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  • Title: Inhibition of long noncoding RNA MALAT1 suppresses high glucose-induced apoptosis and inflammation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells by suppressing the NF-κB signaling pathway.
    Author: Gong YP, Zhang YW, Su XQ, Gao HB.
    Journal: Biochem Cell Biol; 2020 Dec; 98(6):669-675. PubMed ID: 32502356.
    Abstract:
    The study investigated the expression of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) MALAT1 in high glucose (HG)-induced human vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) and the role of MALAT1 in the apoptosis of HG-induced HUVECs. The HUVECs were cultured and induced with 25 mmol/L HG. After that, the HUVECs were transfected with MALAT1 siRNA. The expression levels of MALAT1 were detected with qPCR, whereas the expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2, cleaved-caspase-3, cleaved-caspase-9, p-65, and p-p65 were detected using Western blot. The roles of MALAT1 in cell activities, including apoptosis, were evaluated using the CCK-8 assay, TUNEL staining, and flow cytometry. The expression levels of inflammatory factors (TNF-α and IL-6) were measured using ELISA. The expression levels of MALAT1, TNF-α, and IL-6 in HUVECs were increased in the HG environment; however, when MALAT1 was silenced in the HUVECs, cell proliferation increased significantly, the expression levels of TNF-α, IL-6, Bax, cleaved-caspase-3, and cleaved-caspase-9 decreased, and the rate of apoptosis also decreased. Silencing MALAT1 inhibited the expression of p-p65 in HG-induced HUVECs. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that MALAT1 is upregulated in HG-induced HUVECs, and inhibition of MALAT1 inhibits HG-induced apoptosis and inflammation in HUVECs by suppression of the NF-κB signaling pathway.
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