article T1 Imidacloprid unique and repeated treatment produces cholinergic transmission disruption and apoptotic cell death in SN56 cells A1 Moyano-Cires Ivanoff, Paula Viviana A1 Flores Calle, Andrea A1 San Juan, Javier A1 García Lobo, Jimena A1 Anadón Baselga, María José A1 Plaza Hernández, José Carlos A1 Naval López, María Victoria A1 Fernández Fernández, María De La Cabeza A1 Guerra Menéndez, Lucía A1 Pino Sans, Javier Del AB Imidacloprid (IMI), the most widely used worldwide neonicotinoid biocide, produces cognitive disorders after repeated and single treatment. However, little was studied about the possible mechanisms that produce this effect. Cholinergic neurotransmission regulates cognitive function. Most cholinergic neuronal bodies are present in the basal forebrain (BF), regulating memory and learning process, and their dysfunction or loss produces cognition decline. BF SN56 cholinergic wild-type or acetylcholinesterase (AChE), β-amyloid-precursor-protein (βAPP), Tau, glycogen-synthase-kinase-3-beta (GSK3β), beta-site-amyloid-precursor-protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), and/or nuclear-factor-erythroid-2-related-factor-2 (NRF2) silenced cells were treated for 1 and 14 days with IMI (1 μM-800 μM) with or without recombinant heat-shock-protein-70 (rHSP70), recombinant proteasome 20S (rP20S) and with or without N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) to determine the possible mechanisms that mediate this effect. IMI treatment for 1 and 14 days altered cholinergic transmission through AChE inhibition, and triggered cell death partially through oxidative stress generation, AChE-S overexpression, HSP70 downregulation, P20S inhibition, and Aβ and Tau peptides accumulation. IMI produced oxidative stress through reactive oxygen species production and antioxidant NRF2 pathway downregulation, and induced Aβ and Tau accumulation through BACE1, GSK3β, HSP70, and P20S dysfunction. These results may assist in determining the mechanisms that produce cognitive dysfunction observed following IMI exposure and provide new therapeutic tools. PB Elsevier SN 0278-6915 YR 2024 FD 2024 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108456 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108456 LA eng NO Moyano, P., Flores, A., San Juan, J., García, J., Anadón, M. J., Plaza, J. C., Naval, M. V., Fernández, M. C., Guerra-Menéndez, L., & Del Pino, J. (2024). Imidacloprid unique and repeated treatment produces cholinergic transmission disruption and apoptotic cell death in SN56 cells. Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 193, 114988. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2024.114988 NO Este trabajo ha sido financiado por la beca de investigación 172C126PMA de Alborada Foundation/Cátedra Extraordinaria de Patología y Medioambiente, UCM NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 13 abr 2025