miR-29a Promotes the Neurite Outgrowth of Rat Neural Stem Cells by Targeting Extracellular Matrix to Repair Brain Injury
- 1 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Stem Cells and Development
- Vol. 29 (9), 599-614
- https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2019.0174
Abstract
Neural stem cells (NSCs) can generate new neurons to repair brain injury and central nervous system disease by promoting neural regeneration. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) involve in neural development, brain damage and neurological diseases repair. Recent reports show that several miRNAs express in NSCs and are important to neurogenesis. Neurites play a key role in NSCs related neurogenesis. However, the mechanism of NSCs neurites generation is rarely studied. We surprisingly noticed that the neurites increased after bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) treatment in rat NSCs. This process was accompanied by the dynamic change of miRNA-29. Then we discovered that miR-29a regulated neural neurites in rat hippocampus NSCs. Overexpression of miR-29a reduced the cell soma area and promoted the neurite outgrowth of NSCs. Cell soma area became small while the number of neurite increased. Moreover, neurite complexity increased dramatically,with more primary and secondary branches after miR-29a overexpression. In addition, miR-29a overexpression still maintained the stemness of NSCs. Besides, we identified that miR-29a can promote the neurite outgrowth by targeting extracellular matrix related genes like Fibrillin 1 (Fbn1), Follistatin-like 1 (Fstl1), and laminin subunit gamma 2 (Lamc2). These findings may provide a novel role of miR-29a to regulate neurites outgrowth and development of NSCs. We also offered a possible theoretical basis to the migration mechanism of NSCs in brain development and damage repair.Keywords
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