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Aquino, R., (2021). Analysis of the expression of circulating microRNAs in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/15003
Aquino, R., Analysis of the expression of circulating microRNAs in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/15003
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title = "Analysis of the expression of circulating microRNAs in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease",
author = "Aquino Ordinola, Ruth Elizabeth",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2021"
}
Among neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of senile dementia characterized in its typical form by immediate memory loss and other cognitive abilities associated with gradual decline in the viability of nerve cells and the activity of different regions of the brain. The disease is also associated with the abnormal accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and Tau protein in the brain. The main problem with AD is its very late detection, which leaves very little room for therapeutic strategies. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of this pathology in animal models is essential to identify much more reliable diagnostic biomarkers and to design effective therapies. The analysis of circulating microRNAs has opened a field of exploration for the identification of biomarkers linked to the deregulation of various pathologies. Here, we evaluated the expression of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) in a model of Alzheimer's pathology induced by infusion in the 2 hemispheres of the rat hippocampus of the aggregated forms of the Aβ 1-42 peptide. Our results reveal that the presence of this peptide is sufficient to trigger a loss of cognitive activity in rats, astrogliosis and the disruption of the expression of 3 circulating miRNAs (miRNA-29a, -29c, and -146a). We show the kinetics of expression of these miRNAs and report differences in expression of miRNA- 146a in particular. Finally, we focused our studies on this miRNA and studied its biological role in primary rat astrocyte cultures, used as an in vitro model of AD. We observed that although this miRNA-146a is able to interact with their transcriptomic target genes such as IRAK1/2 and TRAF-6, the treatment of cells with the Aβ 1-42 peptide in its oligomeric or fibrillar form does not lead an inflammatory response. In general, we report for the first time the deregulation of the expression of circulating microRNAs which can be directly correlated with the presence of aggregated form of Aβ 1-42, an essential component of the chronic worsening of this pathology. We have also provided mechanistic data on the role of miARNA-146 in this pathology. These promising results deserve to be used in long-term studies, in particular to assess their potential application in the clinical diagnosis of AD.
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