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Yang Zhou1, Li Peng1, Yixin Li1
1Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, People's Republic of China; Molecular Medical Laboratory, Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, People's Republic of China; Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Objective:
Astrocytes mediate brain defense against oxidative stress-induced injury. Silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) has anti-oxidative stress effects in many diseases and is highly expressed in astrocytes. However, the neuroprotective effects of SIRT1 on astrocytes after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury are unclear. Therein, we aim to investigate the protective effect of SIRT1 on oxidative stress injury after ischemic stroke and possible mechanisms.
Methods:
We evaluated the effects of SIRT1 in astrocytes after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury using oxygen-glucose deprivation/recovery (OGD/R) in astrocytes in vitro and middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats in vivo. siRNA was injected intracerebroventricularly 24 h before Middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion (MCAO)/reperfusion(R) to silence SIRT1.
Results:
SIRT1 knockdown reduced cell viability, increased oxidative stress, and decreased PGC-1α, PPARγ, Nrf2, heme oxygenase (HO)-1, and NAD(P)H: oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1) expression. Moreover, SIRT1 knockdown also suppressed PGC-1α activity, the PGC-1α/PPARγ interaction, and the PPARγ/PPRE interaction. Similarly, in our in vivo experiments, SIRT1 overexpression and PGC-1α or PPARγ knockdown reduced PGC-1α, PPARγ, Nrf2, HO-1, and NQO1 protein expression and blocked the PGC-1α/PPARγ interaction. SIRT1 overexpression plus PPARγ knockdown inhibited the interaction of PPARγ with PPRE. Nrf2 knockdown blocked Nrf2 expression and downstream proteins induced by SIRT1 overexpression.
Conclusion:
Overall, our data indicated that SIRT1 directly mediated the PGC-1α/PPARγ pathway in response to focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion-induced neurological deficit, providing insights into the treatment of focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.
