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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2020

microRNA-182 Negatively Influences the Neuroprotective Effect of Apelin Against Neuronal Injury in Epilepsy.

Han Dong, Bin Dong, Na Zhang, Songyan Liu, Huiying Zhao

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Han DongDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, People's Republic of China.
Bin DongDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-4284-8566
Na ZhangDepartment of Electrical Diagnosis, Jilin Province FAW General Hospital, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, People's Republic of China.
Songyan LiuDepartment of Neurology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, People's Republic of China.
Huiying ZhaoDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, People's Republic of China.
Jilin University · CNPeople 's Hospital of Jilin Province · CNUnion Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo explore the neuroprotective effects and mechanisms of Apelin (APLN), and to study the regulation of APLN expression by microRNA (miRNA) in epilepsy. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn vitro and in vivo epileptic models were established with hippocampal neurons and Wistar rats. Apoptosis of neurons was identified by flow cytometry. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of proteins, and quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to analyze the expression of miRNA and messenger RNA (mRNA). Bioinformatics software was used to predict target genes of miRNA, which were confirmed by dual-luciferase reporter gene system and functional experiments.

resultsOur study demonstrated protective effects of APLN against neuronal death in epilepsy both in vitro and in vivo. The underlying mechanisms involved are inhibiting the expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1), Bax, and caspase-3; promoting the expression of Bcl-2; and increasing phosphorylated-AKT (p-AKT) levels in neurons. For the first time, we found that miR-182 could negatively regulate both transcriptional and translational levels of APLN, and that the up-regulation of miR-182 inhibited the expression of APLN and Bcl-2, and promoted the expression of Bax and caspase-3.

conclusionAPLN could protect the neurons from injury in epilepsy by regulating the expression of apoptosis-associated proteins and mGluR1 and increasing p-AKT levels, which were attenuated by miR-182. Hence, miR-182/APLN may be potential targets for epilepsy control and treatment.

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