1. Overexpression of miR-381 relieves neuropathic pain development via targeting HMGB1 and CXCR4.
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Zhan, Li-Ying, Lei, Shao-Qing, Li, Wen-Lan, Wang, Hua-Xin, Zhao, Bo, Cui, Shan-Shan, Ding, Huang, Huang, Qiang-Min, and Zhang, Bin-Hong
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GENETIC overexpression , *MICRORNA , *NEUROPATHY , *CXCR4 receptors , *HYPERALGESIA - Abstract
Highlights • miR-381 was decreased in CCI rats, and overexpression of miR-381 depressed neuroinflammation. • HMGB1 and CXCR4 were predicted as downstream targets of miR-381 and miR-381 modulated HMGB1 and CXCR4 expression negatively. • miR-381 might act as a potential therapeutic target for neuropathic pain development. Abstract MicroRNA are significant regulators of neuropathic pain development. Neuroinflammation contributes a lot to the progression of neuropathic pain. miR-381 is involved in various pathological processes. However, the role of miR-381 in neuropathic pain development remains barely understood. Therefore, in our study, we aimed to investigate the effects of miR-381 on the process of neuropathic pain progression by establishing a rat model using chronic sciatic nerve injury (CCI). Here, we observed that miR-381 was dramatically decreased in CCI rats. Up-regulation of miR-381 strongly reduced neuropathic pain behaviors including mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia. In addition, inflammatory cytokine expression, including IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α were significantly repressed by overexpression of miR-381. High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) and Chemokine CXC receptor 4 (CXCR4) participate in neuropathic pain development. In our present study, HMGB1 and CXCR4 were predicted as direct targets of miR-381 by employing bioinformatics analysis. Overexpression of miR-381 was able to restrain the expression of HMGB1 and CXCR4 greatly. The direct correlation between HMGB1 and CXCR4 and miR-381 was confirmed in our research. Furthermore, we found that HMGB1 and CXCR4 were increased in CCI rats time-dependently. Moreover, it was demonstrated that silence of HMGB1 and CXCR4 in CCI rats depressed neuropathic pain progression greatly. In conclusion, it was indicated that miR-381could inhibit neuropathic pain development through targeting HMGB1 and CXCR4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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