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MicroRNA-135b-5p Downregulation Causes Antidepressant Effects by Regulating SIRT1 Expression

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Depression is a serious and potentially life-threatening mental illness. Recently, the role of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) management has been examined. The present study explored and clarified whether microRNA (miR)-135b-5p could play a role in depression by regulating the expression of SIRT1. SIRT1 was identified as the target gene of miR-135b-5p using TargetScan and the dual luciferase reporter assay. In addition, the expression levels of SIRT1 were significantly reduced in mouse peripheral blood and hippocampal tissue samples, while the expression of miR-135b-5p exhibited the opposite effects. Subsequently, the effects of miR-135b-5p inhibition were investigated in mice with depression. The results indicated that the miR-135b-5p inhibitor significantly increased the weight loss induced by CUMS compared with the model group, while reducing the expression levels of miR-135b-5p and further alleviating the depression-like behavior induced by CUMS. Concomitantly, the results indicated that the miR-135b-5p inhibitor inhibited CUMS-induced hippocampal cell apoptosis and significantly reduced the expression levels of cleaved caspase-3 and the ratio of cleaved caspase-3/caspase-3. Moreover, the miR-135b-5p inhibitor significantly reduced the CUMS-induced increase of the inflammatory factors IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the hippocampal mouse samples, while significantly increasing the expression levels of SIRT1. Finally, the results demonstrated that all the effects of the miR-135b-5p inhibitor on CUMS-induced mice were significantly reversed by SIRT1 silencing. In conclusion, the present study indicated that the miR-135b-5p/SIRT1 pathway was a key mediator of antidepressant effects induced in depressed mice. Therefore, it could be considered a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of CUMS-induced depression.

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The present study was supported by the Scientific research project of Hangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Zhejiang Province, China (Grant No. 20171226Y19, A20200609).

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    Yunhai Tao, Kerun Gao, Bianhong Shen, Kaiyuan Zhang, Zhiwen Zhang & Chengpeng Wang

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Tao, Y., Gao, K., Shen, B. et al. MicroRNA-135b-5p Downregulation Causes Antidepressant Effects by Regulating SIRT1 Expression. Biochem Genet 59, 1582–1598 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-021-10076-5

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