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ArticleBioscience reports2018

Tanshinone IIA promotes the apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis by up-regulating lncRNA GAS5.

Guoqing Li, Ying Liu, Fanru Meng, Zhongbin Xia, Xia Wu, Yuxuan Fang, Chunwang Zhang, Dan Liu

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It carries an expression of concern. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Guoqing LiDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Ying LiuDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Fanru MengDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Zhongbin XiaDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Xia WuDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Yuxuan FangDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Chunwang ZhangDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China.
Dan LiuDepartment of Pathology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 225000, P.R. China mysdfq7@163.com.
Yangzhou University · CNDalian Medical University · CNNorthern Jiangsu People's Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic autoimmune joint disease characteristic of elevated proliferation and infiltration of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS). Here, we aimed to explore the mechanisms of the Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA)-induced apoptosis of FLS from patients with RA (termed RAFLS). Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and Annexin V staining revealed that RAFLS viability decreased and apoptosis increased after Tan IIA treatment. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) GAS5 expression was significantly decreased in the synovial tissues and RAFLS, while Tan IIA treatment resulted in an up-regulation of GAS5. Consistently, knockdown of GAS5 using siRNA inhibited RAFLS apoptosis. Mechanistically, GAS5 knockdown down-regulated the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and caspase-9 in the RAFLS cells and activated the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT signaling pathway. These data indicate that Tan IIA promotes RAFLS apoptosis by up-regulating lncRNA GAS5, with enhanced expression of cleaved caspase-3/caspase-9 and inhibited PI3K/AKT signaling.

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AbietanesAdultAgedApoptosisArthritis, RheumatoidCaspase 3Caspase 9Cell ProliferationFemaleFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAbietanesCASP3 protein, humanCASP9 protein, humanCaspase 3Caspase 9GAS5 long non-coding RNA, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRNA, Long NoncodingtanshinoneapoptosisGAS5LncRNARheumatoid arthritis

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PMID30232236
PMCPMC6172423
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