研究微RNA作为意识障碍中的生物标志物:一个纵向的多中心研究
Nicolò Musso1, Dalida Bivona1, Carmelo Bonomo1
1Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123, Catania, Italy.
Scientific reports
|October 27, 2023
概括
特定的microRNAs (miRNAs) 在长期意识障碍 (DoC) 中显示变化的水平. 在创伤性脑损伤患者中,miRNAs 132-3p和23b-3p可以预测更好的结果.
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背景情况:
- 微RNAs (miRNAs) 调节基因表达,并影响患有意识障碍 (DoC) 的患者的二次脑损伤和恢复.
- 了解miRNA的作用对于改善DoC患者的预后和治疗策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查五种特定的miRNAs (150-5p,132-3p,23b-3p,451a和16-5p) 在长时间的DoC中的作用.
- 探索miRNA水平与病因因素 (创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 与缺氧缺血性脑损伤 (HIBI)) 和患者结果之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 来自30名DoC患者的血清样本 (不响应的清醒综合征或最小意识状态) 在基线 (1-3个月) 和受伤后6个月的miRNA水平上进行了分析.
- 患者的诊断得到了证实,使用昏迷恢复量表-修订.
- 在6个月后,使用格拉斯哥结果扩展量表 (GOSE) 和功能独立度量 (FIM) 评估了功能结果.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,TBI患者的miRNAs150-5p,132-3p和23b-3p的基线水平较低.
- 患有HIBI的患者在基线时表现出较低的miRNA 150-5p和减少的miRNA 451a水平,在6个月后持续低的miRNA 150-5p.
- 在TBI患者中,miRNAs 132-3p和23b-3p的升高水平与更好的GOSE和FIM得分相关.
结论:
- 在长期的DoC中观察到明显的miRNA失调模式,因病因和受伤后的时间而异.
- MiRNAs 132-3p和23b-3p显示出作为TBI相关的DoC中恢复的预后生物标志物的潜力.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明这些miRNAs在脑损伤和恢复中的精确机制.
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