MiRNA-190 exerts neuroprotective effects against ischemic stroke through Rho/Rho-kinase pathway
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MiRNA-190 exerts neuroprotective effects against ischemic stroke through Rho/Rho-kinase pathway Chuan Jiang 1 & Ning Dong 2 & Jianli Feng 1 & Maolin Hao 1
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Abstract Ischemic stroke is an urgent public health concern and one of the major causes of deaths and disabilities over the world. MicroRNA (miRNA) has become a key mediator of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injuries. However, whether miR-190 is involved in cerebral I/R-induced neuronal damage remains unknown. This study was to investigate the role of miR-190 in the brain I/R injury. We divided the rats into sham, I/R, control, and miR-190-mim (miR-190 mimics) groups. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Nissl staining, flow cytometry, and western blot were conducted to examine the expression of miR-190 and cell apoptosis in different groups. The results showed that the expression of miR-190 was greatly decreased in rats suffering with I/R. Overexpression of miR-190 significantly reduced the increased neurological scores, brain water contents, infarct volumes, and neuronal apoptosis in rats suffering with I/R. In addition, we found that the expression of RhoA and Rho kinase was greatly elevated in rats suffering with I/R. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that Rho was a target of miR190. Moreover, overexpression of miR-190 significantly downregulated the increased mRNA and protein expression of Rho/Rho kinase and cell apoptosis, while inhibition of miR-190 further upregulated the increased mRNA and protein expression of Rho/ Rho kinase and cell apoptosis in rats suffering with I/R. Furthermore, knockdown of Rho significantly downregulated the increased mRNA and protein expression of Rho/Rho kinase and cell apoptosis, while these effects were inhibited by miR-190 inhibitors in rats suffering with I/R. These results indicate that miR-190 confers protection against brain I/R damage by modulating Rho/Rho-kinase signaling. Keywords Cerebral ischemic stroke . miRNA-190 . Rho/Rho kinase . Apoptosis
Introduction Ischemic stroke is an urgent public health concern and one of the major causes of deaths and disabilities over the world [12, 22]. An abnormal promotion in cell apoptosis may lead to neuronal death after acute ischemic brain injuries, but its underlying mechanism is not fully understood [6, 33]. The diagnosis of stroke depends on clinical manifestations and is * Jianli Feng [email protected] 1
Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Western Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, No.4 Duanxing West Road, Huanyin District, Jinan City 250022, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China
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Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan City 250001, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China
confirmed by CT or magnetic resonance examination [3, 11]. The symptoms of early ischemic stroke are mild and difficult to distinguish from other neurological and nonneurological disorders, wh
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