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Theranostics 2022; 12(7):3553-3573. doi:10.7150/thno.68895 This issue Cite

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M2 microglia-derived extracellular vesicles promote white matter repair and functional recovery via miR-23a-5p after cerebral ischemia in mice

Yongfang Li1#, Ze Liu1#, Yaying Song1,2, Jia-ji Pan1,3, Yixu Jiang1, Xiaojing Shi1, Chang Liu1, Yuanyuan Ma1,3, Longlong Luo1, Muyassar Mamtilahun1, Zhiyu Shi4, Haroon Khan1, Qing Xie1, Yongting Wang1, Yaohui Tang1, Zhijun Zhang1✉, Guo-Yuan Yang1✉

1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Med-X Research Institute and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China.
2. Department of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
3. Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai Clinical Medical Center of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Restoration and Neural Regeneration, Shanghai, 200032, China.
4. Department of Critical Care Medicine and Neurosurgery of Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
#These authors contributed equally to this work.

✉ Corresponding authors: Guo-Yuan Yang and Zhijun Zhang, Med-X Research Institute and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China. E-mail: gyyangedu.cn and zhangzjedu.cn; Tel: More

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Li Y, Liu Z, Song Y, Pan Jj, Jiang Y, Shi X, Liu C, Ma Y, Luo L, Mamtilahun M, Shi Z, Khan H, Xie Q, Wang Y, Tang Y, Zhang Z, Yang GY. M2 microglia-derived extracellular vesicles promote white matter repair and functional recovery via miR-23a-5p after cerebral ischemia in mice. Theranostics 2022; 12(7):3553-3573. doi:10.7150/thno.68895. https://www.thno.org/v12p3553.htm
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Rationale: White matter repair is critical for the cognitive and neurological functional recovery after ischemic stroke. M2 microglia are well-documented to enhance remyelination and their extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate cellular function after brain injury. However, whether M2 microglia-derived EVs could promote white matter repair after cerebral ischemia and its underlying mechanism are largely unknown.

Methods: EVs were isolated from IL-4 treated microglia (M2-EVs) and untreated microglia (M0-EVs). Adult ICR mice subjected to 90-minute transient middle cerebral artery occlusion received intravenous EVs treatment for seven consecutive days. Brain atrophy volume, neurobehavioral tests were examined within 28 days following ischemia. Immunohistochemistry, myelin transmission electron microscope and compound action potential measurement were performed to assess white matter structural remodeling, functional repair and oligodendrogenesis. The effects of M2-EVs on oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) were also examined in vitro. EVs' miRNA sequencing, specific miR-23a-5p knockdown in M2-EVs and luciferase reporter assay were used to explore the underlying mechanism.

Results: M2-EVs reduced brain atrophy volume, promoted functional recovery, oligodendrogenesis and white matter repair in vivo, increased OPC proliferation, survival and differentiation in vitro. miR-23a-5p was enriched in M2-EVs and could promote OPC proliferation, survival and maturation, while knocking down miR-23a-5p in M2-EVs reversed the beneficial effects of M2-EVs both in vitro and in vivo. Luciferase reporter assay showed that miR-23a-5p directly targeted Olig3.

Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that M2 microglia could communicate to OPCs through M2-EVs and promote white matter repair via miR-23a-5p possibly by directly targeting Olig3 after ischemic stroke, suggesting M2-EVs is a novel and promising therapeutic strategy for white matter repair in stroke and demyelinating disease.

Keywords: extracellular vesicles, ischemia, microglia, oligodendrocyte precursor cells, white matter

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Li, Y., Liu, Z., Song, Y., Pan, J.j., Jiang, Y., Shi, X., Liu, C., Ma, Y., Luo, L., Mamtilahun, M., Shi, Z., Khan, H., Xie, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., Zhang, Z., Yang, G.Y. (2022). M2 microglia-derived extracellular vesicles promote white matter repair and functional recovery via miR-23a-5p after cerebral ischemia in mice. Theranostics, 12(7), 3553-3573. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.68895.

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Li, Y.; Liu, Z.; Song, Y.; Pan, J.j.; Jiang, Y.; Shi, X.; Liu, C.; Ma, Y.; Luo, L.; Mamtilahun, M.; Shi, Z.; Khan, H.; Xie, Q.; Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Yang, G.Y. M2 microglia-derived extracellular vesicles promote white matter repair and functional recovery via miR-23a-5p after cerebral ischemia in mice. Theranostics 2022, 12 (7), 3553-3573. DOI: 10.7150/thno.68895.

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Li Y, Liu Z, Song Y, Pan Jj, Jiang Y, Shi X, Liu C, Ma Y, Luo L, Mamtilahun M, Shi Z, Khan H, Xie Q, Wang Y, Tang Y, Zhang Z, Yang GY. M2 microglia-derived extracellular vesicles promote white matter repair and functional recovery via miR-23a-5p after cerebral ischemia in mice. Theranostics 2022; 12(7):3553-3573. doi:10.7150/thno.68895. https://www.thno.org/v12p3553.htm

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Li Y, Liu Z, Song Y, Pan Jj, Jiang Y, Shi X, Liu C, Ma Y, Luo L, Mamtilahun M, Shi Z, Khan H, Xie Q, Wang Y, Tang Y, Zhang Z, Yang GY. 2022. M2 microglia-derived extracellular vesicles promote white matter repair and functional recovery via miR-23a-5p after cerebral ischemia in mice. Theranostics. 12(7):3553-3573.

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