Overexpression of long non-coding RNA SNHG16 against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury through miR-106b-5p/LIMK1 axis

Long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) involved in types of physiological insults and diseases via regulating the responses of complex molecular, including cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. LncRNA SNHG16 played a potential role in ketamine-induced neurotoxicity. In this study, we utilized an in vitro cell model of I/R to examine the specific function and mechanism of LncRNA SNHG16 in oxygen-glucose deprivation and reperfusion (OGD/R) induced SH-SY5Y cells. After in vitro treatment of OGD/R, the lower the SH-SY5Y cell survival, the higher cell the apoptosis and increased caspase-3 activity was observed. Also, OGD/R induced endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) through increasing GRP78 and CHOP expressions and down-regulated LncRNA SNHG16 in SH-SY5Y cells. Conversely, LncRNA SNHG16 overexpression promoted OGD/R induced SH-SY5Y cell survival, suppressed its apoptosis, and caspase-3 activity. GRP78 and CHOP expressions were significantly suppressed in LncRNA SNHG16 overexpressing cells. MiR-106b-5p expression was increased and LIMK1 expression was down-regulated in OGD/R induced SH-SY5Y cells, and these effects were reversed by LncRNA SNHG16 overexpression, respectively. Moreover, LIMK1 is a direct target of MiR-106b-5p, and knockdown of LIMK1 reversed the effects of LncRNA SNHG16 on OGD/R-induced SH-SY5Y cells biology. Altogether, these results confirmed an important neuroprotection role of LncRNA SNHG16 in OGD/R induced SH-SY5Y cells injury, and miR-106b-5p/LIMK1 signal axis was involved in the action of LncRNA SNHG16.