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Increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes following traumatic brain injury inhibits neuronal inflammation and contributes to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons.

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Huang, S; Ge, X; Yu, J; Han, Z; Yin, Z; Li, Y; Chen, F; Wang, H; Zhang, J; Lei, P
Published in: FASEB J
January 2018

Neuronal inflammation is the characteristic pathologic change of acute neurologic impairment and chronic traumatic encephalopathy after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Inhibiting the excessive inflammatory response is essential for improving the neurologic outcome. To clarify the regulatory mechanism of microglial exosomes on neuronal inflammation in TBI, we focused on studying the impact of microglial exosomal miRNAs on injured neurons in this research. We used a repetitive (r)TBI mouse model and harvested the injured brain extracts from the acute to the chronic phase of TBI to treat cultured BV2 microglia in vitro The microglial exosomes were collected for miRNA microarray analysis, which showed that the expression level of miR-124-3p increased most apparently in the miRNAs. We found that miR-124-3p promoted the anti-inflamed M2 polarization in microglia, and microglial exosomal miR-124-3p inhibited neuronal inflammation in scratch-injured neurons. Further, the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling was implicated as being involved in the regulation of miR-124-3p by Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analyses. Using the mTOR activator MHY1485 we confirmed that the inhibitory effect of exosomal miR-124-3p on neuronal inflammation was exerted by suppressing the activity of mTOR signaling. PDE4B was predicted to be the target gene of miR-124-3p by pathway analysis. We proved that it was directly targeted by miR-124-3p with a luciferase reporter assay. Using a PDE4B overexpressed lentivirus transfection system, we suggested that miR-124-3p suppressed the activity of mTOR signaling mainly through inhibiting the expression of PDE4B. In addition, exosomal miR-124-3p promoted neurite outgrowth after scratch injury, characterized by an increase on the number of neurite branches and total neurite length, and a decreased expression on RhoA and neurodegenerative proteins [Aβ-peptide and p-Tau]. It also improved the neurologic outcome and inhibited neuroinflammation in mice with rTBI. Taken together, increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes after TBI can inhibit neuronal inflammation and contribute to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons. miR-124-3p exerted these effects by targeting PDE4B, thus inhibiting the activity of mTOR signaling. Therefore, miR-124-3p could be a promising therapeutic target for interventions of neuronal inflammation after TBI. miRNAs manipulated microglial exosomes may provide a novel therapy for TBI and other neurologic diseases.-Huang, S., Ge, X., Yu, J., Han, Z., Yin, Z., Li, Y., Chen, F., Wang, H., Zhang, J., Lei, P. Increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes following traumatic brain injury inhibits neuronal inflammation and contributes to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons.

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FASEB J

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1530-6860

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

32

Issue

1

Start / End Page

512 / 528

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Signal Transduction
  • Neurons
  • Neuronal Outgrowth
  • Microglia
  • MicroRNAs
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Male
  • Inflammation
 

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Huang, S., Ge, X., Yu, J., Han, Z., Yin, Z., Li, Y., … Lei, P. (2018). Increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes following traumatic brain injury inhibits neuronal inflammation and contributes to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons. FASEB J, 32(1), 512–528. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201700673R
Huang, Shan, Xintong Ge, Jinwen Yu, Zhaoli Han, Zhenyu Yin, Ying Li, Fanglian Chen, Haichen Wang, Jianning Zhang, and Ping Lei. “Increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes following traumatic brain injury inhibits neuronal inflammation and contributes to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons.FASEB J 32, no. 1 (January 2018): 512–28. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201700673R.

Published In

FASEB J

DOI

EISSN

1530-6860

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

32

Issue

1

Start / End Page

512 / 528

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Signal Transduction
  • Neurons
  • Neuronal Outgrowth
  • Microglia
  • MicroRNAs
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Male
  • Inflammation