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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 899-908Publisher
E-CENTURY PUBLISHING CORP
Keywords
beta-amyloid; Alzheimer's disease; BACE2; Let-7c; RNA activation
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Funding
- Project of medical and health technology development program in Shandong province [2015WS0295]
- Shenzhen strategic emerging industry development special funds [JCYJ20150430-160921948]
- NSFC [81-701058]
- Shandong Academy of Sciences [ZR2017PH027]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M612288]
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This study revealed that miRNA let-7c is up-regulated in Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), and it reduced the expression of A beta. Let-7c was found to up-regulate BACE2 expression and decrease A beta production, providing a potential therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are highly conserved, non-coding transcripts that regulate gene expression in various ways. Evidence suggests that miRNAs may be a contributory factor in neurodegeneration, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and triplet repeat disorders. In order to further understand the potential roles of miRNAs in the pathogenesis of AD, we analyzed Down syndrome (DS), a special model of AD, by using a TaqMan microRNA array and found that miRNA let-7c was up-regulated in both DS and AD. ELISA assay showed that let-7c reduced the expression level of A beta significantly. Real-time quantitative-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was conducted to reveal that the expression level of let-7c increased dramatically in DS cells, patients with DS and mice with AD compared with normal ones respectively. Additionally, western blotting illustrated that let-7c suppressed the expression of A beta by inducing BACE2 to cut C99 and increase the content of C83/80. BACE2 expression was inhibited by let-7c and luciferase reporter gene assay revealed that let-7c increased the activity of wild-type BACE2 promoter but not 3'UTR. Furthermore, promoter analysis of BACE2 confirmed that let-7c could bind to BACE2 in the sequence between-1368 and -1347. In addition, immunoblotting assay demonstrated that let-7c induced BACE2 expression by RNAa. To the best of our knowledge, our study revealed for the first time that let-7c up-regulated BACE2 expression and decreased A beta production.
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