PMID- 35604830 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220608 LR - 20230824 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 10 DP - 2022 May 23 TI - MRTF-A-mediated protection against amyloid-beta-induced neuronal injury correlates with restoring autophagy via miR-1273g-3p/mTOR axis in Alzheimer models. PG - 4305-4325 LID - 10.18632/aging.203883 [doi] AB - Myocardia-Related Transcription Factors-A (MRTF-A), which is enriched in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, has been shown to have a protective function against ischemia hypoxia-induced neuronal apoptosis. However, the function of MRTF-A on beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta)-induced neurotoxicity and autophagy dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease is still unclear. This study shows that the expression of MRTF-A in the hippocampus of Tg2576 transgenic mice is reduced, and the overexpression of MRTF-A mediated by lentiviral vectors carrying MRTF-A significantly reduces the accumulation of hippocampal beta-amyloid peptide and reduces cognition defect. Overexpression of MRTF-A inhibits neuronal apoptosis, increases the protein levels of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II (MAP1LC3/LC3-II) and Beclin1, reduces the accumulation of SQSTM1/p62 protein, and promotes autophagosomes-Lysosomal fusion in vivo and in vitro. Microarray analysis and bioinformatics analysis show that MRTF-A reverses Abeta-induced autophagy impairment by up-regulating miR-1273g-3p level leading to negative regulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which is confirmed in Abeta(1-42)-treated SH-SY5Y cells. Further, overexpression of MRTF-A reduces Abeta(1-42)-induced neuronal apoptosis. And the effect was abolished by miR-1273g-3p inhibitor or MHY1485 (mTOR agonist), indicating that the protection of MRTF-A on neuronal damage is through targeting miR-1273g-3p/mTOR axis. Targeting this signaling may be a promising approach to protect against Abeta-induced neuronal injury. FAU - Zhang, Wei AU - Zhang W AD - Affiliated Wuhan Resources and Wisco General Hospital, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Yang, Yuewang AU - Yang Y AD - College of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China. FAU - Xiang, Zifei AU - Xiang Z AD - College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Cheng, Jinping AU - Cheng J AD - Affiliated Wuhan Resources and Wisco General Hospital, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Yu, Zhijun AU - Yu Z AD - College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Wang, Wen AU - Wang W AD - Affiliated Wuhan Resources and Wisco General Hospital, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Hu, Ling AU - Hu L AD - College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Ma, Fuyun AU - Ma F AD - College of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China. FAU - Deng, Youping AU - Deng Y AD - Bioinformatics Core Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. FAU - Jin, Zhigang AU - Jin Z AD - Affiliated Wuhan Resources and Wisco General Hospital, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Hu, Xiamin AU - Hu X AD - College of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China. LA - eng GR - P20 GM103466/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220523 PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Mrtfa protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/genetics/metabolism MH - *Amyloid beta-Peptides/adverse effects/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - *Autophagy/genetics MH - *Hippocampus/injuries/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mammals/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - *MicroRNAs/metabolism MH - Neuroblastoma MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - *Trans-Activators/biosynthesis/genetics PMC - PMC9186769 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - MRTF-A OT - autophagy OT - mTOR OT - miR-1273g-3p COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2022/05/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/09 06:00 PMCR- 2022/05/31 CRDT- 2022/05/23 12:53 PHST- 2021/03/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/23 12:53 [entrez] PHST- 2022/05/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 203883 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.203883 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2022 May 23;14(10):4305-4325. doi: 10.18632/aging.203883. Epub 2022 May 23.