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Dexmedetomidine inhibits inflammatory response and autophagy through the circLrp1b/miR-27a-3p/Dram2 pathway in a rat model of traumatic brain injury.

Hengchang Li, Chengxiang Lu, Wenfei Yao, Lixin Xu, Jun Zhou, Bin Zheng

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Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hengchang LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chengxiang LuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wenfei YaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Lixin XuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jun ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Bin ZhengDepartment of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guangzhou First People's Hospital · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CNSouth China University of Technology · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have a regulatory function on inflammation and autophagy, of which rno-circRNA_010705 (circLrp1b) appears to be significantly up-regulated following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Dexmedetomidine (DEX) shows improvement effects in TBI by inhibiting NLRP3/caspase-1. However, whether circLrp1b plays critical roles in DEX-mediated TBI attenuation and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. After TBI was established in rats by controlled cortical impact (CCI) to cause brain trauma, they received an intracerebroventricular injection of lentiviral vector, followed by intraperitoneal injection of DEX. Administration of DEX ameliorated autophagy in rats following TBI, accompanied by up-regulated circLrp1b and Dram2 and down-regulated miR-27a-3p. DEX promoted the effects of circLrp1b in attenuating TBI-induced neurologic impairment, autophagy, and inflammation, which was significantly reversed by inhibition of miR-27a-3p or Dram2 overexpression. Mechanistically, northern blot and luciferase reporter assays indicated that circLrp1b up-regulated Dram2 expression by functioning as a sponge for miR-27a-3p to promote autophagy involved in TBI, which was reversed by DEX treatment. Collectively, this study demonstrated that DEX inhibits inflammatory response and autophagy involved in TBI

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AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAutophagyBehavior, AnimalBrainBrain Injuries, TraumaticDexmedetomidineDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationInflammation MediatorsMaleMicroRNAsRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA, CircularSignal TransductionAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDexmedetomidineInflammation MediatorsMicroRNAsMIRN27 microRNA, ratRNA, CircularautophagycircLrp1bdexmedetomidineinflammatory responsetraumatic brain injury

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PMID33147167
PMCPMC7695368
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