
Furthermore, inactivation of the JAK2/STAT1 signaling pathway exerted an anti-apoptotic effect in OGD-induced neurons and an alleviatory effect in mice with CI-induced vertigo with Prkar2a overexpression and circ_0000811 overexpression. Prkar2a restoration was subsequently revealed to repress OGD-induced neuronal apoptosis through JAK2/STAT1 signaling pathway inactivation. Prkar2a was validated as the target gene of miR-15b. Our data then demonstrated that circ_0000811 restoration alleviated CI-induced vertigo in mouse models, and that circ_0000811 acted as a miR-15b sponge to inhibit miR-15b expression. The poorly expressed circ_0000811, up-regulated miR-15b expression, and down-regulated Prkar2a expression were observed in both mice with CI-induced vertigo and OGD-exposed cells. An oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD)-exposed neuron-like cell model was further established for in vitro gain- and loss- of function assays, with flow cytometry performed to detect cell apoptosis. A mouse model of CI-induced vertigo was then established, which was validated by measurement of escape latency and medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) blood flow, with NeuN/Annexin counterstaining utilized to detect cell apoptosis in the MVN.


We initially predicted through bioinformatics analysis the poor expression of circ_0000811 related to CI. However, the potential role of circRNAs in cerebral ischemia (CI)-induced vertigo remains unknown. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been noted to express in the brain and thus participate in various diseases related to the central nervous system.
