Journal
BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 188, Issue -, Pages 187-196Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.08.007
Keywords
Diabetic encephalopathy; Advanced glycation end products (AGEs); miR-15b; BACE1; Long non -coding RNA H19
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82100863]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [H2018206358, H2020206224, H2020206105]
- Special Funding for Local Science and Technology Development Guided by the Central Government [206Z7701G]
- Science and Technology Project of the People?s Livelihood in Hebei Province [20377707D, LS201904, LS201908, LS202107]
- The Science and Technology Project of the People's Livelihood in Hebei Province [LS201908]
- Projects of Outstanding Talents [20377707D, LS201904, LS202107]
- Hebei Medical Applicable Technology Tracking Project [LS201908]
- Key Program of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hebei Province [LS202107]
- Health Commission of Hebei Province Program [GZ20200061]
- [Z2022015]
- [20180209]
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In this study, the role of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the pathogenesis of diabetic encephalopathy (DE) and its underlying mechanisms were investigated. The study found that AGEs induced A81-42 deposition and cognitive decline through the H19/miR15b/BACE1 axis in DE. MiR-15b was downregulated, while H19 and BACE1 were upregulated in the hippocampus of DE rats and AGEs-treated HT-22 cells. The expression of BACE1 protein was negatively regulated by miR-15b at the post-transcriptional level in HT-22 cells. The administration of miR-15b mimics improved cognitive decline in DE rats. The luciferase activity assay confirmed the binding site of miR15b to both the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of BACE1 mRNA and H19. In addition, the miR-15b inhibitor reversed H19 knockdown-mediated decrease of A81-42 level in AGEs-treated HT-22 cells.
Objective: Diabetic encephalopathy (DE), a chronic complication of diabetes, is characterized by decline of cognitive function. The molecular mechanism of DE remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the roles of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the pathogenesis of DE and investigate its underlying mechanisms in this process.Methods: DE rats were developed by incorporating a high-fat diet and streptozotocin injection followed by the Morris Water Maze test. HT-22 cells were used to mimic the in vitro neuronal injuries of DE. Expression levels of long non-coding RNA H19, miR-15b and 8-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) mRNA in the hippocampus of DE rats or HT-22 cells were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The levels of BACE1 proteins were analyzed by western blotting or immunohistochemical staining. The contents of A81-42 in supernatant of the cell culture were analyzed by enzyme-linked immu-nosorbent assay (ELISA). The relationship between H19 or BACE1 and miR-15b was verified with dual-luciferase reporter assay.Results: We found that the accumulation of A81-42 and the phosphorylation of Tau (Ser404) were increased in the hippocampus CA3 regionof DE rats. MiR-15b was downregulated while H19 and BACE1 were upregulated in the hippocampus CA3 regionof DE rats and AGEs-treated HT-22 cells. The expression of BACE1 protein was negatively regulated by miR-15b at the post-transcriptional level in HT-22 cells. In vivo, administration of miR-15b mimics by the intranasal delivery markedly decreased the BACE1 protein in hippocampal CA3 region and improved the cognitive decline in DE rats. Besides, the luciferase activity assay confirmed the binding site of miR15b to both the 3 '-untranslated region (3 '-UTR) of BACE1 mRNA and H19. Then, miR-15b inhibitor reversed H19 knockdown-mediated decrease of A81-42 level in AGEs-treated HT-22 cells.Conclusion: These results suggested that AGEs induced A81-42 deposition andcognitive decline through H19/miR15b/ BACE1 axis in DE.
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