ABSTRACT
Although microRNA-155 (miR-155) is considered a pro-inflammatory mediator, cumulative evidence indicates that it also has anti-inflammatory effects in macrophages and dendritic cells. In this study, we identified the dramatic expression changes of more than half of potential miR-155-targeted genes upon lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation; 223 genes were down-regulated and 85 genes were up-regulated, including suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the expression of miR-155 ,nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule -1 (sICAM-1 ) in peripheral blood in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM ) ,and to explore the role of miR-155 in vascular lesions of T2DM. Methods A total of 165 T2DM patients and 60 health subjects from health examinations were enrolled in this study. All the subjects were divided into two groups :subjects without vascular lesions group and vascular disease group. Vascular disease group was further divided into microangiopathy group ,macroangiopathy group , microangiopathy+ macroangiopathy group ;based on 24 hUAlb level normal urinary albumin (NAU ) group ,microalbuminuria (MAU) group ,macroalbuminuria (MAAU) group. MiR-155 ,NF-κB and sICAM-1 in peripheral blood were tested by RT-PCR. Single factor analysis of variance was used for comparison among groups. Stepwise regression analysis was used for correlation factors analysis. Results The expression of miR-155 ,NF-κB and sICAM-1 were significantly higher in T2DM group than in NC group [(1.82 ± 0.71) vs (1.00 ± 0.12) ,(2.28 ± 0.66) vs (1.04 ± 0.33) ,(1.88 ± 0.80) vs (1.03 ± 0.30) ,P<0.05]. The level of miR-155 ,NF-κB ,sICAM-1 were significantly higher in T2DM vascular lesions group than in subjects without vascular lesions group [(1.95 ± 0.73) vs (1.34 ± 0.29) ,(2.40 ± 0.65) vs (1.65 ± 0.16 ) ,(2.01 ± 0.77 ) vs (1.07 ± 0.41 ) ,P < 0.05 ]. The expression of miR-155 was higher in microangiopathy+ macroangiopathy group than in macroangiopathy group [(2.36 ± 0.61 ) vs (1.77 ± 0.59) ,P < 0.05 ].The expression of NF-κB was also significantly higher in microangiopathy +macroangiopathy group than in microvascular disease group and macroangiopathy group (P<0.05). The level of miR-155 was significantly higher in group MAU group and MAAU group than in NAU group [(1.41 ± 0.49) ,(2.64 ± 0.52) vs (1.04 ± 0.20) ,P<0.05] ,and NF-κB and sICAM-1 were also higher than NAU group (P<0.05). Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that miR-155 was positively correlated with NF-κB and sICAM-1(t=4.235 ,9.728 ,P<0.01). Conclusion The expression of miR-155 increases in T2DM patients with vascular complications ,and this trend is the same as NF-κB and sICAM-1. It suggests that miR-155 maybe involves in the pathogenesis of diabetic chronic vascular disease.