PMID- 34334113 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220407 LR - 20220803 IS - 1551-4005 (Electronic) IS - 1538-4101 (Print) IS - 1551-4005 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 17 DP - 2021 Sep TI - ZEB2, interacting with MDM2, contributes to the dysfuntion of brain microvascular endothelial cells and brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage. PG - 1692-1707 LID - 10.1080/15384101.2021.1959702 [doi] AB - ZEB2 has been shown to be upregulated in the brain tissues of rats with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), but its role in ICH-caused brain injury remains unclear. Here, an ICH rat model was established via intracerebral injection of autologous blood, and the lentivirus-mediated ZEB2 short hairpin RNA (sh-ZEB2) or negative control (scramble) were administered 0.5 hours after ICH. Silencing ZEB2 alleviated ICH-induced neurologic deficits and the increase of BBB permeability, brain water content and ZEB2 expression. Next, OGD (oxygen glucose deprivation) plus hemin was used to treat primary brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) to simulate the ICH condition in vitro. OGD plus hemin upregulated ZEB2 expression and apoptosis, but reduced cell viability, migration, TEER (transendothelial electric resistance) and the expression of vascular-endothelial (VE-) cadherin, occludin and claudin-5, which was reversed by inhibiting ZEB2. Mechanism researches showed that ZEB2 interacted with MDM2 to up-regulate MDM2 protein expression, and then increased E2F1 protein level by suppressing its ubiquitination, which in turn promoted the transcription of ZEB2 to induce its protein expression, so as to enhance the interaction between ZEB2 and MDM2, thereby contributing to OGD plus hemin-induced endothelial dysfunction. Additionally, the joint interference of ZEB2 and MDM2 in vivo had better mitigative effects on ICH-induced brain injury compared with silencing ZEB2 alone. In summary, ZEB2 interacted with MDM2 to promote BMEC dysfunction and brain damage after ICH. FAU - Guo, Qingbao AU - Guo Q AD - Department of Emergency, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. FAU - Xie, Manli AU - Xie M AD - Department of Occupational Diseases, Xi'an Central Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. FAU - Guo, Miao AU - Guo M AD - Department of Pathology, Xing Yuan Hospital of Yulin, Yulin, Shaanxi, China. FAU - Yan, Feiping AU - Yan F AD - Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of Yulin, Yulin, Shaanxi, China. FAU - Li, Lihong AU - Li L AD - Department of Emergency, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. FAU - Liu, Rui AU - Liu R AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Xing Yuan Hospital of Yulin, Yulin, Shaanxi, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210802 PL - United States TA - Cell Cycle JT - Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) JID - 101137841 RN - 0 (Zeb2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Zinc Finger E-box Binding Homeobox 2) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Mdm2 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism MH - Brain/metabolism MH - *Brain Injuries/etiology MH - Cerebral Hemorrhage/genetics MH - *Endothelial Cells/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Zinc Finger E-box Binding Homeobox 2 PMC - PMC8489960 OTO - NOTNLM OT - E2F1 OT - Intracerebral hemorrhage OT - MDM2 OT - ZEB2 OT - brain microvascular endothelial cells COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2021/08/03 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/08 06:00 PMCR- 2022/08/02 CRDT- 2021/08/02 05:27 PHST- 2021/08/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/02 05:27 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1959702 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15384101.2021.1959702 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Cycle. 2021 Sep;20(17):1692-1707. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2021.1959702. Epub 2021 Aug 2.