Table 1 The 19 miRNAs significantly upregulated (two-fold or more) in cortical neurons 12 h coculturing with OGD-IEC-6 cells (determined by qRT-PCR).

From: Ischemia/reperfusion injured intestinal epithelial cells cause cortical neuron death by releasing exosomal microRNAs associated with apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis

microRNA

KEGG pathway target gene

Fold changes [compared to (Control-IEC-6) group]

Gene function (reference)

OGD-IEC-6+37 °C

OGD-IEC-6+32 °C

Control-Neuron+37 °C

OGD-IEC-6+Neuron+37 °C

OGD-IEC-6+Neuron+32 °C

rno-miR-384-5p

Ppp3cb

Pik3r2

Casp3

Prkar2b

Casp8

Tp53

Il1a

Pik3cd

Ppp3r1

164.6*

125.4

35.6

783.0

267.7

Enhances ER stress-induced cell apoptosis, and upregulates cleaved caspase-3 expression16

rno-miR-136-5p

Ppp3r2

Ppp3r1

Fadd

Chuk

119.9*

67.7

18.1

629.5

88.0

Modulates the inflammatory and immune responses and downregulates Bcl-217

rno-miR-9a-5p

Bcl2

Ikbkb

Prkar2b

CFLAR

Cyct

Dffa

Pik3cd

Nfkb1

Irak1

Capn1

67.4*

100.2

49.6

403.9

239.7

Increases the levels of pro-apoptotic regulator Fas ligand (FasL)19

rno-miR-369-3p

Tnf

Bcl2

Casp3

Prkx

Il1a

Ngf

Casp6

Ppp3r1

35.8*

5.7

40.6

248.0

25.3

Induces apoptosis as well as aberrant TNFα production 21

rno-miR-449a-5p

Bcl2

Prkar2b

Tp53

Dffb

Fadd

Rela

60.2*

1.9

9.8

200.3

1.6

Induces apoptosis by regulating cyclin D1 and Bcl-2 expression22

rno-miR-410-3p

Prkar2b

26.3*

18.8

24.5

141.9

83.3

Down-regulates the expression of IL-10 through targeting STAT323 and induces apoptosis by targeting high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1)24

rno-miR-497-5p

Tradd

Il1rap

Ripk1

Ikbkb

Prkx

Cyct

Irak2

Prkar2a

Dffb

Bcl2l1

Map3k14

Nfkb1

Fadd

53.6*

33.7

6.2

107.1

23.1

Induces apoptosis via the Bcl-2/Bax-Caspase9-Caspase3 pathway25

rno-miR-539-5p

Ripk1

Prkx

Prkar2b

Casp9

Myd88

Ppp3r1

Chuk

15.1*

6.1

11.7

104.3

26.6

Promotes apoptosis via activation of caspase-3 and suppression of the expression of ERK/AKT and mTOR26

rno-miR-29b-3p

Tradd

Birc2

Faslg

Dffb

Tnfrsf1a

Casp6

Rela

22.2*

24.7

1.9

90.8

12.6

Increases the protein level of cleaved caspase‐3 and the protein ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax27

rno-miR-34a-5p

Bcl2

Fadd

28.5*

57.3

3.2

60.7

38.0

Increases caspase-3 and caspase-9 activation and supresses Bcl-2 expression18

rno-miR-26b-5p

Ppp3cb

25.2*

2.2

1.4

57.5

1.9

Increases apoptosis by repression of β‐catenin, and Bcl‐230

rno-miR-98-5p

Il1a

Ngf

13.5*

6.2

0.9

32.5

5.2

Regulates Fas expression and the sensitivity of Fas-mediated apoptosis31

rno-miR-152-3p

Chuk

13.7*

10.1

1.0

28.6

10.8

induces apoptosis by Caspase-3 and Faslg27

rno-miR-140-5p

Bcl2l1

13.0*

2.7

1.9

27.8

1.4

Facilitates the autophagy32 and suppresses the TGF-β1 pathway through targeting Smad333

rno-miR-20b-5p

Map3k14

Ppp3r1

9.0

4.1

1.7

21.3

3.4

Activates the TGF-β signalling pathway34

rno-miR-20a-5p

Irak2

Map3k14

Ppp3r1

8.9

7.7

1.5

21.0

6.0

Mitigates autophagy through suppressing autophagy-related gene 7 (ATG7)35 and increases caspase-3 and caspase-9 expression36

rno-miR-17-5p

Irak2

Map3k14

Ppp3r1

8.6

4.5

1.5

19.0

3.6

Suppresses the apoptotic protease activating factor 1 (Apaf-1) expression37

rno-miR-323-3p

Dffb

Chuk

4.4

2.1

3.7

11.8

10.3

Suppresses expression of SMAD2 and SMAD3 leading to inactivation of TGF-β signaling38 and lowers caspase-3 expression39

rno-miR-448-3p

Bcl2

Prkx

Prkar2b

2.5

1.1

1.5

9.4

3.7

Promote apoptosis of nerve cells by downregulating SIRT135

  1. Data from 8 (12-well) plates of the intestinal epithelial cell-6 did not undergo oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) (Control-IEC-6 group), 8 (12-well) plates of IEC-6 cell undergo OGD and cultured at 37 °C (OGD-IEC-6+37 °C group), 8 (12-well) plates of IEC-6 cell undergo OGD and cultured at 32 °C (OGD-IEC-6+32 °C group), 8 (12-well) plates of neurons did not undergo OGD and cultured at 37 °C (Control-Neuron group), 8 (12-well) plates of IEC-6 cell undergo OGD then cocultured with neuron at 37 °C (OGD-IEC-6+Neuron+37 °C group), 8 (12-well) plates of IEC-6 cell undergo OGD then cocultured with neuron at 32 °C (OGD-IEC-6+Neuron+32 °C group). The fold increase for each parameter for the control-IEC-6 group is “1”.
  2. OGD, oxygen-glucose deprivation; Caspase, cysteine-containing aspartate-specific protease; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ADAM10, Bcl-2, B-cell lymphoma 2; STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; HMGB1, high-mobility group box 1 protein; ATG5, autophagy-related 5; AREs, adenosine- and uridine-rich elements; Bax, Bcl-2-associated X protein; ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase; AKT, protein kinase B; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; ADAM10, A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 10; SOX, SRY-related HMG-box; SIRT1, Sirtuin 1; TGF-β, transforming growth factor-beta; IRE1α, inositol-requiring enzyme-1 alpha; TXNIP, thioredoxin-interacting protein; SMAD, small mothers against decapentaplegic; Apaf-1, apoptotic protease activating factor 1.
  3. Only significant and annotated transcripts are indicated.
  4. *OGD-IEC-6-37 °C vs. Control-IEC-6-37 °C.
  5. OGD-IEC-6+Neuron-37 °C vs. Control-IEC-6-37 °C, Control-Neuron-37 °C, or OGD-IEC-6-37°C.
  6. OGD-IEC-6+Neuron-37 °C vs. OGD-IEC-6+Neuron-32 °C.