Male- and female-specific microRNA expression patterns in a mouse model of methanol poisoning

• Published in: Food and chemical toxicology Vol. 174; p. 113666
• Main Authors: Günay, Nurullah, Taheri, Serpil, Memiş, Mehmet, Yilmaz Şükranli, Zeynep, Şahin, Taner, Demiryürek, Şeniz, Ekici Günay, Nahide, Aslan, Yusuf Ertugrul, Demiryürek, Abdullah Tuncay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2023
• Subjects: Animals; Biomarkers; Disease Models, Animal; Expression; Female; Gene Expression Profiling; Male; Methanol; Methanol poisoning; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; MicroRNAs - genetics; miRNA; Sex; miRNA; Expression; Methanol poisoning; Sex
• ISSN: 0278-6915; 1873-6351
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.113666

The aims of this study were to determine the miRNAs involved in the methanol poisoning, and identify the male- and female-specific miRNA expression patterns in mice. Methanol was applied orally at the doses of 4 g/kg and 8 g/kg to induce mild and severe methanol poisoning in Balb/c mice. miRNA expression levels were detected at 3 different time periods (30, 60, and 180 min) following methanol exposure. miRNA expression profiles were determined using the high-throughput Fluidigm BioMark real-time PCR. We observed that serum miR-206 expression in male mice and miR-6357 expression in female mice could be an indicator of methanol poisoning. miR-9-3p downregulation and miR-1187 upregulation could be important for liver tissue. miR-3106-5p and miR-133a-5p upregulations and miR-122-3p downregulation could be poison biomarkers for ocular tissue in male mice. However, miR-194-5p downregulation could be a biomarker for ocular tissue in female mice. miR-122-5p and miR-124-3p downregulations and miR-499a-5p upregulation appeared to be important for kidney tissue in male mice. miR-543 and miR-6342 upregulations could be potential candidate biomarkers for kidney tissue in female mice. Our study is the first to report that differential miRNA expressions are involved in blood and tissues in male and female mice after methanol treatment.
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•miRNAs play a role in methanol-induced toxicity in mice.•There are gender-specific contributions of miRNA in methanol poisoning.•miRNAs could be potential candidate biomarkers for acute methanol poisoning.