lncRNA-MALAT1 expression in patients with coronary atherosclerosis and its predictive value for in-stent restenosis

This study was designed to investigate the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)-metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) expression in patients with coronary atherosclerosis and its predictive value for in-stent restenosis. Ninety-five patients with coronary heart disease who came to our hospital for treatment and underwent stent implantation were selected as a research group (RG), and 95 volunteers undergoing physical examination who did not suffer from coronary heart disease during the same period were selected as a control group (CG). MALAT1 of subjects in both groups before and after treatment were detected by RT-qPCR, and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB) of them in the RG before treatment were detected. The level was evaluated and detected, and its correlation with MALAT1 was analyzed. Then, the predictive value of MALAT1 for in-stent restenosis in patients with coronary heart disease was analyzed. MALAT1 expression in patients with coronary heart disease was higher than that of normal subjects (P<0.05); after treatment, the expression levels of MALAT1, NT-proBNP, hs-CRP, LDH, and CK-MB in the serum of patients were significantly lower than those before treatment (P<0.05); MALAT1 expression was positively correlated with the expression levels of NT-proBNP, hs-CRP, LDH, and CK-MB (P<0.05). Receiver operating characteristic of MALAT1 for predicting in-stent restenosis in patients with coronary heart disease was over 0.8; the number of lesions, MALAT1, diabetes, NT-proBNP and hs-CRP were independent risk factors for in-stent restenosis. MALAT1 is highly expressed in the serum of patients with coronary heart disease, and it has high value in its diagnosis and the prediction of in-stent restenosis. It is also an independent risk factor for in-stent restenosis in patients with coronary heart disease.