scholarly journals A review of the relationship between long noncoding RNA and post-stroke injury repair

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 4619-4624
Author(s):  
Yao Wang ◽  
Wei-Yi Pan ◽  
Jun-Sheng Ge ◽  
Xiao-Dong Wang ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
...  

Stroke is a cerebrovascular circulation disorder with sudden onset, which causes disorder of ion balance, inflammation, and acidosis, and that in turn induces ischemia-reperfusion injury, influencing the prognosis of stroke patients. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are regulatory sequences involved at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic levels, have high specific expression in the central nervous system, and effectively regulate the development of the central nervous system and progression of diseases. Stroke induces changes in the expression of many lncRNAs. Therefore, lncRNAs play an important role in the complex pathological process of stroke. Exploring lncRNA could facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the pathological mechanism of stroke and the post-injury molecular regulatory network. However, there are few reports on the role of lncRNA in the pathological development of stroke. In the present review, we discuss the association of lncRNA with post-stroke injury repair.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoran Chen ◽  
Xiang Zhou ◽  
Jialiang He ◽  
Zhenxing Xie ◽  
Shufang Xia ◽  
...  

Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a common pathological process, which may lead to dysfunctions and failures of multiple organs. A flawless medical way of endogenous therapeutic target can illuminate accurate clinical applications. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been known as a marker in I/R injury of the central nervous system (mainly in the brain) for a long time, and it may play a vital role in the occurrence of I/R injury. It has been observed that throughout cerebral I/R, levels, syntheses, releases, metabolisms, receptors, and transmissions of GABA undergo complex pathological variations. Scientists have investigated the GABAergic enhancers for attenuating cerebral I/R injury; however, discussions on existing problems and mechanisms of available drugs were seldom carried out so far. Therefore, this review would summarize the process of pathological variations in the GABA system under cerebral I/R injury and will cover corresponding probable issues and mechanisms in using GABA-related drugs to illuminate the concern about clinical illness for accurately preventing cerebral I/R injury. In addition, the study will summarize the increasing GABA signals that can prevent I/R injuries occurring in peripheral organs, and the roles of GABA were also discussed correspondingly.


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon P. Green ◽  
Belinda Cairns ◽  
Julie Rae ◽  
Carol Errett-Baroncini ◽  
Jo-Anne S. Hongo ◽  
...  

Gp91- phox is an integral component of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase complex that generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) in activated circulating phagocytes. The authors previously demonstrated that gp91- phox knockout (KO) mice show significant protection from neuronal injury after cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury, suggesting a pivotal role for this enzyme. Moreover, results from chimeric mice suggested that elimination of gp91- phox from both circulating phagocytes and a putative central nervous system (CNS) source were required to confer neuroprotection. In the current study, the authors demonstrated gp91- phox–specific immunostaining of perivascular cells in the CNS of control rats. However, after transient cerebral ischemia, gp91- phox–positive phagocytes were observed within the core ischemic region and activated microglial cells were positive in the penumbra. Such activated microglial cells were also gp91- phox–positive in the CNS of a chimpanzee with mild meningitis. Finally, in humans, both normal adult CNS tissues and isolated fetal microglial cells expressed gp91- phox mRNA. These microglia also expressed mRNA for the five other known components that comprise the NADPH oxidase complex. These data strongly suggest that microglial cells may contain a functionally active NADPH oxidase capable of generating ROS during CNS inflammation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Cui Jiao ◽  
Lingjuan Liu ◽  
Aiping Wang ◽  
Li Tang ◽  
...  

Nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs), a class of pattern recognition receptors, participate in the host’s first line of defense against invading pathogenic microorganisms. NLR family caspase recruitment domain containing 5 (NLRC5) is the largest member of the NLR family and has been shown to play an important role in inflammatory processes, angiogenesis, immunity, and apoptosis by regulating the nuclear factor-κB, type I interferon, and inflammasome signaling pathways, as well as the expression of major histocompatibility complex I genes. Recent studies have found that NLRC5 is also associated with neuronal development and central nervous system (CNS) diseases, such as CNS infection, cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury, glioma, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy. This review summarizes the research progress in the structure, expression, and biological characteristics of NLRC5 and its relationship with the CNS.


1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1253-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Moreno ◽  
E Mugnaini ◽  
M P Cerù

Catalase is a marker for peroxisomes, which are ubiquitous cytoplasmic organelles. Although the distribution and features of peroxisomes are well known in liver and kidney, these organelles have been rarely studied in neural tissues. Catalase is an important scavenging enzyme against reactive oxygen species, as it removes H2O2 produced during metabolic processes. Reactive oxygen species are involved in a number of brain lesions and in brain aging. We investigated the distribution of catalase in rat central nervous system by means of a newly developed immunocytochemical procedure for signal enhancement, using an affinity-purified polyclonal antiserum. The data show that catalase immunoreactivity is present in all neural cells, both neuronal and glial, albeit at different concentrations. Among glial cells, ependymal cells and tanycytes of the third ventricle and the median eminence show the most intense immunoreaction; positivity is also found in oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. In general, neurons in the brainstem are relatively more immunoreactive than those in the forebrain although, within these respective brain regions, there are areas with low and high staining intensity. Moreover, within the same area, certain types of neuron appear more immunoreactive than others. The cell bodies in the septal nuclei, pallidum, reticular thalamic nucleus, mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nerve, Deiter's nucleus, locus ceruleus, cranial and spinal motor nuclei, and the Golgi cells of the cerebellar cortex are among the most densely stained neurons. Catalase immunoreactivity of the cell bodies, which presumably is proportional to catalase content, appears to be only partially correlated with cell size or type of neurotransmitter used in the nerve endings; it is likely that other unknown parameters regulate the abundance of the enzyme. In many cases, highly immunoreactive cells correspond to neurons known to be resistant to ischemia-reperfusion injury, whereas weakly stained cells correspond to neurons that are more susceptible to ischemic damage. The amount of catalase may be critical for a protective effect against oxidative stress under pathological conditions, such as ischemia-reperfusion injury.


PLoS Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. e3001297
Author(s):  
Yan Jin ◽  
Bowen Zhang ◽  
Junxia Lu ◽  
Yingdong Song ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
...  

Recent studies have shown that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are critical regulators in the central nervous system (CNS). However, their roles in the cerebellum are currently unclear. In this work, we identified the isoform 204 of lncRNA Gm2694 (designated as lncRNA-Promoting Methylation (lncRNA-PM)) is highly expressed in the cerebellum and derived from the antisense strand of the upstream region of Cerebellin-1 (Cbln1), a well-known critical cerebellar synaptic organizer. LncRNA-PM exhibits similar spatiotemporal expression pattern as Cbln1 in the postnatal mouse cerebellum and activates the transcription of Cbln1 through Pax6/Mll1-mediated H3K4me3. In mouse cerebellum, lncRNA-PM, Pax6/Mll1, and H3K4me3 are all associated with the regulatory regions of Cbln1. Knockdown of lncRNA-PM in cerebellum causes deficiencies in Cbln1 expression, cerebellar synaptic integrity, and motor function. Together, our work reveals an lncRNA-mediated transcriptional activation of Cbln1 through Pax6-Mll1-H3K4me3 and provides novel insights of the essential roles of lncRNA in the cerebellum.


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