中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (23): 3683-3690.doi: 10.12307/2022.668

• 组织工程相关大数据分析 Big data analysis in tissue engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

原发性膝骨关节炎患者滑膜组织中与炎症相关circRNA的筛选和生物学功能分析

乔凌晖1,袁  涛1,韩  杰2,王冠承1,顾羊林1   

  1. 1南京医科大学附属无锡第二医院,江苏省无锡市 214000;2南通大学无锡临床学院,江苏省无锡市 214000
  • 收稿日期:2021-06-24 接受日期:2021-08-19 出版日期:2022-08-18 发布日期:2022-02-23
  • 通讯作者: 顾羊林,博士,副教授,硕士生导师,副主任医师,南京医科大学附属无锡第二医院,江苏省无锡市 214000
  • 作者简介:乔凌晖,男,1996年生,江苏省无锡市人,汉族,南京医科大学在读硕士,医师,主要从事关节外科及组织工程等研究。
  • 基金资助:
    无锡市“双百”中青年医疗卫生拔尖人才培养计划基金(BJ2020037),项目负责人:顾羊林

Screening and biological function analysis of inflammation-related circRNAs in synovial tissue of patients with primary knee osteoarthritis

Qiao Linghui1, Yuan Tao1, Han Jie2, Wang Guancheng1, Gu Yanglin1   

  1. 1Wuxi Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China; 2Wuxi Clinical College of Nantong University, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2021-06-24 Accepted:2021-08-19 Online:2022-08-18 Published:2022-02-23
  • Contact: Gu Yanglin, MD, Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, Associate chief physician, Wuxi Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Qiao Linghui, Master candidate, Physician, Wuxi Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Supported by:
    Wuxi Municipal “Double Hundred” Young and Middle-aged Top Talent Training Fund for Medicine and Health, No. BJ2020037 (to GYL)

摘要:

文题释义:
环状RNA:是一类特殊的非编码RNA分子,也是RNA领域最新的研究热点。与传统的线性RNA(含5'和3'末端)不同,环状RNA分子呈封闭环状结构,不受RNA外切酶影响,表达更稳定,不易降解。在功能上,环状RNA分子富含miRNA结合位点,在细胞中起到miRNA海绵的作用,进而解除miRNA对其靶基因的抑制作用,升高靶基因的表达水平,这一作用机制被称为竞争性内源RNA机制。通过与疾病关联的miRNA相互作用,环状RNA在疾病中发挥着重要的调控作用。
RNA-seq:即转录组测序技术,就是用高通量测序技术进行测序分析,该研究中用以反映circRNA的表达水平。标准的工作流程从实验室提取RNA开始,到mRNA富集或去除核糖体RNA,cDNA反转录以及制备由接头连接的测序文库。然后使用高通量测序平台测序,每一个样本通常会被测序到10 000 000-30 000 000读长。最后,实验得到的数据通过比对或拼接测序的读长到转录组,量化覆盖转录本的读长,过滤和样本间归一化,用统计模型描述每个基因在各个样本组之间表达水平的差异。

背景:原发性膝骨关节炎是老年人最常见的慢性疾病之一,给社会和家庭带来了沉重的负担。目前,临床治疗只能是全膝关节置换等手术为主,但很难在早期防止软骨组织变性。目前对膝骨关节炎的形成机制,特别是炎症在疾病进展中的影响,均有一定的报道,但具体机制仍不清楚。
目的:探讨原发性膝骨关节炎和类风湿性关节炎差异表达的circRNA位点及其在疾病发病机制中的作用。
方法:收集了8例原发性膝骨关节炎患者和2例类风湿性关节炎患者(对照组)的滑膜组织,通过RNA-seq技术检测了组织中circRNA的表达谱,试图找出差异表达的基因和关键生物学功能途径。
结果与结论:膝骨关节炎患者与类风湿性关节炎患者相比,检测出185种差异表达的circRNA,其中有14种上调,171种下调。通过这些靶基因的途径富集和功能注释,鉴定出了包括蛋白 H3-K36 二甲基化、鞘糖脂生物合成过程、Toll样受体9信号通路正调控等多种富集通路,再通过以上测序结果创建了一个circRNA-miRNA相互作用网络,该网络有助于理解差异表达circRNA的作用。这项研究确定了滑膜组织中炎症相关circRNA和对照组的差异表达,这些差异表达的转录本可能阐明了滑膜组织中circRNA及其关系网络对骨关节炎进展的影响,该研究将有助于探索骨关节炎的发病机制和关键治疗靶点。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-0944 (顾羊林) 

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: 骨关节炎, 类风湿性关节炎, circRNA, 炎症, 滑膜组织, RNA-seq

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Primary knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases among the elderly, which brings a heavy burden on society and families. Current clinical treatments only focus on surgeries such as total knee replacement, but it is difficult to prevent cartilage tissue degeneration at an early stage. The formation mechanism of knee osteoarthritis, especially the influence of inflammation in disease progression, has been reported to some extent, but its specific mechanism is still unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the differentially expressed circRNA sites of primary knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and their effects on the pathogenesis of the disease. 
METHODS: In this study, we collected the synovial tissues from eight patients with primary knee osteoarthritis and two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (control group). The expression profile of circRNAs in the tissue was detected by RNA-seq technique, trying to find the differentially expressed genes and key biological function pathways. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 185 differentially expressed circRNAs were detected in patients with knee osteoarthritis, of which 14 were up-regulated and 171 were down-regulated. Through the pathway enrichment and functional annotation of these target genes, a variety of enrichment pathways were identified, including protein H3-K36 dimethylation, glycosphingolipid biosynthesis process, and positive regulation of Toll-like receptor 9 signaling pathway. Based on the above sequencing results, a circRNA-miRNA interaction network was created, contributing to understanding the effect of differentially expressed circRNAs. In this study, we determined the differential expression of inflammation-related circRNAs in synovial tissue and the control group. These differentially expressed transcripts may elucidate the effect of circRNA and its relationship network in synovial tissue on the progression of osteoarthritis. Findings from this study will be helpful to explore the pathogenesis and key therapeutic targets of osteoarthritis.

Key words: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, circRNA, inflammation, synovial tissue, RNA-seq

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