Endothelium-Targeted Deletion of microRNA-15a/16-1 Promotes Poststroke Angiogenesis and Improves Long-Term Neurological Recovery

Circulation Research - Tập 126 Số 8 - Trang 1040-1057 - 2020
Ping Sun1, Kai Zhang1, Sulaiman Hassan1, Xuejing Zhang1, Xueyuan Tang1, Hongjian Pu1, R. Anne Stetler1, Jun Chen1,2, Ke‐Jie Yin1,2
1From the Department of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (P.S., K.Z., S.H.H., X.Z., X.T., H.P., R.A.S., J.C., K.-J.Y.)
2Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA (J.C., K.-J.Y.).

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Rationale: Angiogenesis promotes neurological recovery after stroke and is associated with longer survival of stroke patients. Cerebral angiogenesis is tightly controlled by certain microRNAs (miRs), such as the miR-15a/16-1 cluster, among others. However, the function of the miR-15a/16-1 cluster in endothelium on postischemic cerebral angiogenesis is not known. Objective: To investigate the functional significance and molecular mechanism of endothelial miR-15a/16-1 cluster on angiogenesis in the ischemic brain. Methods and Results: Endothelial cell-selective miR-15a/16-1 conditional knockout (EC-miR-15a/16-1 cKO) mice and wild-type littermate controls were subjected to 1 hour middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by 28-day reperfusion. Deletion of miR-15a/16-1 cluster in endothelium attenuates post-stroke brain infarction and atrophy and improves the long-term sensorimotor and cognitive recovery against ischemic stroke. Endothelium-targeted deletion of the miR-15a/16-1 cluster also enhances post-stroke angiogenesis by promoting vascular remodeling and stimulating the generation of newly formed functional vessels, and increases the ipsilateral cerebral blood flow. Endothelial cell-selective deletion of the miR-15a/16-1 cluster up-regulated the protein expression of pro-angiogenic factors VEGFA (vascular endothelial growth factor), FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor 2), and their receptors VEGFR2 (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2) and FGFR1 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 1) after ischemic stroke. Consistently, lentiviral knockdown of the miR-15a/16-1 cluster in primary mouse or human brain microvascular endothelial cell cultures enhanced in vitro angiogenesis and up-regulated pro-angiogenic proteins expression after oxygen-glucose deprivation, whereas lentiviral overexpression of the miR-15a/16-1 cluster suppressed in vitro angiogenesis and down-regulated pro-angiogenic proteins expression. Mechanistically, miR-15a/16-1 translationally represses pro-angiogenic factors VEGFA, FGF2, and their receptors VEGFR2 and FGFR1, respectively, by directly binding to the complementary sequences within 3′-untranslated regions of those messenger RNAs. Conclusions: Endothelial miR-15a/16-1 cluster is a negative regulator for postischemic cerebral angiogenesis and long-term neurological recovery. Inhibition of miR-15a/16-1 function in cerebrovascular endothelium may be a legitimate therapeutic approach for stroke recovery.

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