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Glaucoma is a common neurodegenerative disease and a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Retinal microglia-mediated neuroinflammation is involved in the process of optic nerve damage, but the mechanisms driving this microglial activation remain mostly elusive. Previous investigations reported that microRNAs are associated with the retinal microglial reaction and neural apoptosis. In the present study, we found that microRNA-93-5p (miR-93) played a key role in the reaction of retinal microglial cells in vivo and in vitro. The miR-93 level was significantly reduced in the retinae of rat acute ocular hypertension (AOH) models, which were accompanied by retinal microglial activation, overproduction of inflammatory cytokines, and subsequent retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) death, versus the retinae of controls. The induction of miR-93 overexpression significantly reduced microglial proliferation, migration and cytokine release, inhibited the expression of the target gene signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and p-STAT3, and was associated with a reduced loss of RGCs. Treatment with a STAT3 inhibitor also decreased retinal microglial activation after AOH injury. Taken together, these results suggest that the miR-93/STAT3 pathway is directly related to the downregulation of retinal microglia-mediated neuro-inflammation and showed a neuroprotective effect. Regulating microglial activation through miR-93 may serve as a target for neuroprotective therapy in pathological ocular hypertension.

MicroRNA-93/STAT3 signalling pathway mediates retinal microglial activation and protects retinal ganglion cells in an acute ocular hypertension model