PMID- 25278846 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150515 LR - 20211021 IS - 1662-5110 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5110 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2014 TI - Regulatory effects of intermittent noxious stimulation on spinal cord injury-sensitive microRNAs and their presumptive targets following spinal cord contusion. PG - 117 LID - 10.3389/fncir.2014.00117 [doi] LID - 117 AB - Uncontrollable nociceptive stimulation adversely affects recovery in spinally contused rats. Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in altered microRNA (miRNA) expression both at, and distal to the lesion site. We hypothesized that uncontrollable nociception further influences SCI-sensitive miRNAs and associated gene targets, potentially explaining the progression of maladaptive plasticity. Our data validated previously described sensitivity of miRNAs to SCI alone. Moreover, following SCI, intermittent noxious stimulation decreased expression of miR124 in dorsal spinal cord 24 h after stimulation and increased expression of miR129-2 in dorsal, and miR1 in ventral spinal cord at 7 days. We also found that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA expression was significantly down-regulated 1 day after SCI alone, and significantly more so, after SCI followed by tailshock. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) mRNA expression was significantly increased at both 1 and 7 days post-SCI, and significantly more so, 7 days post-SCI with shock. MiR1 expression was positively and significantly correlated with IGF-1, but not BDNF mRNA expression. Further, stepwise linear regression analysis indicated that a significant proportion of the changes in BDNF and IGF-1 mRNA expression were explained by variance in two groups of miRNAs, implying co-regulation. Collectively, these data show that uncontrollable nociception which activates sensorimotor circuits distal to the injury site, influences SCI-miRNAs and target mRNAs within the lesion site. SCI-sensitive miRNAs may well mediate adverse consequences of uncontrolled sensorimotor activation on functional recovery. However, their sensitivity to distal sensory input also implicates these miRNAs as candidate targets for the management of SCI and neuropathic pain. FAU - Strickland, Eric R AU - Strickland ER AD - Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center Bryan, TX, USA. FAU - Woller, Sarah A AU - Woller SA AD - Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA. FAU - Garraway, Sandra M AU - Garraway SM AD - Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA. FAU - Hook, Michelle A AU - Hook MA AD - Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center Bryan, TX, USA. FAU - Grau, James W AU - Grau JW AD - Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA. FAU - Miranda, Rajesh C AU - Miranda RC AD - Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center Bryan, TX, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 HD058412/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - HD058412/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140918 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neural Circuits JT - Frontiers in neural circuits JID - 101477940 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*physiology MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/genetics/*metabolism MH - Male MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - Nociception/*physiology MH - Physical Stimulation/adverse effects MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Spinal Cord Injuries/*metabolism MH - Statistics as Topic PMC - PMC4166958 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - IGF OT - microRNA OT - spinal cord injury OT - uncontrollable nociception EDAT- 2014/10/04 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/01/01 CRDT- 2014/10/04 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/09/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/10/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fncir.2014.00117 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neural Circuits. 2014 Sep 18;8:117. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00117. eCollection 2014.