miR-100-5p activation of the autophagy response through inhibiting the mTOR pathway and suppression of cerebral infarction progression in mice

Abstract

In recent years, the association between microRNAs (miRNAs) and autophagy in cerebral infarction (CI) has attracted increasingly more attention. The mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a key protein regulating the autophagy response. miR-100-5p can bind to the mTOR protein, but its role in CI remains unclear yet. This experiment aims to clarify the role of miR-100-5p in CI. Bioinformatics analysis was performed to screen differentiated expressed functional genes between CI tissue and normal tissue specimens. In vivo experiments: the mouse model of CI was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) methods, After being treated with miR-100-5p-overexpressing lentivirus, the amount of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive fluorescence and the fluorescent expression level of mTOR protein were significantly inhibited in the CI region. Western blotting analysis showed that miR-100-5p inhibited the protein expression level of phosphorylated mTOR and total mTOR and enhanced the expression of autophagy-related proteins Beclin, microtubule-associated protein light chain 3II (LC-3II), and autophagy-related gene 7 (ATG-7). For in vitro experiment, after the BV-2 cells were successfully infected with the control lentivirus and miR-100-5p-overexpression lentivirus, they were stimulated with 1% hypoxia and low-glucose medium in a tri-gas incubator for 24 h. It was found that miR-100-5p could significantly lower the protein expression level of phosphorylated mTOR and total mTOR, and increase the expression of the Beclin, LC-3II, ATG-7 autophagy related proteins. miR-100-5p promotes the autophagy response through binding to mTOR protein, thereby inhibiting apoptosis and delaying the progression of CI.

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