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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2019

BRD4 inhibition attenuates inflammatory response in microglia and facilitates recovery after spinal cord injury in rats.

Jianle Wang, Jiaoxiang Chen, Haiming Jin, Dongdong Lin, Yu Chen, Ximiao Chen, Ben Wang, Sunli Hu, Yan Wu, Yaosen Wu and 5 more

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jianle WangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jiaoxiang ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Haiming JinDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Dongdong LinKey Laboratory of Orthopaedics of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yu ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ximiao ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical College, Guilin, Guangxi, China.
Ben WangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Sunli HuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yan WuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yaosen WuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yifei ZhouDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Naifeng TianDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Weiyang GaoDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xiangyang WangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3435-2277
Xiaolei ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0117-7599
Wenzhou Medical University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) involves primary injury and secondary injury. For the irreversibility of primary injury, therapies of SCI mainly focus on secondary injury, whereas inflammation is considered to be a major target for secondary injury; however the regulation of inflammation in SCI is unclear and targeted therapies are still lacking. In this study, we found that the expression of BRD4 was correlated with pro-inflammatory cytokines after SCI in rats; in vitro study in microglia showed that BRD4 inhibition either by lentivirus or JQ1 may both suppress the MAPK and NF-κB signalling pathways, which are the two major signalling pathways involved in inflammatory response in microglia. BRD4 inhibition by JQ1 not only blocked microglial M1 polarization, but also repressed the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines in microglia in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, BRD4 inhibition by JQ1 can improve functional recovery and structural disorder as well as reduce neuron loss in SCI rats. Overall, this study illustrates that microglial BRD4 level is increased after SCI and BRD4 inhibition is able to suppress M1 polarization and pro-inflammatory cytokine production in microglia which ultimately promotes functional recovery after SCI.

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AnimalsAzepinesBromodomain Containing ProteinsCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationMAP Kinase Kinase 1MicrogliaNF-kappa BNuclear ProteinsRatsRecovery of FunctionSignal TransductionSpinal CordAzepinesBrd4 protein, ratBromodomain Containing Proteins(+)-JQ1 compoundMAP Kinase Kinase 1NF-kappa BNuclear ProteinsTranscription FactorsTriazolesBRD4inflammationJQ1microgliaspinal cord injury

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PMID30809946
PMCPMC6484335
OpenAlexW2916412084

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