Fen Liu1, Shilin Hu1, Ning Zhao1, Qiang Shao1, Yong Li2, Rong Jiang1, Jiaquan Chen1, Wei Peng1, Kejian Qian3. 1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. 2. Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. 3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. Electronic address: ndyfyicu@email.ncu.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: LncRNAs are closely associated with many human major diseases, however, the roles of lncRNAs in sepsis-induced lung injury remain unclear. METHODS: High-throughput sequencing was used to detect the changes in lncRNA expression profile in alveolar macrophages after LPS stimulation. The BALF of patients with sepsis-induced lung injury was collected. Rats with CLP-induced septic lung injury were treated with sh-lncRNA-5657 via intravenous injection. NR8383 cells were transfected with lentiviral vectors expressing lncRNA-5657, lncRNA-5657 smart silencer, or si-spns2. The BALF cells expression levels of lncRNA-5657 and proinflammatory cytokines in BALF of patients and rats as well as in rat macrophages were measured. Changes in histopathologic score, lung wet/dry weight ratio, and spns2 expression in macrophages were examined. The relationship between lncRNA-5657 and its potential target gene spns2 was validated using a dual-luciferase reporter assay. RESULTS: The lncRNA expression profile of LPS-stimulated macrophages demonstrated that lncRNA-5657 showed the greatest fold-change. The BALF cells of patients with sepsis-induced ARDS and the lung tissue of rats with CLP-induced sepsis had significantly increased lncRNA-5657 levels. LncRNA-5657 silencing alleviated CLP-induced lung inflammation in rats. In NR8383 cells, lncRNA-5657 overexpression enhanced, whereas lncRNA-5657 silencing attenuated the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and spns2. A dual-luciferase reporter assay showed that lncRNA-5657 interacted with the promoter of the spns2 gene. Spns2 silencing alleviated LPS-induced inflammatory response and blocked the proinflammatory function of lncRNA-5657 in alveolar macrophages. CONCLUSION: LncRNA-5657 is closely associated with sepsis-induce lung injury. In vitro and in vivo data demonstrated that LncRNA-5657 silencing alleviates sepsis-induced lung injury by inhibiting lung inflammatory response via suppressing spns2 expression.
BACKGROUND: LncRNAs are closely associated with many human major diseases, however, the roles of lncRNAs in sepsis-induced lung injury remain unclear. METHODS: High-throughput sequencing was used to detect the changes in lncRNA expression profile in alveolar macrophages after LPS stimulation. The BALF of patients with sepsis-induced lung injury was collected. Rats with CLP-induced septic lung injury were treated with sh-lncRNA-5657 via intravenous injection. NR8383 cells were transfected with lentiviral vectors expressing lncRNA-5657, lncRNA-5657 smart silencer, or si-spns2. The BALF cells expression levels of lncRNA-5657 and proinflammatory cytokines in BALF of patients and rats as well as in rat macrophages were measured. Changes in histopathologic score, lung wet/dry weight ratio, and spns2 expression in macrophages were examined. The relationship between lncRNA-5657 and its potential target gene spns2 was validated using a dual-luciferase reporter assay. RESULTS: The lncRNA expression profile of LPS-stimulated macrophages demonstrated that lncRNA-5657 showed the greatest fold-change. The BALF cells of patients with sepsis-induced ARDS and the lung tissue of rats with CLP-induced sepsis had significantly increased lncRNA-5657 levels. LncRNA-5657 silencing alleviated CLP-induced lung inflammation in rats. In NR8383 cells, lncRNA-5657 overexpression enhanced, whereas lncRNA-5657 silencing attenuated the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and spns2. A dual-luciferase reporter assay showed that lncRNA-5657 interacted with the promoter of the spns2 gene. Spns2 silencing alleviated LPS-induced inflammatory response and blocked the proinflammatory function of lncRNA-5657 in alveolar macrophages. CONCLUSION: LncRNA-5657 is closely associated with sepsis-induce lung injury. In vitro and in vivo data demonstrated that LncRNA-5657 silencing alleviates sepsis-induced lung injury by inhibiting lung inflammatory response via suppressing spns2 expression.