Yinhong Zhu1, Xiaobei Chen1, Chunhua Zheng1, Xianlin Rao1, Xiaomou Peng2. 1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, PR China. 2. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai, PR China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to explore the role of long non-coding RNA HULC (lncRNA HULC) in liver injury of rats with cirrhosis. METHODS: The rat model of liver cirrhosis was induced by dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), which was intraperitoneally injected with siRNA-negative control (NC) or HULC siRNA. HULC expression in rat liver tissues was detected by qRT-PCR. The amounts of alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in serum and levels of malonyldialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in liver tissues were measured. TUNEL staining was used to determine hepatocyte apoptosis. Western blot analysis was used to detect the expression of Caspase-3, Bax, and Bcl-2 in liver tissues. qRT-PCR and ELISA were used to detect the mRNA levels and contents of IL-1β and TNF-α in liver tissues and serum of rats, respectively. RESULTS: High expression of HULC was found in liver tissues of rats with liver cirrhosis. Downregulation of HULC reduced the contents of ALT and AST in serum of rats, inhibited liver tissue lesions and liver fibrosis in rats, suppressed apoptosis (lower expression of caspase-3 and Bax as well as higher BCL-2 expression) of hepatocytes in rats, and inhibited oxidative stress (decreased MDA and increased SOD) and inflammatory injury (decreased IL-1β and TNF-α) in rats with cirrhosis. CONCLUSION: The findings in this study highlight that the expression of HULC is up-regulated in liver tissues of rats with cirrhosis, and down-regulation of UCA1 could inhibit liver injury in rats with cirrhosis. IJCEP
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to explore the role of long non-coding RNA HULC (lncRNA HULC) in liver injury of rats with cirrhosis. METHODS: The rat model of liver cirrhosis was induced by dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), which was intraperitoneally injected with siRNA-negative control (NC) or HULC siRNA. HULC expression in rat liver tissues was detected by qRT-PCR. The amounts of alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in serum and levels of malonyldialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in liver tissues were measured. TUNEL staining was used to determine hepatocyte apoptosis. Western blot analysis was used to detect the expression of Caspase-3, Bax, and Bcl-2 in liver tissues. qRT-PCR and ELISA were used to detect the mRNA levels and contents of IL-1β and TNF-α in liver tissues and serum of rats, respectively. RESULTS: High expression of HULC was found in liver tissues of rats with liver cirrhosis. Downregulation of HULC reduced the contents of ALT and AST in serum of rats, inhibited liver tissue lesions and liver fibrosis in rats, suppressed apoptosis (lower expression of caspase-3 and Bax as well as higher BCL-2 expression) of hepatocytes in rats, and inhibited oxidative stress (decreased MDA and increased SOD) and inflammatory injury (decreased IL-1β and TNF-α) in rats with cirrhosis. CONCLUSION: The findings in this study highlight that the expression of HULC is up-regulated in liver tissues of rats with cirrhosis, and down-regulation of UCA1 could inhibit liver injury in rats with cirrhosis. IJCEP
Authors: Theresa R Harring; Jacfranz J Guiteau; N Thao T Nguyen; Ron T Cotton; Marie-Claude Gingras; David A Wheeler; Christine A O'Mahony; Richard A Gibbs; F Charles Brunicardi; John A Goss Journal: World J Surg Date: 2011-08 Impact factor: 3.352