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Sex-Specific Differences in Autophagic Responses to Experimental Ischemic Stroke

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CELLS
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10071825

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autophagy; middle cerebral artery occlusion; 3-methyladenine; sex differences; ischemic stroke; neuroprotection

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  1. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [R01NS055215/R0NS108779, R01NS078446, TL1TR000369]

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The study revealed differences in autophagy between sexes after ischemic stroke, with inhibition of autophagy reducing infarct volume in males and ovariectomized females but increasing infarct size in females and ovariectomized females supplemented with estrogen. Male neurons showed increased autophagy markers under stress conditions compared to female neurons, and E2 supplementation inhibited autophagy in male neurons while benefiting cell survival in female neurons. Autophagy regulators have different effects in a sex-dependent manner in neurons post-ischemic stroke.
Ischemic stroke triggers a series of complex pathophysiological processes including autophagy. Differential activation of autophagy occurs in neurons derived from males versus females after stressors such as nutrient deprivation. Whether autophagy displays sexual dimorphism after ischemic stroke is unknown. We used a cerebral ischemia mouse model (middle cerebral artery occlusion, MCAO) to evaluate the effects of inhibiting autophagy in ischemic brain pathology. We observed that inhibiting autophagy reduced infarct volume in males and ovariectomized females. However, autophagy inhibition enhanced infarct size in females and in ovariectomized females supplemented with estrogen compared to control mice. We also observed that males had increased levels of Beclin1 and LC3 and decreased levels of pULK1 and p62 at 24 h, while females had decreased levels of Beclin1 and increased levels of ATG7. Furthermore, the levels of autophagy markers were increased under basal conditions and after oxygen and glucose deprivation in male neurons compared with female neurons in vitro. E2 supplementation significantly inhibited autophagy only in male neurons, and was beneficial for cell survival only in female neurons. This study shows that autophagy in the ischemic brain differs between the sexes, and that autophagy regulators have different effects in a sex-dependent manner in neurons.

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