title: MALAT1 in Human Adipose Stem Cells Modulates Survival and Alternative Splicing of PKCδII in HT22 Cells.
abstract: Brain injury may be caused by trauma or may occur in stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Because the central nervous system is unable to regenerate efficiently, there is utmost interest in the use of stem cells to promote neuronal survival. Of interest here are human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs), which secrete factors that enhance regeneration and survival of neurons in sites of injury. We evaluated the effect of hASC secretome on immortalized mouse hippocampal cell line (HT22) after injury. Protein kinase C δ (PKCδ) activates survival and proliferation in neurons and is implicated in memory. We previously showed that alternatively spliced PKCδII enhances neuronal survival via B-cell lymphoma 2 Bcl2 in HT22 neuronal cells. Our results demonstrate that following injury, treatment with exosomes from the hASC secretome increases expression of PKCδII in HT22 cells and increases neuronal survival and proliferation. Specifically, we demonstrate that metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1), a long noncoding RNA contained in the hASC exosomes mediates PKCδII splicing, thereby increasing neuronal survival. Using antisense oligonucleotides for MALAT1 and RNA immunoprecipitation assays, we demonstrate that MALAT1 recruits splice factor serine-arginine-rich splice factor 2 (SRSF2) to promote alternative splicing of PKCδII. Finally, we evaluated the role of insulin in enhancing hASC-mediated neuronal survival and demonstrated that insulin treatment dramatically increases the association of MALAT1 and SRSF2 and substantially increases survival and proliferation after injury in HT22 cells. In conclusion, we demonstrate the mechanism of action of hASC exosomes in increasing neuronal survival. This effect of hASC exosomes to promote wound healing can be further enhanced by insulin treatment in HT22 cells.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Medicine.
authors.forename: Ghattas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: El Bassit
authors.affiliation: Molecular Medicine.
authors.forename: Rekha S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612; and.
authors.forename: Gay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Honors College and Departments of.
authors.forename: Vyshakh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shibu
authors.affiliation: Honors College and Departments of.
authors.forename: Achintya A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612; and.
authors.forename: Shijie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Surgery, and.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murr
authors.affiliation: James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612; and.|Molecular Medicine.
authors.forename: Denise R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612; and.|Neurosurgery and Brain Survival, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612.
authors.forename: Paula C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Bickford
authors.affiliation: James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612; and.|Molecular Medicine.
authors.forename: Niketa A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002470:Cell Survival; D055354:Exosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta / Q000378:metabolism*; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000502:physiology*; D000068103:Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; C557041:MALAT1 long non-coding RNA, human; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; C499372:SRSF2 protein, mouse; D000068103:Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta