Characterization of lncRNA and mRNA profiles in rats with diabetic macroangiopathy

PLoS One. 2020 Dec 30;15(12):e0243987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243987. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Diabetic macroangiopathy is part of the most common serious complications of diabetes. Previous studies indicate that lncRNAs involved in the process of diabetes and another vascular disease. However, their detailed mechanism of the lncRNAs involved in diabetic macroangiopathy has not been well characterized. In the present study, we generated rat models of diabetic macroangiopathy induced by High fat of 16weeks. A total of 15 GK rats were constructed as a test group, along with 15 Wistar rats set as control group, and thoracic aorta tissue from each group was collected. Whole genomic RNA sequencing was performed on thoracic aorta tissue; 3223 novel lncRNAs and 20367 annotated lncRNAs were indemnified in thoracic aorta samples, and 864 lncRNAs were expressed differently in the test and control groups. Gene ontology term enrichment showed the apparent enrichment of inflammatory response and cell apoptosis, which consistent with the results of H&E Staining, TUNEL Assay, and ELISA; Extensive literature reveals inflammatory response and cell apoptosis play an important role in the process of diabetic macroangiopathy. The results of the present study indicated that lncRNAs, especially Nrep. bSep08, Col5a1, aSep0, soygee.aSep08-unspliced, NONRATT013247.2, votar.aSep08-unspliced, etc, both participate in and mediate the process of inflammatory response, cell apoptosis. What's more. Our research provides further insights into understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms underlying diabetic macroangiopathy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aorta, Thoracic / metabolism
  • Apoptosis
  • Cytokines / genetics
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / genetics*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / metabolism
  • RNA, Long Noncoding / genetics*
  • RNA, Long Noncoding / metabolism
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Transcriptome*

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • RNA, Messenger

Associated data

  • figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.12793742
  • figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.12793709
  • figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.12793688

Grants and funding

This work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81774302, 81804157, 81973585) and National Chinese Medicine Administration (JDZX2015212), Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province (2016Z003).