Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 51-56.doi: 10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2020.01.011

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miR-21 alleviates the cytotoxicity of mutant huntingtin through PTEN/AKT

LI Xi-fan1, CHEN Tian1, FANG Fang1, LI He2   

  1. 1. Department of Human Anatomy, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, Guangxi Province, China;  2.Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030,Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2019-04-23 Online:2020-01-25 Published:2020-02-18

Abstract: Objective To detect the mechanism of miRNA-21 in reducing cytotoxicity of mutant Huntingtin (mHtt). Methods The changes of miRNA-21 in brain tissues of Huntington's disease (HD) transgenic mice and HEK293-160Q cells were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) ; Whether PTEN was the target gene of miRNA-21 or not was identified by double luciferase test; after transfected the miRNA-21 mimics, cell viability was detected by CCK8, caspase-3 activity was determined by caspase-3 activity assay kit; PTEN, phosphorylated-Ser-473 AKT and AKT were detected by Western Blotting. Results qRT-PCR result showed that the levels of miRNA-21 in brain tissues of HD transgenic mice and HEK293-160Q cells were significantly decreased compared with wild-type mice and HEK293-20Q cells; PTEN was the target gene of miRNA-21 which was confirmed by double luciferase test; Western Blotting showed that PTEN decreased significantly and p-AKT-Ser 473 AKT/AKT significantly increased in HEK293-160Q cells after transfected the miRNA-21 mimics. Conclusions miR-21 can increase the p-AKT-Ser 473/AKT by decreasing the PTEN, increase the cell viability and inhibit the apoptosis by alleviating the cytotoxicity of mHtt.

Key words: Mutant huntingtin,  miR-21,  PTEN,  AKT

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