Sepsis associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) is a critical clinical disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role and molecular mechanism of
miR-4321
in the HK2 cellular damage induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS).
Methods
2
RT-qPCR was conducted to detect the expression of
miR-3165
,
miR-4270
and
miR-4321
in LPS-induced HK2 cell model and cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced renal injury model. In LPS-induced HK2 cell model,
miR-4321
-inhibitor was used to inhibit the
miR-4321
expression.
The effects of
miR-4321
on cell proliferation, cell viability, cytokines and apoptosis-related protein levels were evaluated by CCK-8 analysis, EdU staining analysis and western blotting analysis, respectively. In CLP-induced renal injury model,
miR-4321
-Antago was used to intervene the
miR-4321
expression. The changes of renal tissue structure were examined by H
&
E staining. The levels of serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were measured by colorimetric method. ELISA was employed to assess the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in serum. IHC staining and western blotting were performed to determine the mTOR level and apoptosis-related protein expression in kidney tissues. Target genes of
miR-4321
were predicted by Targetscan software and verified by dual-luciferase reporter assay.
Results
2
Compared with the control group, the
miR-4321
expression was increased in LPS-induced HK2 cell model (
n
=3,
t
=7.154,
P
=0.001 3).
miR-4321
inhibitor promoted the proliferation and viability of HK2 cells, decreased the expression of LPS-induced IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α and apoptosis-related proteins. In vivo experiments showed that
miR-4321
-Antago inhibited serum creatinine and BUN levels in CLP mice, improved renal injury, reduced levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α, promoted the mTOR expression in renal tissues and inhibited the apoptosis-related protein expression. mTOR signaling pathway was believed the target gene of
miR-4321
.
Conclusion
2
Inhibition of
miR-4321
significantly alleviates SA-AKI, which may be achieved by increasing the expression of mTOR.
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