中国组织工程研究 ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (26): 4106-4111.doi: 10.12307/2021.118

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长链非编码RNA MEG3 对大鼠椎间盘髓核细胞增殖及凋亡的调控

程 宁1,张志忠2   

  1. 1安阳职业技术学院,河南省安阳市   455000;2安阳市肿瘤医院,河南科技大学第四附属医院,河南省安阳市   455000
  • 收稿日期:2019-12-24 修回日期:2019-12-26 接受日期:2020-09-03 出版日期:2021-09-18 发布日期:2021-04-25
  • 通讯作者: 程宁,女,1981 年生,河南省安阳市人,汉族,2003 年新乡医学院毕业,讲师,主要从事临床医学、基础医学方面的研究。 E-mail:chenwenxix@163.com

Regulatory effects of LncRNA MEG3 on the proliferation and apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells in rat intervertebral disc

Cheng Ning1, Zhang Zhizhong2   

  1. 1Anyang Vocational and Technical College, Anyang 455000, Henan Province, China; 
    2Anyang Tumor Hospital, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Anyang 455000, Henan Province, China

  • Received:2019-12-24 Revised:2019-12-26 Accepted:2020-09-03 Online:2021-09-18 Published:2021-04-25
  • Contact: Cheng Ning, Lecturer, Anyang Vocational and Technical College, Anyang 455000, Henan Province, China E-mail:chenwenxix@163.com

摘要:

文题释义:
长链非编码RNA:长度>200 nt,缺少或无开放阅读编码框,不一定都带多聚腺苷酸尾,数量上远低于编码蛋白基因,与编码蛋白基因相比,具有更高的组织器官特异性,其可充当miRNA的竞争性RNA而调控下游基因表达从而参与多种疾病发生及发展过程。


背景:椎间盘髓核细胞损伤是引起椎间盘退行性病变的重要原因之一,长链非编码RNA在椎间盘退行性病变中的作用机制尚未阐明。
目的:探讨长链非编码RNA MEG3对大鼠椎间盘髓核细胞增殖、凋亡的影响及其对磷脂酰肌醇-3-激酶(phosphoinositide 3-kinase,PI3K)/蛋白激酶 B(protein kinase B,Akt)信号通路的调控作用。
方法:原代培养大鼠椎间盘髓核细胞,使用白细胞介素1β处理细胞建立模型,实验设置对照组、白细胞介素1β组、白细胞介素1β+pcDNA组、白细胞介素1β+pcDNA-MEG3组、白细胞介素1β+pcDNA-MEG3+LY294002(PI3K/Akt信号通路抑制剂)组。实时荧光定量PCR检测长链非编码RNA MEG3的表达量;MTT法检测细胞增殖;流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡率;蛋白免疫印迹法检测增殖标记蛋白Ki-67、增殖细胞核抗原、Bax、活化半胱氨酸蛋白酶3、PI3K、p-PI3K、Akt、p-Akt的表达量。
结果与结论:①与对照组比较,白细胞介素1β组细胞中MEG3的表达量显著降低(P < 0.05),细胞活力显著降低(P < 0.05),细胞凋亡率显著升高(P < 0.05),Ki-67、增殖细胞核抗原、p-PI3K、p-Akt蛋白水平显著降低(P < 0.05),Bax、活化半胱氨酸蛋白酶3蛋白水平显著升高(P < 0.05);②与白细胞介素1β+pcDNA组比较,白细胞介素1β+pcDNA-MEG3组细胞活力显著升高(P < 0.05),Ki-67、增殖细胞核抗原、p-PI3K、p-Akt蛋白水平显著升高(P < 0.05),细胞凋亡率显著降低(P < 0.05),Bax、活化半胱氨酸蛋白酶3蛋白水平显著降低(P < 0.05);③与白细胞介素1β+pcDNA-MEG3组比较,白细胞介素1β+pcDNA-MEG3+LY294002组细胞活力显著降低(P < 0.05),细胞凋亡率显著升高(P < 0.05),Ki-67、增殖细胞核抗原蛋白水平显著降低(P < 0.05),Bax、活化半胱氨酸蛋白酶3蛋白水平显著升高(P < 0.05);④提示MEG3过表达可能通过激活PI3K/Akt信号通路从而促进白细胞介素1β诱导的大鼠椎间盘髓核细胞增殖,并抑制细胞凋亡。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1322-4834 ( 程宁)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

关键词: 长链非编码RNA MEG3, PI3K/Akt, 大鼠, 椎间盘, 髓核细胞, 增殖, 凋亡

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Injury of nucleus pulposus cells in the intervertebral disc is one of the important causes of degenerative disc disease. The mechanism of longchain non-coding RNA (LncRNA) in intervertebral disc degeneration has not been clarified.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of LncRNA MEG3 on the proliferation and apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells in rat intervertebral discs and its regulatory effect on phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway.

METHODS: Primary cultured rat nucleus pulposus cells were treated with interleukin 1β (IL-1β) to establish a cell model. There were five groups in this experiment, including control group, IL-1β group, IL-1β+pcDNA group, IL-1β+pcDNA-MEG3 group, and IL-1β+pcDNA-MEG3+LY294002 group. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression of MEG3. MTT was used to measure cell proliferation. Flow cytometry was used to detect apoptosis rate.Western blot was used to detect the expression of Ki-67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), Bax, Cleaved Caspase-3, PI3K, p-PI3K, Akt, and p-Akt.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the control group, in the IL-1β group, the expression of MEG3 in the cells was significantly reduced (P < 0.05), the cell viability was significantly reduced (P < 0.05), the apoptosis rate was significantly increased (P < 0.05), the levels of Ki-67, PCNA, p-PI3K, and p-Akt proteins were significantly reduced (P < 0.05), and the levels of Bax and Cleaved Caspase-3 proteins were significantly increased (P<0.05). Compared with the IL-1β+pcDNA group, in the IL-1β+pcDNA-MEG3 group, the cell viability was significantly increased (P < 0.05), the levels of Ki-67, PCNA, p-PI3K, and p-Akt proteins were significantly increased (P < 0.05), the apoptosis rate was significantly reduced (P < 0.05), and the levels of Bax and Cleaved Caspase-3 proteins were significantly reduced (P < 0.05). Compared with the IL-1β+pcDNA-MEG3 group, in the IL-1β+pcDNA-MEG3+LY294002 group, the cell viability was significantly reduced (P < 0.05), the apoptosis rate was significantly increased (P < 0.05), the levels of Ki-67 and PCNA proteins were significantly reduced (P < 0.05), and the levels of Bax and Cleaved Caspase-3 proteins were significantly increased (P < 0.05). To conclude, overexpression of MEG3 may promote IL-1β-induced proliferation and inhibit apoptosis in rat nucleus pulposus cells by activating the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.

Key words: LncRNA MEG3, PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, rat, intervertebral disc, nucleus pulposus cells, proliferation, apoptosis

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