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Viswambharan V, Thanseem I, Vasu MM, Poovathinal SA, Anitha A. miRNAs as biomarkers of neurodegenerative disorders. Biomark Med 2017; 11:151-167. [PMID: 28125293 DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2016-0242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are the result of progressive deterioration of neurons, ultimately leading to disabilities. There is no effective cure for NDDs at present; ongoing therapies are mainly aimed at treating the most bothersome symptoms. Since early treatment is crucial in NDDs, there is an urgent need for specific and sensitive biomarkers that can aid in early diagnosis of these disorders. Recently, altered expression of miRNAs has been implicated in several neurological disorders, including NDDs. miRNA expression has been extensively investigated in the cells, tissues and body fluids of patients with different types of NDDs. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of miRNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for NDDs.
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- Vijitha Viswambharan
- Department of Neurogenetics, Institute for Communicative & Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS), Shoranur, Palakkad 679 523, Kerala, India
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Institute for Communicative & Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS), Shoranur, Palakkad 679 523, Kerala, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431 3192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Institute for Communicative & Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS), Shoranur, Palakkad 679 523, Kerala, India
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Institute for Communicative & Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS), Shoranur, Palakkad 679 523, Kerala, India
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Intranasal Delivery of miR-146a Mimics Delayed Seizure Onset in the Lithium-Pilocarpine Mouse Model. Mediators Inflamm 2017; 2017:6512620. [PMID: 28242958 PMCID: PMC5294386 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6512620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Unveiling the key mechanism of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) for the development of novel treatments is of increasing interest, and anti-inflammatory miR-146a is now considered a promising molecular target for TLE. In the current study, a C57BL/6 TLE mouse model was established using the lithium-pilocarpine protocol. The seizure degree was evaluated according to the Racine scale, and level 5 was considered the threshold for generalized convulsions. Animals were sacrificed to analyze the hippocampus at three time points (2 h and 4 and 8 weeks after pilocarpine administration to evaluate the acute, latent, and chronic phases, resp.). After intranasal delivery of miR-146a mimics (30 min before pilocarpine injection), the percent of animals with no induced seizures increased by 6.7%, the latency to generalized convulsions was extended, and seizure severity was reduced. Additionally, hippocampal damage was alleviated. While the relative miR-146a levels significantly increased, the expression of its target mRNAs (IRAK-1 and TRAF-6) and typical inflammatory modulators (NF-κB, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6) decreased, supporting an anti-inflammatory role of miR-146a via the TLR pathway. This study is the first to demonstrate that intranasal delivery of miR-146a mimics can improve seizure onset and hippocampal damage in the acute phase of lithium-pilocarpine-induced seizures, which provides inflammation-based clues for the development of novel TLE treatments.
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Ku T, Chen M, Li B, Yun Y, Li G, Sang N. Synergistic effects of particulate matter (PM 2.5) and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) on neurodegeneration via the microRNA-mediated regulation of tau phosphorylation. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2017; 6:7-16. [PMID: 30090473 PMCID: PMC6060696 DOI: 10.1039/c6tx00314a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Because air pollution is a complex mixture of pollutants consisting of both particulate and gaseous components, understanding the health risks from these pollutants requires an evaluation of their combined effects rather than predictions based on the toxicities of single chemicals alone. Particulate matter (PM2.5) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) commonly co-exist in the atmospheric environment, and epidemiological studies have linked air pollution to the development of neurodegenerative disorders, in addition to increased morbidity from cardiopulmonary diseases. However, few studies have examined the potential effects from combinations of these pollutants on neurodegeneration, especially at NOEC doses. In the present study, we first found that PM2.5 and SO2 co-exposure leads to neurodegeneration at low doses, including neuronal apoptosis, the reduction of synaptic structural protein postsynaptic density (PSD-95) and synaptic functional protein N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits (NR2B), and the elevation of tau phosphorylation in vitro and in vivo, which did not induce clear effects when the compounds were tested separately. Furthermore, we clarified that the microRNA (miRNA) miR-337-5p, which is homologous to a human miRNA that targets tau, was involved in the combined effect and contributed to synergistic neurodegeneration. This work implies the potential risk of neuronal dysfunction from the co-existence of PM2.5 and SO2 in coal-burning areas and provides new insights into the molecular markers for the relevant diseases.
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- Tingting Ku
- College of Environment and Resource , Research Center of Environment and Health , Shanxi University , Taiyuan , Shanxi , 030006 PR China . ; ; Tel: +86-351-7011932
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- College of Environment and Resource , Research Center of Environment and Health , Shanxi University , Taiyuan , Shanxi , 030006 PR China . ; ; Tel: +86-351-7011932
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- College of Environment and Resource , Research Center of Environment and Health , Shanxi University , Taiyuan , Shanxi , 030006 PR China . ; ; Tel: +86-351-7011932
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- College of Environment and Resource , Research Center of Environment and Health , Shanxi University , Taiyuan , Shanxi , 030006 PR China . ; ; Tel: +86-351-7011932
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- College of Environment and Resource , Research Center of Environment and Health , Shanxi University , Taiyuan , Shanxi , 030006 PR China . ; ; Tel: +86-351-7011932
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- College of Environment and Resource , Research Center of Environment and Health , Shanxi University , Taiyuan , Shanxi , 030006 PR China . ; ; Tel: +86-351-7011932
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Pienimaeki‐Roemer A, Konovalova T, Musri MM, Sigruener A, Boettcher A, Meister G, Schmitz G. Transcriptomic profiling of platelet senescence and platelet extracellular vesicles. Transfusion 2016; 57:144-156. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.13896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Clinic of Regensburg
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- Institute for Biochemistry I, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of RegensburgRegensburg Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Clinic of Regensburg
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Clinic of Regensburg
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- Institute for Biochemistry I, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of RegensburgRegensburg Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Clinic of Regensburg
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Bhadra U, Patra P, Chhatai J, Pal-Bhadra M. Pigmy MicroRNA: surveillance cops in Therapies kingdom. Mol Med 2016; 22:759-775. [PMID: 27704139 PMCID: PMC5193465 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2016.00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are well preserved in every animal. These pigmy sized non-coding RNAs (21-23 nt), scattered in genome, are responsible for micromanaging the versatile gene regulations. Involvement of miRNAs was surveillance cops in all human diseases including cardiovascular defects, tumor formation, reproductive pathways, and neurological and autoimmune disorders. The effective functional role of miRNA can be reduced by chemical entities of antisense oligonucleotides and versatile small molecules that support the views of novel therapy of different human diseases. In this study, we have updated our current understanding for designing and synthesizing miRNA-controlling therapeutic chemicals. We have also proposed various in-vivo delivery strategies and their ongoing challenges to combat the incorporation hurdles in live cells and animals. Lastly, we have demonstrated the current progress of miRNA modulation in the treatment of different human diseases that provides an alternative approach of gene therapy.
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- Utpal Bhadra
- Functional Genomics and Gene Silencing Group, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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- Functional Genomics and Gene Silencing Group, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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- Functional Genomics and Gene Silencing Group, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Pereira P, Queiroz JA, Figueiras A, Sousa F. Current progress on microRNAs-based therapeutics in neurodegenerative diseases. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2016; 8. [PMID: 27882692 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs)-based therapy has recently emerged as a promising strategy in the treatments of neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, in this review, the most recent and important challenges and advances on the development of miRNA therapeutics for brain targeting are discussed. In particular, this review highlights current knowledge and progress in the field of manufacturing, recovery, isolation, purification, and analysis of these therapeutic oligonucleotides. Finally, the available miRNA delivery systems are reviewed and an analysis is presented in what concerns to the current challenges that have to be addressed to ensure their specificity and efficacy. Overall, it is intended to provide a perspective on the future of miRNA-based therapeutics, focusing the biotechnological approach to obtain miRNAs. WIREs RNA 2017, 8:e1409. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1409 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Patrícia Pereira
- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.,REQUIMTE/LAQV, Group of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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Marques TM, Kuiperij HB, Bruinsma IB, van Rumund A, Aerts MB, Esselink RAJ, Bloem BR, Verbeek MM. MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid as Potential Biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease and Multiple System Atrophy. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:7736-7745. [PMID: 27844283 PMCID: PMC5684261 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0253-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) are both part of the spectrum of neurodegenerative movement disorders and α-synucleinopathies with overlap of symptoms especially at early stages of the disease but with distinct disease progression and responses to dopaminergic treatment. Therefore, having biomarkers that specifically classify patients, which could discriminate PD from MSA, would be very useful. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate protein translation and are observed in biological fluids, including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and may therefore have potential as biomarkers of disease. The aim of our study was to determine if miRNAs in CSF could be used as biomarkers for either PD or MSA. Using quantitative PCR (qPCR), we evaluated expression levels of 10 miRNAs in CSF patient samples from PD (n = 28), MSA (n = 17), and non-neurological controls (n = 28). We identified two miRNAs (miR-24 and miR-205) that distinguished PD from controls and four miRNAs that differentiated MSA from controls (miR-19a, miR-19b, miR-24, and miR-34c). Combinations of miRNAs accurately discriminated either PD (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.96) or MSA (AUC = 0.86) from controls. In MSA, we also observed that miR-24 and miR-148b correlated with cerebellar ataxia symptoms, suggesting that these miRNAs are involved in cerebellar degeneration in MSA. Our findings support the potential of miRNA panels as biomarkers for movement disorders and may provide more insights into the pathological mechanisms related to these disorders.
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- Tainá M Marques
- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands.,Parkinson Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Parkinson Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Parkinson Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Parkinson Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Parkinson Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands. .,Parkinson Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Busto GU, Guven-Ozkan T, Davis RL. MicroRNA function in Drosophila memory formation. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2016; 43:15-24. [PMID: 27837663 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate protein expression through post-transcriptional mechanisms. They participate in broad aspects of biology from the control of developmental processes to tumorigenesis. Recent studies in Drosophila show that they also regulate activity-dependent and sensory-specific protein expression and support olfactory memory formation. Among the hundreds of miRs described, several have been demonstrated to be required for normal learning, memory, or for the development of neuronal circuits that support memory formation. Fly models of human diseases offer promise of identifying miRs whose expression becomes dysregulated and part of the pathological state, providing models for understanding brain disorders and drug discovery.
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- Germain U Busto
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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CSF microRNA Profiling in Alzheimer's Disease: a Screening and Validation Study. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:6647-6654. [PMID: 27738874 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0106-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression through post-transcriptional repression of target genes. They have been shown to be implicated in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and proposed as disease biomarkers. In the present work, we have studied the expression levels of 754 miRNAs in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from AD patients and control subjects. We have explored a first screening cohort (N = 20) and selected 12 miRNAs to be further tested in a second independent validation cohort (N = 69). We have found a significant upregulation of miR-222 and miR-125b in AD CSF. Of these, the association of miR-222 with AD is novel and reported here for the first time whereas upregulation of miR-125b has been previously reported in AD brain. Yet we do not find association with other miRNAs which were previously linked to AD. Our results shed light on potential underlying pathophysiological processes of AD and also point out the need for consensus procedures in CSF miRNA detection and data analysis.
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Differential expression of miR-184 in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with and without hippocampal sclerosis - Influence on microglial function. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33943. [PMID: 27666871 PMCID: PMC5036198 DOI: 10.1038/srep33943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders characterized by recurrent seizures due to neuronal hyperexcitability. Here we compared miRNA expression patterns in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with and without hippocampal sclerosis (mTLE + HS and mTLE −HS) to investigate the regulatory mechanisms differentiating both patient groups. Whole genome miRNA sequencing in surgically resected hippocampi did not reveal obvious differences in expression profiles between the two groups of patients. However, one microRNA (miR-184) was significantly dysregulated, which was confirmed by qPCR. We observed that overexpression of miR-184 inhibited cytokine release after LPS stimulation in primary microglial cells, while it did not affect the viability of murine primary neurons and primary astrocytes. Pathway analysis revealed that miR-184 is potentially involved in the regulation of inflammatory signal transduction and apoptosis. Dysregulation of some the potential miR-184 target genes was confirmed by qPCR and 3′UTR luciferase reporter assay. The reduced expression of miR-184 observed in patients with mTLE + HS together with its anti-inflammatory effects indicate that miR-184 might be involved in the modulation of inflammatory processes associated with hippocampal sclerosis which warrants further studies elucidating the role of miR-184 in the pathophysiology of mTLE.
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da Silva FC, Iop RDR, Vietta GG, Kair DA, Gutierres Filho PJB, de Alvarenga JGS, da Silva R. microRNAs involved in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:4015-4022. [PMID: 27666518 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to determine the expression of blood microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in PD in humans. For this purpose the following electronic databases were selected: MEDLINE by Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science. The search strategy included the proposed descriptors in the Medical Subject Headings. There were no restrictions with respect to the language of the publication. In the study selection two independent reviewers initially evaluated studies that were identified by the search strategy according to titles and abstracts. The reviewers evaluated (also unassisted) the complete articles and selected studies according to the eligibility criteria specified above. Studies that were not in accordance with the adopted criteria were excluded according to the boundaries imposed by the search strategy. The following data were extracted from the selected studies: Publication identification, location where the study was conducted, study design, the sample size, the participants' characteristics, the miRNAs involved in PD, the miRNA detection and analysis method, and the type of miRNA dysregulation in PD. Through this systematic review of the literature published over the last 10 years, the expression of 91 different miRNAs were analyzed in the context of PD, with the expression of 39 of these miRNAs differing significantly between individuals with PD and healthy controls and/or between treated and untreated patients with PD. The miRNAs were extracted from mononuclear cells, leukocytes, plasma, serum and peripheral blood, and the majority of the studies used reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), which is considered to be the gold standard for miRNA analysis.
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- Franciele Cascaes da Silva
- Department of Physical Education, Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Adapted Physical Activity Laboratory, University of State of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88080‑350, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Adapted Physical Activity Laboratory, University of State of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88080‑350, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Adapted Physical Activity Laboratory, University of State of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88080‑350, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Adapted Physical Activity Laboratory, University of State of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88080‑350, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Adapted Physical Activity Laboratory, University of State of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88080‑350, Brazil
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Busto GU, Guven-Ozkan T, Chakraborty M, Davis RL. Developmental inhibition of miR-iab8-3p disrupts mushroom body neuron structure and adult learning ability. Dev Biol 2016; 419:237-249. [PMID: 27634569 PMCID: PMC5204246 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that inhibit protein expression post-transcriptionally. They have been implicated in many different physiological processes, but little is known about their individual involvement in learning and memory. We recently identified several miRNAs that either increased or decreased intermediate-term memory when inhibited in the central nervous system, including miR-iab8-3p. We report here a new developmental role for this miRNA. Blocking the expression of miR-iab8-3p during the development of the organism leads to hypertrophy of individual mushroom body neuron soma, a reduction in the field size occupied by axonal projections, and adult intellectual disability. We further identified four potential mRNA targets of miR-iab8-3p whose inhibition modulates intermediate-term memory including ceramide phosphoethanolamine synthase, which may account for the behavioral effects produced by miR-iab8-3p inhibition. Our results offer important new information on a microRNA required for normal neurodevelopment and the capacity to learn and remember normally.
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- Germain U Busto
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter FL 33458, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter FL 33458, USA.
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Molasy M, Walczak A, Szaflik J, Szaflik JP, Majsterek I. MicroRNAs in glaucoma and neurodegenerative diseases. J Hum Genet 2016; 62:105-112. [PMID: 27412874 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2016.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a class of short, non-coding RNAs, which have important role in post-transcriptional regulation of genes expression by base-pairing with their target messenger RNA (mRNA). In recent years, miRNAs biogenesis, gene silencing mechanism and implication in various diseases have been thoroughly investigated. Many scientific findings indicate the altered expression of specific miRNA in the brains of patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington disease. The progressive optic nerve neuropathy associated with changed miRNA profile was also observed during glaucoma development. This suggests that the miRNAs may have a crucial role in these disorders, contributing to the neuronal cell death. A better understanding of molecular mechanism of these disorders will open a new potential way of ND treatment. In this review, the miRNAs role in particular neurodegenerative disorders and their possible application in medicine was discussed.
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- Milena Molasy
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, SPKSO Ophthalmic Hospital, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, SPKSO Ophthalmic Hospital, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Di Meco A, Praticò D. MicroRNAs as Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 53:367-72. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-160203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Olsen I. Commentary. J Oral Microbiol 2016; 8:32227. [PMID: 27357642 PMCID: PMC4928069 DOI: 10.3402/jom.v8.32227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ingar Olsen
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;
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Hervé M, Ibrahim EC. MicroRNA screening identifies a link between NOVA1 expression and a low level of IKAP in familial dysautonomia. Dis Model Mech 2016; 9:899-909. [PMID: 27483351 PMCID: PMC5007982 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.025841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by a mutation in intron 20 of the IKBKAP gene (c.2204+6T>C), leading to tissue-specific skipping of exon 20 and a decrease in the synthesis of the encoded protein IKAP (also known as ELP1). Small non-coding RNAs known as microRNAs (miRNAs) are important post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression and play an essential role in the nervous system development and function. To better understand the neuronal specificity of IKAP loss, we examined expression of miRNAs in human olfactory ecto-mesenchymal stem cells (hOE-MSCs) from five control individuals and five FD patients. We profiled the expression of 373 miRNAs using microfluidics and reverse transcription coupled to quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) on two biological replicate series of hOE-MSC cultures from healthy controls and FD patients. This led to the total identification of 26 dysregulated miRNAs in FD, validating the existence of a miRNA signature in FD. We then selected the nine most discriminant miRNAs for further analysis. The signaling pathways affected by these dysregulated miRNAs were largely within the nervous system. In addition, many targets of these dysregulated miRNAs had been previously demonstrated to be affected in FD models. Moreover, we found that four of our nine candidate miRNAs target the neuron-specific splicing factor NOVA1. We demonstrated that overexpression of miR-203a-3p leads to a decrease of NOVA1, counter-balanced by an increase of IKAP, supporting a potential interaction between NOVA1 and IKAP. Taken together, these results reinforce the choice of miRNAs as potential therapeutic targets and suggest that NOVA1 could be a regulator of FD pathophysiology. Summary: A miRNA screening conducted in olfactory stem cells from patients links the neuron-specific splicing factor NOVA1 to neurodegeneration in familial dysautonomia.
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- Mylène Hervé
- CRN2M-UMR7286, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Nord, Marseille 13344, Cedex 15, France
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- CRN2M-UMR7286, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Nord, Marseille 13344, Cedex 15, France
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Li X, Bao X, Wang R. Neurogenesis-based epigenetic therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (Review). Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:1043-53. [DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Report on the 13th symposium on invertebrate neurobiology held 26-30 August 2015 at the Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Centre for ecological research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2016; 16:3. [PMID: 27149972 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-016-0186-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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This report summarizes the lectures and posters presented at the International Society for Invertebrate Neurobiology's 13th symposium held 26-30 August 2015, at the Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary. The symposium provided an opportunity for scientists working on a range of topics in invertebrate neurobiology to meet and present their research and discuss ways to advance the discipline.
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Gupta S, Ross KE, Tudor CO, Wu CH, Schmidt CJ, Vijay-Shanker K. miRiaD: A Text Mining Tool for Detecting Associations of microRNAs with Diseases. J Biomed Semantics 2016; 7:9. [PMID: 27216254 PMCID: PMC4877743 DOI: 10.1186/s13326-015-0044-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background MicroRNAs are increasingly being appreciated as critical players in human diseases, and questions concerning the role of microRNAs arise in many areas of biomedical research. There are several manually curated databases of microRNA-disease associations gathered from the biomedical literature; however, it is difficult for curators of these databases to keep up with the explosion of publications in the microRNA-disease field. Moreover, automated literature mining tools that assist manual curation of microRNA-disease associations currently capture only one microRNA property (expression) in the context of one disease (cancer). Thus, there is a clear need to develop more sophisticated automated literature mining tools that capture a variety of microRNA properties and relations in the context of multiple diseases to provide researchers with fast access to the most recent published information and to streamline and accelerate manual curation. Methods We have developed miRiaD (microRNAs in association with Disease), a text-mining tool that automatically extracts associations between microRNAs and diseases from the literature. These associations are often not directly linked, and the intermediate relations are often highly informative for the biomedical researcher. Thus, miRiaD extracts the miR-disease pairs together with an explanation for their association. We also developed a procedure that assigns scores to sentences, marking their informativeness, based on the microRNA-disease relation observed within the sentence. Results miRiaD was applied to the entire Medline corpus, identifying 8301 PMIDs with miR-disease associations. These abstracts and the miR-disease associations are available for browsing at http://biotm.cis.udel.edu/miRiaD. We evaluated the recall and precision of miRiaD with respect to information of high interest to public microRNA-disease database curators (expression and target gene associations), obtaining a recall of 88.46–90.78. When we expanded the evaluation to include sentences with a wide range of microRNA-disease information that may be of interest to biomedical researchers, miRiaD also performed very well with a F-score of 89.4. The informativeness ranking of sentences was evaluated in terms of nDCG (0.977) and correlation metrics (0.678-0.727) when compared to an annotator’s ranked list. Conclusions miRiaD, a high performance system that can capture a wide variety of microRNA-disease related information, extends beyond the scope of existing microRNA-disease resources. It can be incorporated into manual curation pipelines and serve as a resource for biomedical researchers interested in the role of microRNAs in disease. In our ongoing work we are developing an improved miRiaD web interface that will facilitate complex queries about microRNA-disease relationships, such as “In what diseases does microRNA regulation of apoptosis play a role?” or “Is there overlap in the sets of genes targeted by microRNAs in different types of dementia?”.” Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13326-015-0044-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Samir Gupta
- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA.
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA.,Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA.,Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA
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- Department of Food and Animal Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA
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Benigni M, Ricci C, Jones AR, Giannini F, Al-Chalabi A, Battistini S. Identification of miRNAs as Potential Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients. Neuromolecular Med 2016; 18:551-560. [PMID: 27119371 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-016-8396-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Since no diagnostic laboratory test exists, the identification of specific biomarkers could be fundamental in clinical practice. microRNAs (miRNAs) are considered promising biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of the study was to identify a CSF miRNA set that could differentiate ALS from non-ALS condition. miRNA profiling in CSF from ALS patients (n = 24; eight with C9orf72 expansion) and unaffected control subjects (n = 24) by quantitative reverse transcription PCR identified fourteen deregulated miRNAs. Validation experiments confirmed eight miRNAs as significantly deregulated in ALS. No significant differences were observed between ALS patients with or without C9orf72 expansion. The receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analyses revealed the highest diagnostic accuracy for the upregulated miR181a-5p and the downregulated miR21-5p and miR15b-5p. The miR181a-5p/miR21-5p and miR181a-5p/miR15b-5p ratios detected ALS with 90 and 85 % sensitivity and 87 and 91 % specificity, respectively, confirming the application potential as disease biomarkers. These deregulated miRNAs are implicated in apoptotic way and provide insight into processes responsible for motor neuron degeneration.
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- Michele Benigni
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Ben Halima S, Siegel G, Rajendran L. miR-186 in Alzheimer's disease: a big hope for a small RNA? J Neurochem 2016; 137:308-11. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Saoussen Ben Halima
- Systems and Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration; University of Zurich, Switzerland; Schlieren Switzerland
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- Systems and Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration; University of Zurich, Switzerland; Schlieren Switzerland
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- Systems and Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration; University of Zurich, Switzerland; Schlieren Switzerland
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Jia LH, Liu YN. Downregulated serum miR-223 servers as biomarker in Alzheimer's disease. Cell Biochem Funct 2016; 34:233-7. [PMID: 27027823 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Li-Hua Jia
- Department of Neurology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Medical School of Liaocheng; Taishan Medical University; Liaocheng Shandong China
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- Department of Neurology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Medical School of Liaocheng; Taishan Medical University; Liaocheng Shandong China
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Singh NK. microRNAs Databases: Developmental Methodologies, Structural and Functional Annotations. Interdiscip Sci 2016; 9:357-377. [PMID: 27021491 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-016-0166-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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microRNA (miRNA) is an endogenous and evolutionary conserved non-coding RNA, involved in post-transcriptional process as gene repressor and mRNA cleavage through RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) formation. In RISC, miRNA binds in complementary base pair with targeted mRNA along with Argonaut proteins complex, causes gene repression or endonucleolytic cleavage of mRNAs and results in many diseases and syndromes. After the discovery of miRNA lin-4 and let-7, subsequently large numbers of miRNAs were discovered by low-throughput and high-throughput experimental techniques along with computational process in various biological and metabolic processes. The miRNAs are important non-coding RNA for understanding the complex biological phenomena of organism because it controls the gene regulation. This paper reviews miRNA databases with structural and functional annotations developed by various researchers. These databases contain structural and functional information of animal, plant and virus miRNAs including miRNAs-associated diseases, stress resistance in plant, miRNAs take part in various biological processes, effect of miRNAs interaction on drugs and environment, effect of variance on miRNAs, miRNAs gene expression analysis, sequence of miRNAs, structure of miRNAs. This review focuses on the developmental methodology of miRNA databases such as computational tools and methods used for extraction of miRNAs annotation from different resources or through experiment. This study also discusses the efficiency of user interface design of every database along with current entry and annotations of miRNA (pathways, gene ontology, disease ontology, etc.). Here, an integrated schematic diagram of construction process for databases is also drawn along with tabular and graphical comparison of various types of entries in different databases. Aim of this paper is to present the importance of miRNAs-related resources at a single place.
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- Nagendra Kumar Singh
- Department of Biological Science and Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, M.P., 462003, India.
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microRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Prior studies have shown that they regulate numerous physiological processes critical for normal development, cellular growth control, and organismal behavior. Here, we systematically surveyed 134 different miRNAs for roles in olfactory learning and memory formation using "sponge" technology to titrate their activity broadly in the Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system. We identified at least five different miRNAs involved in memory formation or retention from this large screen, including miR-9c, miR-31a, miR-305, miR-974, and miR-980. Surprisingly, the titration of some miRNAs increased memory, while the titration of others decreased memory. We performed more detailed experiments on two miRNAs, miR-974 and miR-31a, by mapping their roles to subpopulations of brain neurons and testing the functional involvement in memory of potential mRNA targets through bioinformatics and a RNA interference knockdown approach. This screen offers an important first step toward the comprehensive identification of all miRNAs and their potential targets that serve in gene regulatory networks important for normal learning and memory.
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microRNA-34a-Mediated Down-Regulation of the Microglial-Enriched Triggering Receptor and Phagocytosis-Sensor TREM2 in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150211. [PMID: 26949937 PMCID: PMC4780721 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The aggregation of Aβ42-peptides and the formation of drusen in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are due in part to the inability of homeostatic phagocytic mechanisms to clear self-aggregating Aβ42-peptides from the extracellular space. The triggering receptor expressed in myeloid/microglial cells-2 (TREM2), a trans-membrane-spanning, sensor-receptor of the immune-globulin/lectin-like gene superfamily is a critical component of Aβ42-peptide clearance. Here we report a significant deficit in TREM2 in AMD retina and in cytokine- or oxidatively-stressed microglial (MG) cells. RT-PCR, miRNA-array, LED-Northern and Western blot studies indicated up-regulation of a microglial-enriched NF-кB-sensitive miRNA-34a coupled to a down-regulation of TREM2 in the same samples. Bioinformatics/transfection-luciferase reporter assays indicated that miRNA-34a targets the 299 nucleotide TREM2-mRNA-3'UTR, resulting in TREM2 down-regulation. C8B4-microglial cells challenged with Aβ42 were able to phagocytose these peptides, while miRNA-34a down-regulated both TREM2 and the ability of microglial-cells to phagocytose. Treatment of TNFα-stressed MG cells with phenyl-butyl nitrone (PBN), caffeic-acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), the NF-kB - [corrected] inhibitor/resveratrol analog CAY10512 or curcumin abrogated these responses. Incubation of anti-miRNA-34a (AM-34a) normalized miRNA-34a abundance and restored TREM2 back to homeostatic levels. These data support five novel observations: (i) that a ROS- and NF-kB - [corrected] sensitive, miRNA-34a-mediated modulation of TREM2 may in part regulate the phagocytic response; (ii) that gene products encoded on two different chromosomes (miRNA-34a at chr1q36.22 and TREM2 at chr6p21.1) orchestrate a phagocytic-Aβ42-peptide clearance-system; (iii) that this NF-kB-mediated-miRNA-34a-TREM2 mechanism is inducible from outside of the cell; (iv) that when operating normally, this pathway can clear Aβ42 peptide monomers from the extracellular medium; and (v) that anti-NF-kB and/or anti-miRNA (AM)-based therapeutic strategies may be useful against deficits in TREM-2 receptor-based-sensing and -phagocytic signaling that promote pathogenic amyloidogenesis.
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Aw SS, Tang MX, Teo YN, Cohen SM. A conformation-induced fluorescence method for microRNA detection. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:e92. [PMID: 26951376 PMCID: PMC4889923 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs play important roles in a large variety of biological systems and processes through their regulation of target mRNA expression, and show promise as clinical biomarkers. However, their small size presents challenges for tagging or direct detection. Innovation in techniques to sense and quantify microRNAs may aid research into novel aspects of microRNA biology and contribute to the development of diagnostics. By introducing an additional stem loop into the fluorescent RNA Spinach and altering its 3' and 5' ends, we have generated a new RNA, Pandan, that functions as the basis for a microRNA sensor. Pandan contains two sequence-variable stem loops that encode complementary sequence for a target microRNA of interest. In its sensor form, it requires the binding of a target microRNA in order to reconstitute the RNA scaffold for fluorophore binding and fluorescence. Binding of the target microRNA resulted in large changes in fluorescence intensity. The median fold change in fluorescence observed for the sensors tested was ∼50-fold. Pandan RNA sensors exhibit good signal-to-noise ratios, and can detect their target microRNAs within complex RNA mixtures.
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- Sherry S Aw
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, 138673, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, 138673, Singapore
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- Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Biomolecular Sciences Institutes, A*STAR, 61 Biopolis Drive, 138673, Singapore Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, SPMS, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, 138673, Singapore Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Copenhagen 2200 N, Denmark
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Guan H, Singh UP, Rao R, Mrelashvili D, Sen S, Hao H, Zumbrun EE, Singh NP, Nagarkatti PS, Nagarkatti M. Inverse correlation of expression of microRNA-140-5p with progression of multiple sclerosis and differentiation of encephalitogenic T helper type 1 cells. Immunology 2016; 147:488-98. [PMID: 26780721 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The role of microRNA in the regulation of encephalitogenic T-cell development is of interest in understanding the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Direct binding of microRNAs to their target mRNAs usually suppresses gene expression and facilitates mRNA degradation. In this study, we observed that the expression of several microRNAs was significantly altered in patients with MS. Interestingly, the expression of miR-140-5p, among other microRNAs, was significantly decreased in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with MS, and this microRNA may regulate encephalitogenic T helper type 1 (Th1) cell differentiation. The expression level of miR-140-5p was inversely correlated with disease severity with greater reduction in relapsing disease compared with remitting disease. Transfection of synthetic miR-140-5p in peripheral blood mononuclear cells suppressed encephalitogenic Th1 differentiation. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) was the functional target of miR-140-5p - transfection of the synthetic miR-140-5p suppressed activation of STAT1 and the expression of its downstream target, T-bet. Our results suggested that miR-140-5p is probably involved in the regulation of encephalitogenic T cells in the pathogenesis of MS.
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- Hongbing Guan
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA.,Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Deep Sequencing and Microarray Core, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA.,WJB Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, SC, USA
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Foods provide fats, carbohydrates, and proteins as well as vitamins, minerals and trace elements. These dietary factors may influence cellular processes by regulating endogenous microRNA expression. MicroRNAs are non-coding regulatory molecules which affect gene expression at the post transcriptional level. It has been shown that plant and animal derived foods also contain microRNA. Yet, it is unclear if and to what extent plant and animal food derived microRNAs are absorbed by mammals. Thus, future studies need to better address absorption, tissue distribution and function of dietary plant and animal derived microRNAs in the context of human health and disease.
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- Anika E Wagner
- Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Christian-Albrechts-University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 6, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Piscopo P, Albani D, Castellano AE, Forloni G, Confaloni A. Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and MicroRNAs. Front Aging Neurosci 2016; 8:17. [PMID: 26903860 PMCID: PMC4746266 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) includes a spectrum of disorders characterized by changes of personality and social behavior and, often, a gradual and progressive language dysfunction. In the last years, several efforts have been fulfilled in identifying both genetic mutations and pathological proteins associated with FTLD. The molecular bases undergoing the onset and progression of the disease remain still unknown. Recent literature prompts an involvement of RNA metabolism in FTLD, particularly microRNAs (miRNAs). Dysregulation of miRNAs in several disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases, and increasing importance of circulating miRNAs in different pathologies has suggested to implement the study of their possible application as biological markers and new therapeutic targets; moreover, miRNA-based therapy is becoming a powerful tool to deepen the function of a gene, the mechanism of a disease, and validate therapeutic targets. Regarding FTLD, different studies showed that miRNAs are playing an important role. For example, several reports have evaluated miRNA regulation of the progranulin gene suggesting that it is under their control, as described for miR-29b, miR-107, and miR-659. More recently, it has been demonstrated that TMEM106B gene, which protein is elevated in FTLD-TDP brains, is repressed by miR-132/212 cluster; this post-transcriptional mechanism increases intracellular levels of progranulin, affecting its pathways. These findings if confirmed could suggest that these microRNAs have a role as potential targets for some related-FTLD genes. In this review, we focus on the emerging roles of the miRNAs in the pathogenesis of FTLD.
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- Paola Piscopo
- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Milano, Italy
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Role of Epigenetics in Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation: Implications for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17020199. [PMID: 26848657 PMCID: PMC4783933 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17020199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The main objectives of this review are to survey the current literature on the role of epigenetics in determining the fate of stem cells and to assess how this information can be used to enhance the treatment strategies for some neurodegenerative disorders, like Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Some of these epigenetic mechanisms include DNA methylation and histone modifications, which have a direct impact on the way that genes are expressed in stem cells and how they drive these cells into a mature lineage. Understanding how the stem cells are behaving and giving rise to mature cells can be used to inform researchers on effective ways to design stem cell-based treatments. In this review article, the way in which the basic understanding of how manipulating this process can be utilized to treat certain neurological diseases will be presented. Different genetic factors and their epigenetic changes during reprogramming of stem cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have significant potential for enhancing the efficacy of cell replacement therapies.
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Mushtaq G, Greig NH, Anwar F, Zamzami MA, Choudhry H, Shaik MM, Tamargo IA, Kamal MA. miRNAs as Circulating Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease. Med Chem 2016; 12:217-25. [PMID: 26527155 PMCID: PMC6138249 DOI: 10.2174/1573406411666151030112140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Detection of biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) within brain tissues of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) patients has always been hampered by our inability to access and biopsy tissue of key brain regions implicated in disease occurrence and progression. Currently, diagnosis of NDDs is principally based on clinical observations of symptoms that present at later stages of disease progression, followed by neuroimaging and, possibly, CSF evaluation. One way to potentially detect and diagnose NDDs at a far earlier stage is to screen for abnormal levels of specific disease markers within the peripheral circulation of patients with NDDs. Increasing evidence suggests that there is dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) in NDDs. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells, as well as biofluids, such as plasma, serum, urine and cerebrospinal fluid, contain miRNAs that can be identified and quantified. Circulating miRNAs within blood and other biofluids may thus be characterized and used as non-invasive, diagnostic biomarkers that facilitate the early detection of disease and potentially the continual monitoring of disease progression for NDDs such as AD and PD. Plainly, such a screen is only possible with a clear understanding of which miRNAs change with disease, and when these changes occur during the progression of AD and PD. Such information is becoming increasingly available and, in the near future, may not only support disease diagnosis, but provide the opportunity to evaluate therapeutic interventions earlier in the disease process.
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- Drug Design and Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Synaptic microRNAs Coordinately Regulate Synaptic mRNAs: Perturbation by Chronic Alcohol Consumption. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016; 41:538-48. [PMID: 26105134 PMCID: PMC5130129 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Local translation of mRNAs in the synapse has a major role in synaptic structure and function. Chronic alcohol use causes persistent changes in synaptic mRNA expression, possibly mediated by microRNAs localized in the synapse. We profiled the transcriptome of synaptoneurosomes (SN) obtained from the amygdala of mice that consumed 20% ethanol (alcohol) in a 30-day continuous two-bottle choice test to identify the microRNAs that target alcohol-induced mRNAs. SN are membrane vesicles containing pre- and post-synaptic compartments of neurons and astroglia and are a unique model for studying the synaptic transcriptome. We previously showed that chronic alcohol regulates mRNA expression in a coordinated manner. Here, we examine microRNAs and mRNAs from the same samples to define alcohol-responsive synaptic microRNAs and their predicted interactions with targeted mRNAs. The aim of the study was to identify the microRNA-mRNA synaptic interactions that are altered by alcohol. This was accomplished by comparing the effect of alcohol in SN and total homogenate preparations from the same samples. We used a combination of unbiased bioinformatic methods (differential expression, correlation, co-expression, microRNA-mRNA target prediction, co-targeting, and cell type-specific analyses) to identify key alcohol-sensitive microRNAs. Prediction analysis showed that a subset of alcohol-responsive microRNAs was predicted to target many alcohol-responsive mRNAs, providing a bidirectional analysis for identifying microRNA-mRNA interactions. We found microRNAs and mRNAs with overlapping patterns of expression that correlated with alcohol consumption. Cell type-specific analysis revealed that a significant number of alcohol-responsive mRNAs and microRNAs were unique to glutamate neurons and were predicted to target each other. Chronic alcohol consumption appears to perturb the coordinated microRNA regulation of mRNAs in SN, a mechanism that may explain the aberrations in synaptic plasticity affecting the alcoholic brain.
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Chen Z. Progress and prospects of long noncoding RNAs in lipid homeostasis. Mol Metab 2015; 5:164-170. [PMID: 26977388 PMCID: PMC4770261 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a novel group of universally present, non-coding RNAs (>200 nt) that are increasingly recognized as key regulators of many physiological and pathological processes. SCOPE OF REVIEW Recent publications have shown that lncRNAs influence lipid homeostasis by controlling lipid metabolism in the liver and by regulating adipogenesis. lncRNAs control lipid metabolism-related gene expression by either base-pairing with RNA and DNA or by binding to proteins. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The recent advances and future prospects in understanding the roles of lncRNAs in lipid homeostasis are discussed.
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- Zheng Chen
- School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China.
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Figueroa-Romero C, Hur J, Lunn JS, Paez-Colasante X, Bender DE, Yung R, Sakowski SA, Feldman EL. Expression of microRNAs in human post-mortem amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cords provides insight into disease mechanisms. Mol Cell Neurosci 2015; 71:34-45. [PMID: 26704906 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a late-onset and terminal neurodegenerative disease. The majority of cases are sporadic with unknown causes and only a small number of cases are genetically linked. Recent evidence suggests that post-transcriptional regulation and epigenetic mechanisms, such as microRNAs, underlie the onset and progression of neurodegenerative disorders; therefore, altered microRNA expression may result in the dysregulation of key genes and biological pathways that contribute to the development of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Using systems biology analyses on postmortem human spinal cord tissue, we identified dysregulated mature microRNAs and their potential targets previously implicated in functional process and pathways associated with the pathogenesis of ALS. Furthermore, we report a global reduction of mature microRNAs, alterations in microRNA processing, and support for a role of the nucleotide binding protein, TAR DNA binding protein 43, in regulating sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-associated microRNAs, thereby offering a potential underlying mechanism for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Care Center, VA Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.,A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Codocedo JF, Inestrosa NC. Environmental control of microRNAs in the nervous system: Implications in plasticity and behavior. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2015; 60:121-38. [PMID: 26593111 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Revised: 10/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) a little over 20 years ago was revolutionary given that miRNAs are essential to numerous physiological and physiopathological processes. Currently, several aspects of the biogenic process of miRNAs and of the translational repression mechanism exerted on their targets mRNAs are known in detail. In fact, the development of bioinformatics tools for predicting miRNA targets has established that miRNAs have the potential to regulate almost all known biological processes. Therefore, the identification of the signals and molecular mechanisms that regulate miRNA function is relevant to understanding the role of miRNAs in both pathological and adaptive processes. Recently, a series of studies has focused on miRNA expression in the brain, establishing that their levels are altered in response to various environmental factors (EFs), such as light, sound, odorants, nutrients, drugs and stress. In this review, we discuss how exposure to various EFs modulates the expression and function of several miRNAs in the nervous system and how this control determines adaptation to their environment, behavior and disease state.
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- Juan F Codocedo
- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Centro UC Síndrome de Down, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
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The Potential Regulatory Mechanisms of miR-196a in Huntington's Disease through Bioinformatic Analyses. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137637. [PMID: 26376480 PMCID: PMC4574104 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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High throughput screening is a powerful tool to identify the potential candidate molecules involved during disease progression. However, analysis of complicated data is one of the most challenging steps on the way to obtaining useful results from this approach. Previously, we showed that a specific miRNA, miR-196a, could ameliorate the pathological phenotypes of Huntington’s disease (HD) in different models, and performed high throughput screening by using the striatum of transgenic mice. In this study, we further tried to identify the potential regulatory mechanisms using different bioinformatic tools, including Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID), Molecular Signatures Database (MSigDB), TargetScan and MetaCore. The results showed that miR-196a dominantly altered “ABC transporters”, “RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway”, immune system”, “adaptive immune system”,“tissue remodeling and wound repair” and “cytoskeleton remodeling”. In addition, miR-196a also changed the expression of several well-defined pathways of HD, such as apoptosis and cell adhesion. Since these analyses showed the regulatory pathways are highly related to the modification of the cytoskeleton, we further confirmed that miR-196a could enhance the neurite outgrowth in neuroblastoma cells, suggesting miR-196a might provide beneficial functions through the alteration of cytoskeleton structures. Since impairment of the cytoskeleton has been reported in several neuronal diseases, this study will provide not only the potential working mechanisms of miR-196a but also insights for therapeutic strategies for use with different neuronal diseases.
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Gupta S, Verma S, Mantri S, Berman NE, Sandhir R. Targeting MicroRNAs in Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders. Drug Dev Res 2015; 76:397-418. [PMID: 26359796 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.21277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Preclinical Research microRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that are key regulators of gene expression. They act on wide range of targets by binding to mRNA via imperfect complementarity at 3' UTR. Evidence suggests that miRNAs regulate many biological processes including neuronal development, differentiation, and disease. Altered expression of several miRNAs has been reported in many neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs). Many miRNAs are altered in these diseases, but miRNA 15, miRNA 21, and miRNA 146a have been shown to play critical role in many neurodegenerative conditions. As these miRNAs regulate many genes, miRNA targeted approaches would allow concurrently targeting of multiple effectors of pathways that regulate disease progression. In this review, we describe the role of miRNAs in various NDDs and their potential as therapeutic tools in prevention and treatment of neurological conditions.
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- Smriti Gupta
- Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, 160071, India
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Kansas University Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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Wang HY, Lin ZL, Yu XF, Bao Y, Cui XS, Kim NH. Computational Prediction of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease MicroRNAs in Domestic Animals. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2015; 29:782-92. [PMID: 26954182 PMCID: PMC4852244 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.15.0413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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As the most common neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are two of the main health concerns for the elderly population. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been used as biomarkers of infectious, genetic, and metabolic diseases in humans but they have not been well studied in domestic animals. Here we describe a computational biology study in which human AD- and PD-associated miRNAs (ADM and PDM) were utilized to predict orthologous miRNAs in the following domestic animal species: dog, cow, pig, horse, and chicken. In this study, a total of 121 and 70 published human ADM and PDM were identified, respectively. Thirty-seven miRNAs were co-regulated in AD and PD. We identified a total of 105 unrepeated human ADM and PDM that had at least one 100% identical animal homolog, among which 81 and 54 showed 100% sequence identity with 241 and 161 domestic animal miRNAs, respectively. Over 20% of the total mature horse miRNAs (92) showed perfect matches to AD/PD-associated miRNAs. Pigs, dogs, and cows have similar numbers of AD/PD-associated miRNAs (63, 62, and 59). Chickens had the least number of perfect matches (34). Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses suggested that humans and dogs are relatively similar in the functional pathways of the five selected highly conserved miRNAs. Taken together, our study provides the first evidence for better understanding the miRNA-AD/PD associations in domestic animals, and provides guidance to generate domestic animal models of AD/PD to replace the current rodent models.
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- Hai Yang Wang
- Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 362-763, Korea
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 362-763, Korea
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 362-763, Korea
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 362-763, Korea.,College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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Xia C, Cai Y, Lin Y, Guan R, Xiao G, Yang J. MiR-133b-5p regulates the expression of the heat shock protein 70 during rat neuronal cell apoptosis induced by the gp120 V3 loop peptide. J Med Virol 2015; 88:437-47. [PMID: 26280272 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Neuronal cell dysfunction and apoptosis, the main causes of HIV-associated dementia, and its underlying mechanism are important unsolved health problems. Many research reports suggest that miRNAs regulate HIV-1-induced apoptosis. We used the HIV-1 gp120 V3 Loop peptide to induce primary rat cortical neurons apoptosis. Next, we used a microRNA microarray to identify the significant changes of miRNA in the rat cortical neurons treated with the gp120 V3 loop peptide. We used western blot and real-time PCR to measure the regulation of heat shock protein 70 by rno-miR-133b-5p. In response to the gp120 V3 loop peptide treatment, rat cortical neurons exhibited 11 up-regulated and 21 down-regulated miRNAs. We further examined miR-133b-5p, a microRNA that was up-regulated more than 118-fold. In addition, both HSP70 mRNA and protein expression were dose-dependent in rats cortical neurons treated with gp120 V3 loop peptide for 48 hr. MiR-133b-5p could regulate heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) at both transcription and translation levels. Rno-miR-133b-5p might be less significant for the gp120 V3 loop peptide induced neuron apoptosis. Thus, we discovered a potential new target for the regulation of HIV-1 gp120- induced apoptosis.
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- Chenglai Xia
- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, P.R. China
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- Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Foshan Maternity & Child Heath Care Hospital, Foshan, 528000, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, P.R. China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University at Guangzhou, 63 Duobao Road, Guangzhou, GD, 510150, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, P.R. China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University at Guangzhou, 63 Duobao Road, Guangzhou, GD, 510150, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University at Guangzhou, 63 Duobao Road, Guangzhou, GD, 510150, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, P.R. China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University at Guangzhou, 63 Duobao Road, Guangzhou, GD, 510150, China
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Yuan D, Cui X, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Li H, Hu S, Chu X, Li Y, Li Q, Liu Q, Zhu W. Enrichment Analysis Identifies Functional MicroRNA-Disease Associations in Humans. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136285. [PMID: 26296081 PMCID: PMC4546424 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 08/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Substantial evidence has shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) may be causally linked to the occurrence and progression of human diseases. Herein, we conducted an enrichment analysis to identify potential functional miRNA-disease associations (MDAs) in humans by integrating currently known biological data: miRNA-target interactions (MTIs), protein-protein interactions, and gene-disease associations. Two contributing factors to functional miRNA-disease associations were quantitatively considered: the direct effects of miRNA that target disease-related genes, and indirect effects triggered by protein-protein interactions. Ninety-nine miRNAs were scanned for possible functional association with 2223 MeSH-defined human diseases. Each miRNA was experimentally validated to target ≥ 10 mRNA genes. Putative MDAs were identified when at least one MTI was confidently validated for a disease. Overall, 19648 putative MDAs were found, of which 10.0% was experimentally validated. Further results suggest that filtering for miRNAs that target a greater number of disease-related genes (n ≥ 8) can significantly enrich for true MDAs from the set of putative associations (enrichment rate = 60.7%, adjusted hypergeometric p = 2.41×10-91). Considering the indirect effects of miRNAs further elevated the enrichment rate to 72.6%. By using this method, a novel MDA between miR-24 and ovarian cancer was found. Compared with scramble miRNA overexpression of miR-24 was validated to remarkably induce ovarian cancer cells apoptosis. Our study provides novel insight into factors contributing to functional MDAs by integrating large quantities of previously generated biological data, and establishes a feasible method to identify plausible associations with high confidence.
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- Dandan Yuan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- School of Measurement and Control Technology & Communications Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- * E-mail: (QL); (WZ)
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- * E-mail: (QL); (WZ)
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Subasic D, Brümmer A, Wu Y, Pinto SM, Imig J, Keller M, Jovanovic M, Lightfoot HL, Nasso S, Goetze S, Brunner E, Hall J, Aebersold R, Zavolan M, Hengartner MO. Cooperative target mRNA destabilization and translation inhibition by miR-58 microRNA family in C. elegans. Genome Res 2015; 25:1680-91. [PMID: 26232411 PMCID: PMC4617964 DOI: 10.1101/gr.183160.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In animals, microRNAs frequently form families with related sequences. The functional relevance of miRNA families and the relative contribution of family members to target repression have remained, however, largely unexplored. Here, we used the Caenorhabditis elegans miR-58 miRNA family, composed primarily of the four highly abundant members miR-58.1, miR-80, miR-81, and miR-82, as a model to investigate the redundancy of miRNA family members and their impact on target expression in an in vivo setting. We found that miR-58 family members repress largely overlapping sets of targets in a predominantly additive fashion. Progressive deletions of miR-58 family members lead to cumulative up-regulation of target protein and RNA levels. Phenotypic defects could only be observed in the family quadruple mutant, which also showed the strongest change in target protein levels. Interestingly, although the seed sequences of miR-80 and miR-58.1 differ in a single nucleotide, predicted canonical miR-80 targets were efficiently up-regulated in the mir-58.1 single mutant, indicating functional redundancy of distinct members of this miRNA family. At the aggregate level, target binding leads mainly to mRNA degradation, although we also observed some degree of translational inhibition, particularly in the single miR-58 family mutants. These results provide a framework for understanding how miRNA family members interact to regulate target mRNAs.
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- Deni Subasic
- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Molecular Life Sciences PhD Program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA), University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Molecular Life Sciences PhD Program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Chu YY, Ko CY, Wang WJ, Wang SM, Gean PW, Kuo YM, Wang JM. Astrocytic CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein δ Regulates Neuronal Viability and Spatial Learning Ability via miR-135a. Mol Neurobiol 2015. [PMID: 26208701 PMCID: PMC4937099 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9359-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been associated with astrocytes-induced neuroinflammation. However, the detailed mechanism of astrocytes associated with learning impairments and neuronal loss in AD is poorly defined. Here, we provide novel evidences that astrocytic miR-135a is critical for neuronal viability and spatial learning ability in vivo. The AppTg/Cebpd−/− mice showed a spatial learning improvement compared with the APPswe/PS1/E9 bigenic (AppTg) mice. miR-135a was found to be a CCAAT/enhancer binding protein δ (CEBPD) responsive miRNA and can repress the transcription of thrombospondin 1 (THBS1) / Thbs1 (mouse) via its 3′-untranslated region (3′UTR). We used different experimental approaches to attenuate the expression of CEBPD/Cebpd (mouse) or miR-135a in astrocytes and found the following results: increase in THBS1/Thbs1 expression, decrease in neuronal apoptosis, and increase in growth of neurites. Importantly, injection of miR-135a antagonist (AM135a) into the brain of AppTg mice was found to prevent neuronal apoptosis and improved the spatial learning ability. Together, our findings demonstrate a critical function for the astrocytic CEBPD, and point to miR-135a antagonist as an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Yu-Yi Chu
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan.,Center for Neurotrauma and Neuroregeneration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.,Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.,Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan. .,Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan. .,Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan. .,Infectious Disease and Signaling Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan. .,Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan.
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Romano GL, Platania CBM, Forte S, Salomone S, Drago F, Bucolo C. MicroRNA target prediction in glaucoma. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2015; 220:217-40. [PMID: 26497793 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2015.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy and is one of the leading causes of blindness in the industrialized countries. The aim of this study is to investigate microRNA (miRNA) regulation in glaucoma and other neurodegenerative diseases, that share similar pathways, by means of in silico approaches such as bibliographic search and access to bioinformatic resources. First of all, data mining was carried out on Human miRNA Disease Database (HMDD) and miR2Disease databases. Then, predictions of deregulated miRNAs were carried out accessing to microrna.org database. Finally, the potential combinatorial effect of miRNAs, on regulation of biochemical pathways, was studied by an enrichment analysis performed by DIANA-miRPath v.2.0. We found, from literature search, 8 deregulated miRNAs in glaucoma and 9 and 23 in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), respectively. One miRNA is commonly deregulated in glaucoma and AMD (miR-23a). Two miRNAs (miR-29a, miR-29b) are common to glaucoma and AD, and four miRNAs were identified to be commonly deregulated in AMD and AD (miR-9, miR-21, miR-34a, miR-146a). The match of the miRNA common to glaucoma and the other two neurodegenerative diseases (AMD and AD) did not generate any output. Enrichment of information has been reached through miRNAs prediction: 88 predicted miRNAs are common to glaucoma and AMD, 19 are common to glaucoma and AD, and 9 are common to AMD and AD. Indeed, predicted miRNAs common to the three neurodegenerative diseases are nine (miR-107, miR-137, miR-146a, miR-181c, miR-197, miR-21, miR-22, miR-590, miR-9). DIANA-miRPath predicted that those nine miRNAs might regulate pathways involved in inflammation. The findings hereby obtained provide a valuable hint to assess deregulation of specific miRNA, as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets, in glaucoma and other neurodegenerative diseases by means of preclinical and clinical studies.
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- Giovanni Luca Romano
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the main form of dementia, and is a major public health problem. Despite intensive research efforts, current treatments have only marginal symptomatic benefits and there are no effective disease-modifying or preventive interventions. AD has a strong genetic component, so much research in AD has focused on identifying genetic causes and risk factors. This chapter will cover genetic discoveries in AD and their consequences in terms of improved knowledge regarding the disease and the identification of biomarkers and drug targets. First, we will discuss the study of the rare early-onset, autosomal dominant forms of AD that led to the discovery of mutations in three major genes, APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2. These discoveries have shaped our current understanding of the pathophysiology and natural history of AD as well as the development of therapeutic targets and the design of clinical trials. Then, we will explore linkage analysis and candidate gene approaches, which identified variants in Apolipoprotein E (APOE) as the major genetic risk factor for late-onset, "sporadic" forms of AD (LOAD), but failed to robustly identify other genetic risk factors, with the exception of variants in SORL1. The main focus of this chapter will be on recent genome-wide association studies that have successfully identified common genetic variations at over 20 loci associated with LOAD outside of the APOE locus. These loci are in or near-novel AD genes including BIN1, CR1, CLU, phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein (PICALM), CD33, EPHA1, MS4A4/MS4A6, ABCA7, CD2AP, SORL1, HLA-DRB5/DRB1, PTK2B, SLC24A4-RIN3, INPP5D, MEF2C, NME8, ZCWPW1, CELF1, FERMT2, CASS4, and TRIP4 and each has small effects on risk of AD (relative risks of 1.1-1.3). Finally, we will touch upon the ongoing effort to identify less frequent and rare variants through whole exome and whole genome sequencing. This effort has identified two novel genes, TREM2 and PLD3, and shown a role for APP in LOAD. The identification of these recently identified genes has implicated previously unsuspected biological pathways in the pathophysiology of AD.
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- Vincent Chouraki
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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Zhang D, Xie L, Jin Y. In situ Detection of MicroRNAs: The Art of MicroRNA Research in Human Diseases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; Suppl 3. [PMID: 28529819 DOI: 10.4172/2157-7099.s3-013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Duo Zhang
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 02115
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28th Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, PR China
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 02115
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MicroRNA Profiling of CSF Reveals Potential Biomarkers to Detect Alzheimer`s Disease. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126423. [PMID: 25992776 PMCID: PMC4439119 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The miRBase-21 database currently lists 1881 microRNA (miRNA) precursors and 2585 unique mature human miRNAs. Since their discovery, miRNAs have proved to present a new level of epigenetic post-transcriptional control of protein synthesis. Initial results point to a possible involvement of miRNA in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We applied OpenArray technology to profile the expression of 1178 unique miRNAs in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of AD patients (n = 22) and controls (n = 28). Using a Cq of 34 as cut-off, we identified positive signals for 441 miRNAs, while 729 miRNAs could not be detected, indicating that at least 37% of miRNAs are present in the brain. We found 74 miRNAs being down- and 74 miRNAs being up-regulated in AD using a 1.5 fold change threshold. By applying the new explorative “Measure of relevance” method, 6 reliable and 9 informative biomarkers were identified. Confirmatory MANCOVA revealed reliable miR-100, miR-146a and miR-1274a as differentially expressed in AD reaching Bonferroni corrected significance. MANCOVA also confirmed differential expression of informative miR-103, miR-375, miR-505#, miR-708, miR-4467, miR-219, miR-296, miR-766 and miR-3622b-3p. Discrimination analysis using a combination of miR-100, miR-103 and miR-375 was able to detect AD in CSF by positively classifying controls and AD cases with 96.4% and 95.5% accuracy, respectively. Referring to the Ingenuity database we could identify a set of AD associated genes that are targeted by these miRNAs. Highly predicted targets included genes involved in the regulation of tau and amyloid pathways in AD like MAPT, BACE1 and mTOR.
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Yang G, Song Y, Zhou X, Deng Y, Liu T, Weng G, Yu D, Pan S. MicroRNA-29c targets β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 and has a neuroprotective role in vitro and in vivo. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:3081-8. [PMID: 25955795 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by β-amyloid deposition and neurodegeneration, is the most common cause of dementia worldwide. Emerging evidence suggests that ectopic expression of micro (mi)RNAs is involved in the pathogenesis of AD. There is increasing evidence that miRNAs expressed in the brain are involved in neuronal development, survival and apoptosis. The expression of β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) is regulated by dysregulated miRNAs in the brain. The present study determined the expression levels of the miRNA-29 (miR-29) family in peripheral blood samples of patients with AD and demonstrated a marked decrease in the expression of miR-29c compared with age-matched controls. In addition, a significant increase in the expression of BACE1 was observed in the peripheral blood of patients with AD. Correlation analysis revealed that the expression of miR-29c was negatively correlated with the protein expression of BACE1 in the peripheral blood samples from patients with AD. The present study also investigated the role of miR-29 on hippocampal neurons in vitro and in vivo. The results demonstrated that the upregulation of miR-29c promoted learning and memory behaviors in SAMP8 mice, at least partially, by increasing the activity of protein kinase A/cAMP response element-binding protein, involved in neuroprotection. This evidence suggested that miR-29c may be a promising potential therapeutic target against AD.
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- Guoshuai Yang
- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Haikou People's Hospital, Haikou, Hainan 570208, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Haikou People's Hospital, Haikou, Hainan 570208, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China
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Chin-Chan M, Navarro-Yepes J, Quintanilla-Vega B. Environmental pollutants as risk factors for neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:124. [PMID: 25914621 PMCID: PMC4392704 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson (PD) have attracted attention in last decades due to their high incidence worldwide. The etiology of these diseases is still unclear; however the role of the environment as a putative risk factor has gained importance. More worryingly is the evidence that pre- and post-natal exposures to environmental factors predispose to the onset of neurodegenerative diseases in later life. Neurotoxic metals such as lead, mercury, aluminum, cadmium and arsenic, as well as some pesticides and metal-based nanoparticles have been involved in AD due to their ability to increase beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptide and the phosphorylation of Tau protein (P-Tau), causing senile/amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) characteristic of AD. The exposure to lead, manganese, solvents and some pesticides has been related to hallmarks of PD such as mitochondrial dysfunction, alterations in metal homeostasis and aggregation of proteins such as α-synuclein (α-syn), which is a key constituent of Lewy bodies (LB), a crucial factor in PD pathogenesis. Common mechanisms of environmental pollutants to increase Aβ, P-Tau, α-syn and neuronal death have been reported, including the oxidative stress mainly involved in the increase of Aβ and α-syn, and the reduced activity/protein levels of Aβ degrading enzyme (IDE)s such as neprilysin or insulin IDE. In addition, epigenetic mechanisms by maternal nutrient supplementation and exposure to heavy metals and pesticides have been proposed to lead phenotypic diversity and susceptibility to neurodegenerative diseases. This review discusses data from epidemiological and experimental studies about the role of environmental factors in the development of idiopathic AD and PD, and their mechanisms of action.
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Long noncoding RNA SPRY4-IT1 predicts poor patient prognosis and promotes tumorigenesis in gastric cancer. Tumour Biol 2015; 53:2016-2028. [PMID: 25835973 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9142-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is the second common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as novel regulators in the cancer paradigm. However, investigation of lncRNAs on GC is still in its infancy. In this study, we focused on lncRNA SPRY4 intronic transcript 1 (SPRY4-IT1) and investigated its expression pattern, clinical significance, biological function, and molecular mechanism in GC. SPRY4-IT1 expression was examined, and its correlation with clinicopathological characteristics and patient prognosis was analyzed. A series of assays were performed to understand the role of SPRY4-IT1 in GC. SPRY4-IT1 expression was elevated in GC tissues and cell lines, and SPRY4-IT1 levels were highly positively correlated with tumor size, invasion depth, distant metastasis, TNM stage, and reduced overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). A multivariate analysis showed that SPRY4-IT1 expression is an independent prognostic factor of OS and DFS in patients with GC. Additionally, the results of in vitro assays showed that the suppression of SPRY4-IT1 expression in GC cell line MKN-45 significantly reduced cell proliferation, colony formation, and cell migration/invasion. Moreover, the tumorigenic effects of SPRY4-IT1 were partially mediated by the regulation of certain cyclins and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)-related genes. Our data suggest that SPRY4-IT1 plays a critical role in GC tumorigenesis and may represent a novel prognostic marker and potential therapeutic target in patients with GC.
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