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Emerging evidence has suggested that microRNAs play a critical role in neuropathic pain development. However, the biological role of miRNAs in regulating neuropathic pain remains barely known. In our present study, we found that miR-124-3p was significantly downregulated in rats after chronic sciatic nerve injury (CCI). In addition, it was showed that overexpression of miR-124-3p obviously repressed mechanical allodynia and heat hyperalgesia. Meanwhile, it has been reported that neuroinflammation can contribute a lot to neuropathic pain progression. Here, we found that inflammatory cytokine (IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-âº) protein expression in rats after CCI greatly increased and miR-124-3p mimics depressed inflammation cytokine levels. Consistently, miR-124-3p alleviated inflammation production in lipopolysaccharide-incubated spinal microglial cells. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that EZH2 acted as a direct target of miR-124-3p, which participated in the miR-124-3p-modulated effects on neuropathic pain development and neuroinflammation. We observed that miR-124-3p was able to promote neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain through targeting EZH2. The direct correlation between them was validated in our current study using dual-luciferase reporter assays. Subsequently, it was manifested that EZH2 abrogated the inhibitory role of miR-124-3p on neuropathic pain progression in CCI rats. Taken these together, our findings highlighted a novel contribution of miR-124-3p to neuropathic pain and indicated the possibilities for developing novel therapeutic options for neuropathic pain.
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