Abstract WP329: The Role of miR-34b/c in Global Ischemic Stroke
| Autor: | Jee Yeon Hwang, Fabrizio Pontarelli, Brenda L Court Vazquez, Morgan Porch, Hyae-Ran Byun, R. Suzanne Zukin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Stroke. 51 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4628 0039-2499 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.wp329 |
| Popis: | Transient global ischemia arising as a consequence of cardiac arrest in humans causes selective, delayed death of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons and cognitive impairment. Effective treatments to ameliorate the neurodegeneration and cognitive dysfunction associated with global ischemia are an unmet need. Emerging evidence points to a widespread role for microRNAs (miRNAs) as key modulators of target gene expression in neurons. Accordingly, dysregulation of miRNAs are implicated in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disease and neurological disorders. Our findings, derived via miRNA-seq, indicate that expression of a subset of microRNAs are altered in postischemic CA1 including miR-34b/c, miR-21, miR-331, miR-181 and miR-29. Ingenuity pathway analysis reveals that miR-34b/c is the leading miR candidate implicated in cell death and survival. A role for miR-34 in the pathogenesis of global ischemia is, as yet, unclear. Here we show ischemia induces p53-dependent activation of miR-34b/c and downregulation of its target genes Bcl-2 and Sirt1, which together promote neuronal death in selectively vulnerable hippocampal CA1 in vivo . Consistent with this, inhibition of miR-34b/c affords neuroprotection, rescues impaired synaptic plasticity and reduces memory deficits in global ischemia. These findings document a causal role for p53-dependent activation of miR-34b/c in neuronal death and identify a novel therapeutic target for amelioration of the neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits associated with ischemic stroke. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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