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ArticleJournal of physiology and biochemistry2018

Downregulation of lncRNA MALAT1 contributes to renal functional improvement after duodenal-jejunal bypass in a diabetic rat model.

Dong Wu, Yu-Gang Cheng, Xin Huang, Ming-Wei Zhong, Shao-Zhuang Liu, San-Yuan Hu

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Article in Journal of physiology and biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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Dong WuDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Yu-Gang ChengDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Xin HuangDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Ming-Wei ZhongDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Shao-Zhuang LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China. liushaozhuang@sdu.edu.cn.
San-Yuan HuDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University 2014QLKY22National Natural Science Foundation of China 81471019/H0712National Natural Science Foundation of China 81600059Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2014HQ004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ameliorated renal function has been reported after bariatric surgery, but the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are not well-studied. To investigate whether the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MALAT1 mediates the amelioration of diabetic nephropathy after duodenal-jejunal bypass (DJB) surgery, rats were assigned randomly into four groups: diabetic (DM) group, DM with DJB surgery group, DM with sham surgery group, and healthy control group. Food intake, body weight, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), urine albumin excretion rate (UAER), and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were measured and histological examination of renal sections was performed. For in vitro study, HK-2 cells were cultured under various glucose concentrations following MALAT1 siRNA transfection. Expression levels of MALAT1, SAA3, IL-6, and TNF-α in rat renal tissues or HK-2 cell lines were evaluated by qRT-PCR and/or ELISA. Results showed DJB surgery improved the renal function of diabetic rats, as indicated by ameliorated UAER and GFR and attenuated glomerular hypertrophy. Expression of MALAT1 and its downstream target SAA3 was significantly downregulated in renal tissues after DJB, which in turn decreased the expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α. Knockdown of MALAT1 in HK-2 cell lines further confirmed that expression levels of SAA3, IL-6, and TNF-α were regulated by MALAT1 under both low- and high-glucose conditions. Our findings suggest that MALAT1 is implicated in the improvement of renal function after DJB through regulation of its downstream targets SAA3, IL-6, and TNF-α.

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Down-RegulationGene Expression RegulationAlbuminuriaAnimalsBariatric SurgeryBiomarkersCell LineDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NephropathiesGlomerular Filtration RateHumansInterleukin-6KidneyKidney Tubules, ProximalMaleObesityBiomarkersIl6 protein, ratInterleukin-6MALAT1 long noncoding RNA, ratRNA, Long NoncodingSerum Amyloid A ProteinTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaDiabetes mellitusDuodenal-jejunal bypassLong non-coding RNAMALAT1Renal function

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