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LncRNA PEAMIR inhibits apoptosis and inflammatory response in PM2.5 exposure aggravated myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury as a competing endogenous RNA of miR-29b-3p

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Pages 638-653 | Received 27 Sep 2019, Accepted 15 Feb 2020, Published online: 26 Feb 2020
 

Abstract

The sensitivity of myocardium is enhanced to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury under PM2.5 exposure. It is still under prelude for lncRNA-miRNA pair in the study of aggravated myocardial I/R injury under PM2.5 exposure. In this study, we first built a rat model of 30 min ischemia and 24 h reperfusion followed PM2.5 (6.0 mg/kg) exposure. We found PM2.5 exposure could obviously aggravate I/R injury in the fields of myocardium damage, apoptosis levels and cardiac function which were evaluated by TTC staining, TUNEL and echocardiography, respectively. Then, based on results of sequencing and RT-qPCR, we selected NONRATT003473.2 in the follow-up experiments and named this lncRNA as PM2.5 exposure aggravated myocardial I/R injury lncRNA (PEAMIR). Consistent with the results rat model, we confirmed PEAMIR to be a protective lncRNA against PM + HR triggered damages in H9c2 cells. Next, according to the bioinformatics analysis from miRanda database and a series of gain- and loss-of-function experiments, we proved PEAMIR to be a ceRNA for miR-29b-3p to inhibit cardiac inflammation and apoptosis. Finally, using Target-Scan database, the conserved binding sites for miR-29b-3p was identified in the 3’UTR of PI3K (p85a), a key protein of apoptosis. Our subsequent experiments validated the regulatory relationship between PEAMIR-miR-29b-3p ceRNA pair and PI3K (p85a)/Akt/GSK3b/p53 cascade pathway. In conclusion, our study demonstrated the role and mechanism of PEAMIR in the augment of I/R injury under PM2.5 exposure, suggesting a promising strategy for the prevention and treatment of I/R injury under PM2.5 exposure.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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The datasets used and/or analyzed in the present study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (81704110 and 81700243); the subject of Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine under Grant (y2018rc36, Y17020 and Y2017CX13); and A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), the Open Projects of the Discipline of Chinese Medicine of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Supported by the Subject of Academic priority discipline of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (NO. ZYX03KF039).

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