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ArticleNeural regeneration research2019

miR-15b-5p targeting amyloid precursor protein is involved in the anti-amyloid eflect of curcumin in swAPP695-HEK293 cells.

Hong-Ying Liu, Xian Fu, You-Fu Li, Xian-Liang Li, Zhen-Yu Ma, Ying Zhang, Qing-Chun Gao

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Hong-Ying LiuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Xian FuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
You-Fu LiDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Xian-Liang LiDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Zhen-Yu MaDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Qing-Chun GaoDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curcumin exerts a neuroprotective effect on Alzheimer's disease; however, it is not known whether microRNAs are involved in this protective effect. This study was conducted using swAPP695-HEK293 cells as an Alzheimer's disease cell model. swAPP695-HEK293 cells were treated with 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, and 10 μM curcumin for 24 hours. The changes in miR-15b-5p, miR-19a-3p, miR-195-5p, miR-101-3p, miR-216b-5p, miR-16-5p and miR-185-5p expression were assessed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The mRNA and protein levels of amyloid precursor protein, amyloid-β40 and amyloid-β42 were evaluated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, western blot assays and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. swAPP695-HEK293 cells were transfected with miR-15b-5p mimic, or treated with 1 μM curcumin 24 hours before miR-15b-5p inhibitor transfection. The effects of curcumin on amyloid precursor protein, amyloid-β40 and amyloid-β42 levels were evaluated by western blot assays and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Luciferase assays were used to analyze the interaction between miR-15b-5p and the 3'-untranslated region of amyloid precursor protein. The results show that amyloid precursor protein and amyloid-β expression were enhanced in swAPP695-HEK293 cells compared with HEK293 parental cells. Curcumin suppressed the expression of amyloid precursor protein and amyloid-β and up-regulated the expression of miR-15b-5p in swAPP695-HEK293 cells. In addition, we found a negative association of miR-15b-5p expression with amyloid precursor protein and amyloid-β levels in the curcumin-treated cells. Luciferase assays revealed that miR-15b-5p impaired the luciferase activity of the plasmid harboring the 3'-untranslated region of amyloid precursor protein. These findings indicate that curcumin down-regulates the expression of amyloid precursor protein and amyloid-β in swAPP695-HEK293 cells, which was partially mediated by miR-15b-5p via targeting of the 3'-untranslated region of amyloid precursor protein.

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Alzheimer's diseaseamyloid precursor proteinamyloid-β3 ?-untranslated regioncurcuminoidsLuciferase assaysmiRNAsnatural plant drugnerve regenerationneural regenerationneurons

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