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In Silico Identification and Characterization of circRNAs During Host-Pathogen Interactions
Published on: October 21, 2022
Silencing circular RNA circANKRD36 remits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory damage by regulating
Qiaoyan Wang1, Shujun Tao1, Nan Zhu1
1Department of Hepatopathy II, Qingdao No. 6 People's Hospital, Qingdao, China.
Abstract:
Bedsore is a familiar disease, which fearfully harms the health of the patients. We investigated the efficacy and mechanism of circular RNA circANKRD36 on HaCaT cell in inflammatory damage. CCK-8 and flow cytometry were respectively used to investigate the efficacies of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), circANKRD36, and microRNA (miR)-15 on cell viability and apoptosis. Moreover, circANKRD36 and miR-15 expression were changed by cell transfection and investigated by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, the levels of Bax, pro caspase-3, cleaved caspase-3, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and proteins of the pathway were investigated by Western blot. Otherwise, the levels of IL-1β and IL-6 were investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) was investigated by ROS assay. The relation between myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) and miR-15 was investigated by luciferase assay. LPS caused inflammatory damage and upregulated circANKRD36. circANKRD36 was silenced in cells and si-circANKRD36 remitted inflammatory damage. Furthermore, si-circANKRD36 negatively regulated miR-15 and miR-15 inhibitor could reverse the efficacies of si-circANKRD36. Besides, si-circANKRD36 restrained the NF-κB pathway by upregulating miR-15. Finally, MyD88 was authenticated as a target of miR-15. circANKRD36 remitted cell inflammatory damage upregulating miR-15/MyD88 via the NF-κB pathway in HaCaT cells.
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