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EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 342, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113759
Keywords
CIRI; ZNRF2; mTOR; Autophagy; Primary neurons; OGD; R
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- Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M663451]
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In cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury, ZNRF2 acts protectively by inhibiting mTORC1-mediated autophagy.
Zinc and ring finger 2 (ZNRF2), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, plays a crucial role in many diseases. However, its role in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CIRI) still remains unknown. In this study, the function and molecular mechanism of ZNRF2 in CIRI in vivo and vitro was studied. ZNRF2 was found to be dramatically downregulated in CIRI. Overexpression of ZNRF2 could significantly reduce the neurological deficit, brain infarct volume and histopathological damage of cortex in middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion. Concomitantly, overexpression of ZNRF2 increased the primary neuronal viability and decreased the neuronal apoptosis induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/R). Mechanistically, overexpression of ZNRF2 inhibited the over-induction of autophagy induced by OGD/R which was abolished by mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin. It can be concluded that ZNRF2 plays a protective effect in CIRI and the underlying mechanism may be related to the inhibition of mTORC1-mediated autophagy.
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