Article ; Online: Identification and bioinformatics analysis of lncRNAs in serum of patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
2024 Volume 25, Issue 1, Page(s) 291
Abstract: Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) expression profiles in serum of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The role of these lncRNAs in this complex autoimmune situation needs to be evaluated.: Methods! ...
Abstract | Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) expression profiles in serum of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The role of these lncRNAs in this complex autoimmune situation needs to be evaluated. Methods: We used high-throughput whole-transcriptome sequencing to generate sequencing data from three patients with AS and three normal controls (NC). Then, we performed bioinformatics analyses to identify the functional and biological processes associated with differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs). We confirmed the validity of our RNA-seq data by assessing the expression of eight lncRNAs via quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) in 20 AS and 20 NC samples. We measured the correlation between the expression levels of lncRNAs and patient clinical index values using the Spearman correlation test. Results: We identified 72 significantly upregulated and 73 significantly downregulated lncRNAs in AS patients compared to NC. qRT-PCR was performed to validate the expression of selected DElncRNAs; the results demonstrated that the expression levels of MALAT1:24, NBR2:9, lnc-DLK1-35:13, lnc-LARP1-1:1, lnc-AIPL1-1:7, and lnc-SLC12A7-1:16 were consistent with the sequencing analysis results. Enrichment analysis showed that DElncRNAs mainly participated in the immune and inflammatory responses pathways, such as regulation of protein ubiquitination, major histocompatibility complex class I-mediated antigen processing and presentation, MAPkinase activation, and interleukin-17 signaling pathways. In addition, a competing endogenous RNA network was constructed to determine the interaction among the lncRNAs, microRNAs, and mRNAs based on the confirmed lncRNAs (MALAT1:24 and NBR2:9). We further found the expression of MALAT1:24 and NBR2:9 to be positively correlated with disease severity. Conclusion: Taken together, our study presents a comprehensive overview of lncRNAs in the serum of AS patients, thereby contributing novel perspectives on the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of this condition. In addition, our study predicted MALAT1 has the potential to be deeply involved in the pathogenesis of AS. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics ; Gene Expression Profiling/methods ; Spondylitis, Ankylosing/genetics ; MicroRNAs/metabolism ; Computational Biology/methods ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics ; K Cl- Cotransporters |
Chemical Substances | RNA, Long Noncoding ; MicroRNAs ; AIPL1 protein, human ; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; SLC12A7 protein, human ; K Cl- Cotransporters |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-04-15 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Review ; Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2041355-5 |
ISSN | 1471-2474 ; 1471-2474 |
ISSN (online) | 1471-2474 |
ISSN | 1471-2474 |
DOI | 10.1186/s12891-024-07396-z |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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