P2X7 receptor-dependent microRNA expression profile in the brain following status epilepticus in mice

ABSTRACT: We explored the microRNA expression profile in mice lacking the P2X7 receptor before and after seizures. Genome-wide microRNA profiling was performed using hippocampi from wild-type and P2X7 knock-out mice following status epilepticus induced by intraamygdala kainic acid. This revealed that genetic deletion of the P2X7 receptor results in distinct patterns of microRNA expression. Specifically, we found that in vehicle-injected control mice the lack of P2X7 resulted in the up-regulation of 50 microRNAs and down-regulation of 35 microRNAs. Post-status epilepticus, P2X7 deficiency let to the up-regulation of 44 microRNAs while 13 microRNAs were down-regulated. Moreover, there was only limited overlap between identified P2X7-dependent microRNAs between control conditions and post-status epilepticus, suggesting P2X7 regulating the expression of different microRNAs during normal physiology and pathology. Bioinformatics analysis found that genes targeted via P2X7-dependent microRNAs were particularly overrepresented within pathways involved in intracellular signalling, inflammation and cell death, processes repeatedly linked to P2X7. Moreover, whereas genes involved in signalling pathways and inflammation were common among up-and down-regulated P2X7-dependent miRNAs during physiological and pathological conditions, genes associated with cell death seemed to be restricted to up-regulated miRNAs during both physiological conditions and post-status epilepticus. Taken together, our results demonstrate that P2X7 impacts on the expression profile of microRNAs in the brain, thereby possibly contributing to both the maintenance of normal cellular homeostasis and pathological processes.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Rattus norvegicus

PROVIDER: GSE153204 | GEO | 2020/06/25

REPOSITORIES: GEO