中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2024, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (10): 2229-2239.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.392890

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

DNA甲基化异常对高炎症状态缺血性脑卒中预后的影响

  

  • 出版日期:2024-10-15 发布日期:2024-01-29

Association of DNA methylation/demethylation with the functional outcome of stroke in a hyperinflammatory state

Yubo Wang1, 2, #, Ling Zhang1, #, Tianjie Lyu1, 2, #, Lu Cui2, Shunying Zhao2, Xuechun Wang1, 2, Meng Wang2, 3, Yongjun Wang1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, *, Zixiao Li1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, *   

  1. 1Vascular Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 2China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 3National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 4Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China; 5Research Unit of Artificial Intelligence in Cerebrovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China; 6Beijing Engineering Research Center of Digital Healthcare for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China
  • Online:2024-10-15 Published:2024-01-29
  • Contact: Yongjun Wang, PhD, MD, yongjunwang@ncrcnd.org.cn; Zixiao Li, PhD, MD, lizixiao2008@hotmail.com.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 82171270 (to ZL); Public Service Platform for Artificial Intelligence Screening and Auxiliary Diagnosis for the Medical and Health Industry, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, No. 2020-0103-3-1 (to ZL); the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, No. Z200016 (to ZL); Beijing Talents Project, No. 2018000021223ZK03 (to ZL); Beijing Municipal Committee of Science and Technology, No. Z201100005620010 (to ZL); CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences, No. 2019-I2M-5-029 (to YongW).

摘要:

炎症与脑卒中的功能预后密切相关,高炎症状态导致脑卒中功能预后不良。DNA 甲基化与中风的发病机制和预后有关。然而,DNA 甲基化对高炎症水平脑卒中的影响尚不清楚。为了探讨低甲基化/高甲基化状态对高炎症脑缺血功能预后的影响,实验建立了大脑中动脉阻塞小鼠模型,并用脂多糖诱导小鼠进入高炎症状态,使用小分子抑制剂抑制关键 DNA 甲基化/去甲基化酶的功能。实验结果显示,在脂多糖诱导的高炎症状态下,DNA 甲基化的抑制可能是脑缺血向严重性发展的原因。通过检测使用抑制剂后外周血中 DNA 5-mc 和 DNA 5-hmc 的水平,证实了全身甲基化状态的变化。随后发现,DNA 甲基化抑制剂治疗导致小鼠高炎症卒中后梗死体积扩大,功能预后恶化。缺血脑组织和血浆中的白细胞介素6和白细胞介素1β等炎症因子水平升高,炎症加剧。相关的炎症通路研究显示,核因子κB 明显过度激活。这些结果表明,抑制 DNA 甲基化会导致脑缺血后炎症严重的小鼠出现不良的功能预后。抑制DNA去甲基化可逆转上述变化。结果表明,DNA 甲基化可调节脑缺血的炎症反应,并在高炎症脑缺血的功能预后中发挥重要作用。

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-2341 (Yongjun Wang); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-5418 (Zixiao Li)

Abstract: Inflammation is closely related to stroke prognosis, and high inflammation status leads to poor functional outcome in stroke. DNA methylation is involved in the pathogenesis and prognosis of stroke. However, the effect of DNA methylation on stroke at high levels of inflammation is unclear. In this study, we constructed a hyperinflammatory cerebral ischemia mouse model and investigated the effect of hypomethylation and hypermethylation on the functional outcome. We constructed a mouse model of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion and treated the mice with lipopolysaccharide to induce a hyperinflammatory state. To investigate the effect of DNA methylation on stroke, we used small molecule inhibitors to restrain the function of key DNA methylation and demethylation enzymes. 2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining, neurological function scores, neurobehavioral tests, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, quantitative reverse transcription PCR and western blot assay were used to evaluate the effects after stroke in mice. We assessed changes in the global methylation status by measuring DNA 5-mc and DNA 5-hmc levels in peripheral blood after the use of the inhibitor. In the group treated with the DNA methylation inhibitor, brain tissue 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining showed an increase in infarct volume, which was accompanied by a decrease in neurological scores and worsening of neurobehavioral performance. The levels of inflammatory factors interleukin 6 and interleukin-1 beta in ischemic brain tissue and plasma were elevated, indicating increased inflammation. Related inflammatory pathway exploration showed significant overactivation of nuclear factor kappa B. These results suggested that inhibiting DNA methylation led to poor functional outcome in mice with high inflammation following stroke. Further, the effects were reversed by inhibition of DNA demethylation. Our findings suggest that DNA methylation regulates the inflammatory response in stroke and has an important role in the functional outcome of hyperinflammatory stroke.

Key words: DNA demethylation, DNA methylation, DNMT3A, functional outcome, hyperinflammatory state, interleukin, neuroinflammation, stroke, TET2