中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2023, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (9): 1983-1989.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.367957

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

miR-181b能促进缺血性脑卒中后血管生成和神经功能的恢复

  

  • 出版日期:2023-09-15 发布日期:2023-03-06
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(81801169,82071404,81870952)

miR-181b promotes angiogenesis and neurological function recovery after ischemic stroke

Li-Xia Xue1, #, Lin-Yuan Shu2, #, Hong-Mei Wang1, Kai-Li Lu1, Li-Gang Huang1, Jing-Yan Xiang1, Zhi Geng1, Yu-Wu Zhao1, Hao Chen3, *   

  1. 1Department of Neurology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; 3Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
  • Online:2023-09-15 Published:2023-03-06
  • Contact: Hao Chen, MD, PhD, chenhao_316@aliyun.com.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 81801169 (to LXX), 82071404 (to HC), and 81870952 (to HMW). 

摘要:

促进新血管形成是一种治疗缺血性脑卒中的新策略,而非编码微小RNA最近被认为是治疗缺血性脑卒中的潜在靶点。有研究发现miR-181b可通过调控缺氧诱导因子1α表达,促进血管生成,但其具体的作用机制仍然不清楚。实验首先在体外氧糖剥夺脑微血管内皮细胞模型中,发现miR-181b过表达可恢复细胞活性,增强血管形成能力。随后在局灶性脑缺血大鼠模型中,发现miR-181b过表达能减少脑梗死体积,促进缺血半暗带中血管新生,从而改善神经功能。最后,为了进一步探究miR-181b参与缺血后脑卒中血管新生的分子机制,实验通过双荧光素酶报告基因实验检测得出,miR-181b可通过直接与PTEN的3'非翻译区结合,诱导PTEN降解,激活Akt通路,上调血管内皮生长因子表达以及下调内皮抑素表达,从而促进血管生成。综上,外源性miR-181b对缺血性脑卒中有神经保护作用,且其作用与PTEN/Akt信号通路激活,促进血管新生有关。

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-9662 (Li-Xia Xue); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-9237 (Hao Chen)

关键词: miR-181b, 血管生成, 神经功能恢复, 缺血性脑卒中, PTEN, 血管内皮生长因子, 内皮抑素, Akt, 氧糖剥夺, 大脑中动脉闭塞

Abstract: Promotion of new blood vessel formation is a new strategy for treating ischemic stroke. Non-coding miRNAs have been recently considered potential therapeutic targets for ischemic stroke. miR-181b has been shown to promote angiogenesis in hypoxia and traumatic brain injury model, while its effect on ischemic stroke remains elusive. In this study, we found that overexpression of miR-181b in brain microvascular endothelial cells subjected to oxygen-glucose deprivation in vitro restored cell proliferation and enhanced angiogenesis. In rat models of focal cerebral ischemia, overexpression of miR-181b reduced infarction volume, promoted angiogenesis in ischemic penumbra, and improved neurological function. We further investigated the molecular mechanism by which miR-181b participates in angiogenesis after ischemic stroke and found that miR-181b directly bound to the 3′-UTR of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mRNA to induce PTEN downregulation, leading to activation of the protein kinase B (Akt) pathway, upregulated expression of vascular endothelial growth factors, down-regulated expression of endostatin, and promoted angiogenesis. Taken together, these results indicate that exogenous miR-181b exhibits neuroprotective effects on ischemic stroke through activating the PTEN/Akt signal pathway and promoting angiogenesis. 

Key words: Akt, angiogenesis, endostatin, ischemic stroke, middle cerebral artery occlusion, miR-181b, neurological function recovery, oxygen-glucose deprivation, PTEN, vascular endothelial growth factor