HDAC3 Inhibition Ameliorates Ischemia/reperfusion-induced Brain Injury by Regulating the Microglial CGAS-STING Pathway

Overview

Journal Theranostics

Date 2020 Sep 1

PMID 32863951

Citations 110

Authors

Yajin Liao

Jinbo Cheng

Xiangxi Kong

Shuoshuo Li

Xiaoheng Li

Meijuan Zhang

He Zhang

Tianli Yang

Yuan Dong

Jun Li

Yun Xu

Zengqiang Yuan

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Abstract

It is known that neuroinflammation plays a critical and detrimental role in the development of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), but the regulation of the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-mediated innate immune response in I/R-induced neuroinflammation is largely unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the function and regulatory mechanism of cGAS in I/R-induced neuroinflammation and brain injury, and to identify possible strategies for the treatment of ischemic stroke. To demonstrate that microglial histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) regulates the microglial cGAS-stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS-STING) pathway and is involved in I/R-induced neuroinflammation and brain injury, a series of cell biological, molecular, and biochemical approaches were utilized. These approaches include transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO), real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), RNA sequencing, western blot, co-immunoprecipitation, chromosome-immunoprecipitation, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), dual-luciferase reporter assay, immunohistochemistry, and confocal imaging. The microglial cGAS- STING pathway was activated by mitochondrial DNA, which promoted the formation of a pro-inflammatory microenvironment. In addition, we revealed that HDAC3 transcriptionally promoted the expression of cGAS and potentiated the activation of the cGAS-STING pathway by regulating the acetylation and nuclear localization of p65 in microglia. Our results indicated that deletion of cGAS or HDAC3 in microglia attenuated I/R-induced neuroinflammation and brain injury. Collectively, we elucidated that the HDAC3-p65-cGAS-STING pathway is involved in the development of I/R-induced neuroinflammation, identifying a new therapeutic avenue for the treatment of ischemic stroke.

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