Construction of chronic glomerulonephritis‑related lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory network and lncRNA‑­miRNA‑mRNA ceRNA network by bioinformatics analysis

Zhuang,Xing-Xing; Liu,Tao; Wei,Liang-Bing; Gao,Jia-Rong

doi:10.3892/etm.2023.12102

Construction of chronic glomerulonephritis‑related lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory network and lncRNA‑miRNA‑mRNA ceRNA network by bioinformatics analysis

Authors:
- Xing-Xing Zhuang
- Tao Liu
- Liang-Bing Wei
- Jia-Rong Gao
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Affiliations: Department of Pharmacy, Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Chaohu, Anhui 238000, P.R. China, Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230012, P.R. China
Published online on: July 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.12102
Article Number: 403
Copyright: © Zhuang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are ncRNA transcripts >200 nucleotides that are important genetic regulators. LncRNAs can directly regulate mRNA through a lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory mode and can also regulate mRNA through competitive binding to micro (mi)RNA, which is generally known as the competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network. The present study evaluated the functional roles and regulatory networks of lncRNAs in chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN). The proliferative ability of mouse glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs) induced by different concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was assessed using the Cell Counting Kit‑8 assay, and RNA sequencing (RNA‑seq) was performed to identify differentially expressed lncRNAs in LPS‑induced GMCs. Based on the sequencing results, six lncRNAs were selected for validation using reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR (RT‑qPCR). Furthermore, the lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory network and the lncRNA‑miRNA‑mRNA ceRNA network were constructed to assess the role and mechanism of CGN‑related lncRNAs. To elucidate the biological functions of lncRNAs, Gene Ontology (GO) biological process term enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses were performed on all mRNAs involved in the lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory network and in the ceRNA network. A total of 1,532 differentially expressed lncRNAs, including 594 upregulated lncRNAs and 938 downregulated lncRNAs, were identified using RNA‑seq. The results of RT‑qPCR validation were consistent with RNA‑seq results. An lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory network, including 236 lncRNAs and 556 mRNAs, and a ceRNA network, including 6 lncRNAs, 18 miRNAs and 419 mRNAs, were successfully constructed. The GO biological process term enrichment and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses demonstrated that those lncRNAs were often related to inflammatory response and substance metabolism. The present study identified key CGN‑related lncRNAs in LPS‑induced GMCs, and further demonstrated a global view of the lncRNA‑mRNA regulatory network and ceRNA network involved in CGN. These results offered novel insights into the roles of lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of CGN and identified potential diagnostic biomarkers.

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