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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

RORα-activated mitophagy attenuating hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy via suppression of microglial cGAS-STING axis.

Lei Song, Haiyan Shen, Fei Hong, Weiyan Zhang, Hongyi Lu

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Lei SongDepartment of Pediatrics, Nantong First People's Hospital (Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University), Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Haiyan ShenDepartment of Pediatrics, Nantong First People's Hospital (Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University), Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Fei HongDepartment of Pediatrics, Nantong First People's Hospital (Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University), Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Weiyan ZhangDepartment of Pediatrics, Nantong First People's Hospital (Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University), Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Hongyi LuDepartment of Pediatrics, Nantong First People's Hospital (Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University), Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

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Introduction: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) involves neuroinflammation driven by microglial activation, yet regulatory mechanisms remain poorly defined. This study investigates how Retinoic Acid Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor Alpha (RORα) modulates mitophagy to suppress mtDNA-cGAS-STING-NLRP3 signaling in aging microglia, offering therapeutic potential for HIE. Methods: A multi-omics approach combining single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of an HIE rat model, Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA), and LASSO regression identified RORα as a pivotal regulator. Results: Multi-omics integration revealed RORα as a hub gene linked to inflammatory and metabolic pathways. RORα activation enhanced mitophagy, reducing mtDNA leakage by 43% and cGAS-STING activity by 68%, which suppressed NLRP3 inflammasome activation ( Conclusion: RORα alleviates HIE by resolving microglial neuroinflammation through mitophagic inhibition of mtDNA-cGAS-STING-NLRP3 signaling. These findings position RORα as a novel therapeutic target for HIE, bridging mitochondrial quality control and neuroimmunology.

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Hypoxia-Ischemia, BrainMembrane ProteinsMicrogliaMitophagyNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1NucleotidyltransferasesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA, MitochondrialMaleNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionDNA, MitochondrialMembrane ProteinsNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1NucleotidyltransferasesReactive Oxygen SpeciescGAS-STING pathwayhypoxic-ischemic encephalopathymitophagyneuroinflammationNLRP3 inflammasomeRORαscRNA-seq

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