TY - JOUR T1 - Alteration of miRNAs in Small Neuron-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Alzheimer's Disease Patients and the Effect of Extracellular Vesicles on Microglial Immune Responses. AU - Durur,Devrim Yagmur, AU - Tastan,Bora, AU - Ugur Tufekci,Kemal, AU - Olcum,Melis, AU - Uzuner,Hamdiye, AU - Karakülah,Gökhan, AU - Yener,Gorsev, AU - Genc,Sermin, Y1 - 2022/04/29/ PY - 2021/11/1/received PY - 2022/4/16/accepted PY - 2022/4/30/pubmed PY - 2022/6/9/medline PY - 2022/4/29/entrez KW - Alzheimer's disease KW - Cellular interaction KW - Extracellular vesicle KW - Let-7e KW - miRNA SP - 1182 EP - 1194 JF - Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN JO - J Mol Neurosci VL - 72 IS - 6 N2 - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most severe neurodegenerative diseases observed in the elderly population. Although the hallmarks of AD have been identified, the methods for its definitive diagnosis and treatment are still lacking. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have become a promising source for biomarkers since the identification of their content. EVs are released from multiple cell types and, when released from neurons, they pass from the brain to the blood with their cargo molecules. Hence, neuron-specific EV-resident microRNAs (miRNAs) are promising biomarkers for diagnosis of AD. This study aimed to identify altered miRNA content in small neuron-derived extracellular vesicles (sNDEVs) isolated from AD patients and healthy individuals. Furthermore, we examined the role of sNDEV-resident miRNAs in neuron-glia cellular interaction to understand their role in AD propagation. We identified 10 differentially expressed miRNAs in the sNDEVs of patients via next-generation sequencing and validated the most dysregulated miRNA, let-7e, with qRT-PCR. Let-7e was significantly increased in the sNDEVs of AD patients compared with those of healthy controls in a larger cohort. First, we evaluated the diagnostic utility of let-7e via ROC curve analysis, which revealed an AUC value of 0.9214. We found that IL-6 gene expression was increased in human microglia after treatment with sNDEVs of AD patients with a high amount of let-7e. Our study suggests that sNDEV-resident let-7e is a potential biomarker for AD diagnosis, and that AD patient-derived sNDEVs induce a neuroinflammatory response in microglia. SN - 1559-1166 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35488079/Alteration_of_miRNAs_in_Small_Neuron_Derived_Extracellular_Vesicles_of_Alzheimer's_Disease_Patients_and_the_Effect_of_Extracellular_Vesicles_on_Microglial_Immune_Responses_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -