ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2019
A Novel Circular RNA Mediates Pyroptosis of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Functioning as a Competing Endogenous RNA.
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- From Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus To Diabetic Cardiomyopathy - A Systematic Review On The Role Of MicroRNA.Current diabetes reports · 2025Pooled it
- Emerging Role of Epitranscriptomics in Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Pyroptosis: Novel Targets in Molecular Mechanisms and Drug Therapy Research for Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiovascular diseases: molecular mechanisms and advances in targeted drug research.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Circular RNAs in diabetes mellitus and its complications: a systematic review and in silico analyses.Endocrine connections · 2025Article
- Non-Coding RNA in Type 2 Diabetes Cardio-Renal Complications and SGLT2 Inhibitor Response.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Unveiling the Role of circRNAs in Pyroptotic Signalling: From Molecular Crosstalk to Disease Modulation.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Established and Emerging Roles of Epigenetic Regulation in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews · 2025Review
- Regulation of pyroptosis in diabetic nephropathy by long non-coding and circular RNAs.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Review
- MiR214-3p Ameliorates Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Inhibiting Ferroptosis.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2025Article
- Caspases as master regulators of programmed cell death: apoptosis, pyroptosis and beyond.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Decoding the regulatory roles of circular RNAs in cardiac fibrosis.Non-coding RNA research · 2025Review
- Mechanisms of circular RNAs in diabetic cardiomyopathy: biological characteristics and clinical prospects.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Review
- Astragaloside IV attenuates podocyte apoptosis via regulating TXNIP/NLRP3/GSDMD signaling pathway in diabetic nephropathy.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2024Article
- Circular RNAs in human diseases.MedComm · 2024Review
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- The study of the mechanism of non-coding RNA regulation of programmed cell death in diabetic cardiomyopathy.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
- Roles of non-coding RNA in diabetic cardiomyopathy.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Review
- Identification of circRNAs expression profiles and functional networks in parotid gland of type 2 diabetes mouse.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Effects of NLRP3 Inflammasome Mediated Pyroptosis on Cardiovascular Diseases and Intervention Mechanism of Chinese Medicine.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a vital cause of fatalities in diabetic patients. The programmed death of cardiomyocytes and inflammation critically contribute to cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in DCM. Furthermore, circular RNA (circRNA) is a key regulator of various diseases. However, the role of circRNAs in DCM remains to be elucidated. Our previous study found that pyroptosis was markedly activated in the cardiomyocytes subjected to high-glucose conditions, and miR-214-3p regulated the expression of caspase-1. The aim of this study was to elucidate whether circRNA is involved in DCM pyroptosis via the miR-214-3p/caspase-1 pathway. Herein, we identified that hsa_circ_0076631, named caspase-1-associated circRNA (CACR), was increased both in high-glucose-treated cardiomyocytes and in the serum of diabetic patients. CACR also sponged an endogenous miR-214-3p to sequester and inhibit its expression. CACR knockdown in cardiomyocytes counteracted high-glucose-induced caspase-1 activation. Conversely, miR-214-3p knockdown partially abolished the beneficial effects of CACR silencing on pyroptosis in cardiomyocytes. Therefore, this study elucidated that CACR might be a novel therapeutic target via the CACR/miR-214-3p/caspase-1 pathway in DCM.
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