title: miR-497 regulates neuronal death in mouse brain after transient focal cerebral ischemia.
abstract: Dysfunction of the microRNA (miR) network has been emerging as a major regulator in neurological diseases. However, little is known about the functional significance of unique miRs in ischemic brain damage. Here, we found that miR-497 is induced in mouse brain after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and mouse N2A neuroblastoma (N2A) cells after oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). Loss-of-miR-497 function significantly suppresses OGD-induced N2A cell death, whereas gain-of-miR-497 function aggravates OGD-induced neuronal loss. Moreover, miR-497 directly binds to the predicted 3'-UTR target sites of bcl-2/-w genes. Furthermore, knockdown of cerebral miR-497 effectively enhances bcl-2/-w protein levels in the ischemic region, attenuates ischemic brain infarction, and improves neurological outcomes in mice after focal cerebral ischemia. Taken together, our data suggest that miR-497 promotes ischemic neuronal death by negatively regulating antiapoptotic proteins, bcl-2 and bcl-w. We raise the possibility that this pathway may contribute to the pathogenesis of the ischemic brain injury in stroke.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Ke-Jie
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Huarong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Milton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamblin
authors.forename: Changqing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jifeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y Eugene
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000378:metabolism*; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C101155:Bcl2l2 protein, mouse; D035683:MicroRNAs; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; C550139:mirn497 microRNA, mouse; C052617:Bcl2 protein, mouse