MiR-93-5p Inhibits Retinal Neurons Apoptosis by Regulating PDCD4 in Acute Ocular Hypertension Model

Overview

Journal Life Sci Alliance

Specialties Biochemistry
Biology
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

Date 2023 Jun 12

PMID 37308277

Authors

Cheng Tan

Wenjia Shi

Yun Zhang

Can Liu

Tu Hu

Dan Chen

Jufang Huang

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Abstract

The present study focused on the effect of miR-93-5p on apoptosis of retinal neurons in acute ocular hypertension (AOH) model by regulating PDCD4 and explored its related mechanism. We detected that miR-93-5p expression was decreased and PDCD4 expression was increased in the AOH retina by qRT-PCR. Therefore, we explored the role of miR-93-5p and PDCD4. MiR-93-5p overexpression inhibited the apoptosis of retinal neurons and the expression of PDCD4 in vivo and in vitro. Inhibiting the expression of PDCD4 via transfected interfering RNA decreased the apoptosis of retinal cells and increased the expression of PI3K/Akt pathway-related proteins in vitro. However, the addition of PI3K protein inhibitor LY294002 reversed this effect, leading to a decrease of PI3K/Akt pathway protein expression and an increase of apoptosis-related protein Bax/Bcl-2 expression ratio. Finally, up-regulating miR-93-5p or down-regulating PDCD4 increased the expression of PI3K/Akt pathway protein in vivo. In conclusion, under the condition of AOH injury, miR-93-5p-inhibiting PDCD4 expression reduced the apoptosis of retinal neurons by activating PI3K/Akt pathway.

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