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miR-181a Mediates Inflammatory Gene Expression After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: An Integrated Analysis of miRNA-seq and mRNA-seq in a Swine ICH Model

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Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a severe neurological disorder with no proven treatment. Inflammation after ICH contributes to clinical outcomes, but the relevant molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. In studies of peripheral leukocyte counts and mRNA-sequencing (mRNA-seq), our group previously reported that monocytes and Interleukin-8 (IL-8) were important contributors to post-ICH inflammation. microRNA (miRNA) are powerful regulators of gene expression and promising therapeutic targets. We now report findings from an integrated analysis of miRNA-seq and mRNA-seq in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a swine ICH model. In 10 pigs, one PBMC sample was collected immediately prior to ICH induction and a second 6 h later; miRNA-seq and mRNA-seq were completed for each sample. An aggregate score calculation determined which miRNA regulated the differentially expressed mRNA. Networks of molecular interactions were generated for the combined miRNA/target mRNA. A total of 227 miRNA were identified, and 46 were differentially expressed after ICH (FDR < 0.05). The anti-inflammatory miR-181a was decreased post-ICH, and it was the most highly connected miRNA in the miRNA/mRNA bioinformatic network analysis. miR-181a has interconnected pathophysiology with IL-8 and monocytes; in prior studies, we found that IL-8 and monocytes contributed to post-ICH inflammation and ICH clinical outcome, respectively. miR-181a was a significant mediator of post-ICH inflammation and is promising for further study, including as a potential therapeutic target. This investigation also demonstrated feasible methodology for miRNA-seq/mRNA-seq analysis in swine that is innovative, and with unique challenges, compared with transcriptomics research in more established species.

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The transcriptomics data for the submitted manuscript are publicly available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information Gene Expression Omnibus. mRNA-seq data: record number GSE124624. microRNA-seq data: record number GSE155242.

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The authors would like to acknowledge financial support for the reported research from the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute (UCGNI). This provided funding for the blood sample collection, processing, RNA sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis. Financial support for other aspects of the swine experiments only was provided by Sense Diagnostics, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio. The research reported in the submitted manuscript was performed as an ancillary study to a swine intracerebral hemorrhage study performed by Sense Diagnostics, LLC, for the testing of a non-invasive brain monitor. The reported results in this manuscript have no relationship with the development of this non-invasive brain monitoring device.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by K Walsh, K Zimmerman, X Zhang, and C Langefeld. The first draft of the manuscript was written by K Walsh, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Kyle B. Walsh.

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The study protocol was approved by the University of Cincinnati Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and all aspects of the study were conducted in accordance with the US Public Health Service’s Policy on Human Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

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The author O Adeoye discloses holding equity in Sense Diagnostics, LLC, a company indirectly related to the submitted manuscript as described above in “funding.”

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Walsh, K.B., Zimmerman, K.D., Zhang, X. et al. miR-181a Mediates Inflammatory Gene Expression After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: An Integrated Analysis of miRNA-seq and mRNA-seq in a Swine ICH Model. J Mol Neurosci 71, 1802–1814 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-021-01815-9

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