Journal
CNS NEUROSCIENCE & THERAPEUTICS
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 507-517Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12525
Keywords
Angiogenesis; Brain microvascular endothelial cells; miR-150; Stroke; Vascular endothelial growth factor
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81571119, 81371311, 81400969, 81571139, 81301165, 81301002]
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Aims: Angiogenesis is a harmonized target for poststroke recovery. Therefore, exploring the mechanisms involved in angiogenesis after stroke is vitally significant. In this study, we are reporting a miR-150-based mechanism underlying cerebral poststroke angiogenesis. Methods: Rat models of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and cell models of oxygen-glucose deprivation were conducted. Capillary density, tube formation, cell proliferation, and cell migration were measured by FITC-dextran assay, matrigel assay, Ki-67 staining, and wound healing assay, respectively. The expression of miR-150 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was, respectively, measured by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Dual-luciferase assay was conducted to confirm the binding sites between miR-150 and VEGF. Results: We found that miR-150 expression in the brain and serum of rats subjected to cerebral ischemia, and in oxygen-glucose-deprived brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVECs) and astrocytes. Upregulation of miR-150 expression could decrease vascular density of infarct border zone in rat after MCAO and decrease tube formation, proliferation, and migration of BMVECs. We also found that miR-150 could negatively regulate the expression of VEGF, and VEGF was confirmed to be a direct target of miR-150. Moreover, VEGF mediated the function of miR-150 on tube formation, proliferation, and migration of BMVECs. Conclusions: Our data suggested that miR-150 could regulate cerebral poststroke angiogenesis in rats through VEGF.
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