Objective To investigate the influence of miR-455-3p on the proliferation and apoptosis of rat intervertebral disc nu-cleus pulposus(NP)cells by regulating the expression of silent information regulator 2 homolog 1(sirt1).Methods NP cells were i-solated from rat lumbar intervertebral discs using collagenase type Ⅱ and identified by immunofluorescence staining with toluidine blue and collagen type Ⅱ(collagen Ⅱ).NP cells were randomly grouped into Ctrl group,interleukin-1β(IL-1β)group,IL-1β+NC inhib-itor group,IL-1β+miR-455-3p inhibitor group,IL-1β+miR-455-3p inhibitor+si-NC group,and IL-1β+miR-455-3p inhibitor+si-sirt1 group,then 10 ng/mL IL-1βwas used to induce the NP cell degeneration model in the five groups except the Ctrl group.Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR)was performed to measure miR-455-3p and sirt1 mRNA levels;cell counting kit 8(CCK-8)was used to detect proliferation;JC-1 staining was carried out to assess mitochondrial membrane potential;Hoechst staining was employed to detect the apoptosis;Western blot was performed to measure the expression of sirt1,proliferation(PCNA,Ki67,cyclin D1)and apoptosis(Bcl-2,Bax,cleaved caspase-3)related proteins and collagen Ⅱ and aggrecan expression;dual-luciferase reporter assay experiment was applied to verify the tar-geting relationship between miR-455-3p and sirt1.Results Rat in-tervertebral disc NP cells were successfully isolated.Compared with the IL-1β group and IL-1β+NC inhibitor group,miR-455-3p expres-sion,apoptosis rate,Bax,cleaved caspase-3 expression and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio decreased in the IL-1β+miR-455-3p inhibitor group,while cell viability,and the expression of PCNA,Ki67,cyclin D1,Bcl-2,collagen Ⅱ and aggrecan increased(P<0.05).MiR-455-3p di-rectly targeted and negatively regulated sirt1 expression.Interfering with sirt1 was able to reverse the effects of inhibiting the expression of miR-455-3p on the proliferation and apoptosis of NP cells.Conclusion Inhibition of miR-455-3p expression can inhibit IL-1β-in-duced NP cell apoptosis and promote NP cell proliferation by targeting sirt1.
关键词
miR-455-3p/沉默信息调节因子2同源蛋白1/大鼠/椎间盘髓核细胞/增殖/凋亡
Key words
miR-455-3p/silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1/rats/intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus cells/proliferation/apoptosis