Abstract
Objective To explore the effect of long noncoding RNA H19 (lncRNA H19) on brain injury in rats following experimental intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods Rat ICH model was established with type IV collagenase. The neurological function scores were evaluated, and the water content in brain tissue was measured. The nerve injury indexes, inflammatory factors, and oxidative stress indexes were also measured. Moreover, the expression of lncRNA H19 was determined by qRT-PCR, and Western blot detected NF-κB pathway-related protein expression. Results Compared with the sham group, the neurological function scores, the water content in brain tissue, and levels of injury indicators myelin basic protein (MBP), S-100B, and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in the ICH rats were significantly increased. Meanwhile, the levels of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, ROS, and MDA were significantly increased, but the levels of SOD were significantly decreased. In addition, the expression of lncRNA H19 in the brain tissue in the ICH group was significantly higher than that in the sham group. After further interference with lncRNA H19 expression (sh-H19 group), the levels of all the above indicators were reversed and the neurological damage was improved. Western blot results showed that the expression of NF-κBp65 and IKKβ was significantly higher, and IκBα expression was lower in the perivascular hematoma tissue in the ICH group compared with the sham group. Compared with the sh-NC group, NF-κBp65 and IKKβ expression were significantly lower and IκBα was significantly higher in the sh-H19 group. Conclusion lncRNA H19 exacerbated brain injury in rats with ICH by promoting neurological impairment, brain edema, and releasing inflammatory responses and oxidative stress. This may be related to the activation of NF-κB signaling pathway.
Highlights
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) refers to primary cerebral intracephalic bleeding, which accounts for 10%-20% of all strokes [1], and is one of them with few effective therapeutic approaches confirmed by evidence-based medicine [2, 3]
The present study focuses on the vivo experimental to explore the regulatory effect of Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) H19 on ICH and analyzes its possible mechanism to provide a reference basis for finding new biomarkers to assess the severity of ICH from aspects like neurological function, inflammatory factors, and NF-κB pathway
The results of Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) assay revealed (Figure 1) that compared with the sham group, the expression level of lncRNA H19 in the brain tissue of the ICH group was significantly increased; compared with the sh-NC group, the expression level of lncRNA H19 in the sh-H19 group was notably reduced
Summary
To explore the effect of long noncoding RNA H19 (lncRNA H19) on brain injury in rats following experimental intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Compared with the sham group, the neurological function scores, the water content in brain tissue, and levels of injury indicators myelin basic protein (MBP), S-100B, and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in the ICH rats were significantly increased. Western blot results showed that the expression of NF-κBp65 and IKKβ was significantly higher, and IκBα expression was lower in the perivascular hematoma tissue in the ICH group compared with the sham group. LncRNA H19 exacerbated brain injury in rats with ICH by promoting neurological impairment, brain edema, and releasing inflammatory responses and oxidative stress. This may be related to the activation of NF-κB signaling pathway
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