In vivo inhibition of miR-155 significantly alters post-stroke inflammatory response

Autor: Ernesto Caballero-Garrido, Tamar Lordkipanidze, Juan Carlos Pena-Philippides, Tamara Roitbak
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Male
0301 basic medicine
Pathology
Time Factors
Post-stroke inflammation
medicine.medical_treatment
Microglia/macrophages
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
CCL12
Microglia
medicine.diagnostic_test
General Neuroscience
Microfilament Proteins
MicroRNA
Infarction
Middle Cerebral Artery

dMCAO
CREB-Binding Protein
CXCL3
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cytokine
Neurology
Phosphatidylinositol-3
4
5-Trisphosphate 5-Phosphatases

Cytokines
Encephalitis
Signal Transduction
medicine.medical_specialty
Immunology
Biology
Immunofluorescence
miR-155
03 medical and health sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1 Protein
Western blot
In vivo
medicine
Animals
Research
Macrophages
Calcium-Binding Proteins
Antagomirs
Molecular biology
Mice
Inbred C57BL

Disease Models
Animal

MicroRNAs
030104 developmental biology
Gene Expression Regulation
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Journal of Neuroinflammation
ISSN: 1742-2094
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-016-0753-x
Popis: Background MicroRNA miR-155 is implicated in modulation of the inflammatory processes in various pathological conditions. In our previous studies, we demonstrated that in vivo inhibition of miR-155 promotes functional recovery after mouse experimental stroke. In the present study, we explored if this beneficial effect is associated with miR-155 inhibition-induced alterations in post-stroke inflammatory response. Methods Intravenous injections of a specific miR-155 inhibitor were initiated at 48 h after mouse distal middle cerebral artery occlusion (dMCAO). Temporal changes in the expression of cytokines and key molecules associated with cytokine signaling were assessed at 7, 14, and 21 days after dMCAO, using mouse cytokine gene and protein arrays and Western blot analyses. Electron and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy techniques were used to evaluate the ultrastructural changes, as well as altered expression of specific phenotypic markers, at different time points after dMCAO. Results In the inhibitor-injected mice (inhibitor group), there was a significant decrease in CCL12 and CXCL3 cytokine expression at 7 days and significantly increased levels of major cytokines IL-10, IL-4, IL-6, MIP-1α, IL-5, and IL-17 at 14 days after dMCAO. These temporal changes correlated with altered expression of miR-155 target proteins SOCS-1, SHIP-1, and C/EBP-β and phosphorylation levels of cytokine signaling regulator STAT-3. Electron microscopy showed decreased number of phagocytically active peri-vascular microglia/macrophages in the inhibitor samples. Immunofluorescence and Western blot of these samples demonstrated that expression of leukocyte/ macrophage marker CD45 and phagocytosis marker CD68 was reduced at 7 days, and in contrast, significantly increased at 14 days after dMCAO, as compared to controls. Conclusions Based on our findings, we propose that in vivo miR-155 inhibition following mouse stroke significantly alters the time course of the expression of major cytokines and inflammation-associated molecules, which could influence inflammation process and tissue repair after experimental cerebral ischemia. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12974-016-0753-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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