Figure 8.
Modulation of miR19a, miR23a, miR130a, miR224, miR381 and miR384-5p expression after siAQP4 and siCx43 treatment. Relative expression of miRNA in the cortex of siAQP4- (A) and siCx43- (B) treated rat pups. RNU6-2 was used as a normalization control. Schematic representation of our hypothesis (C) and results (D) which suggest a siAQP4-induced up-regulation of miR224 which mediates the down-regulation of his target Cx43. Interestingly, siCx43 treatment induced a down-regulation of miR19a and miR224, which in turn, were not able to decrease AQP4 expression; *p < 0.05; values are represented as mean ± SEM.