CHAI Xingyu,SONG Jiang,ZHU Jinghua.Study on the mechanism of long non-coding RNA NEAT1 regulating miR-486/FOXO1 axis and affects nucleus pulposus cell degeneration of intervertebral disc[J].Chinese Journal of Spine and Spinal Cord,2022,(7):639-647.
Study on the mechanism of long non-coding RNA NEAT1 regulating miR-486/FOXO1 axis and affects nucleus pulposus cell degeneration of intervertebral disc
Received:February 03, 2022  Revised:March 17, 2022
English Keywords:Intervertebral disc degeneration  lncRNA NEAT1  miR-486  FOXO1
Fund:徐州医科大学附属医院发展基金(优秀人才基金项目)(项目编号:XYFY2020039)
Author NameAffiliation
CHAI Xingyu Department of Spine Surgery, the Affiliated Tengzhou Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Tengzhou, 277500, China 
SONG Jiang 徐州医科大学附属滕州医院脊柱外科 277500 滕州市 
ZHU Jinghua 徐州医科大学附属滕州医院脊柱外科 277500 滕州市 
郝清海  
袁崇明  
刘 涛  
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  【Abstract】 Objectives: To investigate the relationships among long non-coding RNA nuclear enriched transcript 1(lncRNA NEAT1), miR-486, and FOXO1, and explore their expressions and correlations in intervertebral disc degeneration(IDD) tissues, then clarify the underlying mechanism of NEAT1 in IDD progression by regulating miR-486/FOXO1. Methods: Double luciferase reporter gene and RNA binding protein immunoprecipitation(RIP) assays were used to confirm the relationship among NEAT1, miR-486 and forkhead box protein O1(FOXO1); Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR) and Western blot were used to detect the expressions of NEAT1, miR-486 and FOXO1 in 15 controls and 30 IDD nucleus pulposus tissues, and their relationships with Pfirrmann grade were statistically analyzed; The degeneration model of nucleus pulposus cells was constructed by interleukin-1β(IL-1β) induction and the cell silencing or overexpression model was constructed by transfection of NEAT1 small interfering RNA(si-NEAT1) or overexpression plasmids into nucleus pulposus cells; Cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) and flow cytometry were used to detect the proliferation and apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells; RT-qPCR was used to detect the expression of NEAT1 and miR-486; Western blot was used to detect the expressions of FOXO1 and factors in extracellular matrix (ECM), including Aggrecan, Collagen Ⅱ, matrix metalloproteinase(MMP-13) and a disintegrin-like and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type l motifs 4(ADAMTS4). Results: NEAT1 sponged with miR-486 through complementary base pairing, and miR-486 targeted the 3′-non coding region(3′-UTR) of FOXO1 to inhibit FOXO1 protein expression. In IDD nucleus pulposus tissues, the expressions of NEAT1 and FOXO1 were up-regulated, which were both significantly positively correlated with Pfirrmann grade(P<0.001); the expression of miR-486 was down-regulated, which was significantly negatively correlated with Pfirrmann grade(P<0.001). Molecular and cellular experiments revealed that after IL-1β induced the degeneration of nucleus pulposus cells, the overexpression of NEAT1 further promoted the apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells(P<0.01), aggravated the expression inhibition of Aggrecan and Collagen Ⅱ(P<0.01), and enhanced the expression of MMP-13 and ADAMTS4(P<0.01); In contrast, the silencing of NEAT1 reversed the apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells(P<0.01), effectively restored the expression of aggrecan and Collagen Ⅱ(P<0.01), and significantly reduced the expression of MMP-13 and ADAMTS4(P<0.01). Conclusions: NEAT1 can target miR-486/FOXO1 axis and promote nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis and ECM degradation, so as to induce pathological processes of IDD.
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