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- Title
The microRNA miR-7a-5p ameliorates ischemic brain damage by repressing α-synuclein.
- Authors
Kim, TaeHee; Mehta, Suresh L.; Morris-Blanco, Kahlilia C.; Chokkalla, Anil K.; Chelluboina, Bharath; Lopez, Mary; Sullivan, Ruth; Kim, Hung Tae; Cook, Thomas D.; Kim, Joo Yong; Kim, HwuiWon; Kim, Chanul; Vemuganti, Raghu
- Abstract
Ischemic stroke, which is caused by a clot that blocks blood flow to the brain, can be severely disabling and sometimes fatal. We previously showed that transient focal ischemia in a rat model induces extensive temporal changes in the expression of cerebral microRNAs, with a sustained decrease in the abundance of miR-7a-5p (miR-7). Here, we evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of a miR-7 mimic oligonucleotide after cerebral ischemia in rodents according to the Stroke Treatment Academic Industry Roundtable (STAIR) criteria. Rodents were injected locally or systemically with miR-7 mimic before or after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. Decreased miR-7 expression was observed in both young and aged rats of both sexes after cerebral ischemia. Pre- or postischemic treatment with miR-7 mimic decreased the lesion volume in both sexes and ages studied. Furthermore, systemic injection of miR-7 mimic into mice at 30 min (but not 2 hours) after cerebral ischemia substantially decreased the lesion volume and improved motor and cognitive functional recovery with minimal peripheral toxicity. The miR-7 mimic treatment substantially reduced the postischemic induction of α-synuclein (α-Syn), a protein that induces mitochondrial fragmentation, oxidative stress, and autophagy that promote neuronal cell death. Deletion of the gene encoding α-Syn abolished miR-7 mimic-dependent neuroprotection and functional recovery in young male mice. Further analysis confirmed that the transcript encoding α-Syn was bound and repressed by miR-7. Our findings suggest that miR-7 mimics may therapeutically minimize stroke-induced brain damage and disability.
- Subjects
MICRORNA; BRAIN damage; CORONARY disease; CEREBRAL artery physiology; AUTOPHAGY
- Publication
Science Signaling, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 560, p1
- ISSN
1945-0877
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1126/scisignal.aat4285