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Time-course miRNA alterations and SIRT1 inhibition triggered by adolescent lead exposure in mice

Authors :
Yawei Wang
Yue Ba
Ruike Wang
Hui Huang
Lin Bai
Mengchen Liu
Rundong Liu
Qiong Li
Yingying Wu
Xuemin Cheng
Guoyu Zhou
Huizhen Zhang
Source :
Toxicol Res (Camb)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, 2021.

Abstract

Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), the NAD-dependent histone deacetylase, has been extensively investigated due to its cognitive protective effect. Studies suggest microRNAs (miRNAs) and histone modifications are key epigenetic regulators of gene expression and play important role in brain development. We previously showed that cognitive impairment by lead (Pb) was associated with downregulation of SIRT1, but the epigenetic role of this is unclear. Thus, we exposed 4-week-old male mice to 0.2% lead acetate solution for three months, and subsequently extracted brain homogenate from mice cortex and hippocampus at the age of 1, 4, and 16 months, respectively. In this study, we found that the protein level of SIRT1 was inhibited in the hippocampus and cortex of 16-month-old aged mice exposed to Pb. Moreover, changes in the levels of miR-138-5p and miR-141-3p, which were considered to the mechanistic target of SIRT1 by bioinformatic analysis, were negative correlations SIRT1 protein expression. We also found miR-34c-3p expression was increased in the cortex of mice at the age of 16 months. Collectively, our results showed the expression of neural SIRT1 and three selected microRNAs at different age nodes of mice for the first time of following Pb exposure. Our results suggest that additional efforts should focus on the consequences of early Pb exposure from an epigenetic perspective.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Toxicol Res (Camb)
Accession number :
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