RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effects of microRNA-21 on Nerve Cell Regeneration and Neural Function Recovery in Diabetes Mellitus Combined with Cerebral Infarction Rats by Targeting PDCD4
- 7 April 2017
- journal article
- retracted article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Molecular Neurobiology
- Vol. 55 (3), 2494-2505
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-017-0484-8
Abstract
We aimed to determine the effect and mechanism of microRNA-21 (miR-21) on nerve cell regeneration and nerve functional recovery in diabetes mellitus combined with cerebral infarction (DM + CI) rats by targeting PDCD4. A total of 125 male Wistar rats were selected for DM + CI rat model construction and assigned into the blank, miR-21 mimics, mimics control, miR-21 inhibitor, inhibitor control, miR-21 inhibitor + si-PDCD4 and si-PDCD4 groups. And, 20 healthy rats were selected for the normal group. Triphenylterazolium chloride (TTC) staining and HE staining were used for determination of the area of CI and pathological changes, respectively. Behaviors of rats in the eight groups were determined by forelimb placement test and balance beam walking test. Immunohistochemical staining, double immunofluorescence staining assay, Western blotting, and qRT-PCR were used to detect expressions of miR-21, PDCD4, HNA, Nestin, NeuN, β-III-Tub, PTEN, FasL, and GFAP. DNA laddering and TUNEL staining was used for cell apoptosis. TTC and HE staining confirmed that 87.5% rats were induced into CI + DM models successfully. Results of forelimb placement test and balance beam walking test showed that miR-21 mimics, and si-PCDC4 improved the nerve defect of model rats. Comparing with the blank group at the same time, rats in the miR-21 inhibitor group displayed significant decrease in the forelimb placement test score, significant increase in the balance beam walking test score, and exacerbation of nerve defect, while rats in the miR-21 mimics and si-PCDC4 groups displayed significant increase in forelimb placement test score and significant decrease in the balance beam walking test score and improvement of nerve defect situation. The HNA, Nestin, and PDCD4 expressions were decreased and the NeuN, β-III-Tub, and GFAP expressions were increased in the miR-21 mimics and si-PDCD4 groups comparing with the blank group. The results of miR-21 inhibitor group were on the contrary. In comparison to the blank group, the miR-21 mimics group and the si-PDCD4 had lower miR-21 expressions and higher expressions of PDCD4, PTEN, and FasL, while the miR-21 inhibitor group was in the opposite trend. The results of qRT-PCR were the same with Western blotting. The expressions of fluorescence in other groups were higher than the normal group; compared with the blank group, the miR-21 mimics group and the si-PDCD4 group had lower fluorescence expression and DNA ladder. However, the fluorescence expressions and DNA ladder of miR-21 inhibitor group increased markedly in contrast with the blank group. Comparing with the blank group, BrdU+/DEX+ fluorescence intensity significantly enhanced in the miR-21 mimics and si-PDCD4 groups and significantly reduced in the miR-21 inhibitor group. And, comparing with the blank group, in the miR-21 mimics group, the signal strength of luciferase carrying the wild-type PDCD4 was reduced by 25%. The present studies demonstrated that miR-21 could promote the nerve cell regeneration, suppress apoptosis of nerve cells in DM + CI rats and improves the nerve defect situation of DM + CI rats by inhibiting PDCD4.Keywords
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