Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 183-188.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2020.02.007

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Expression and glucocorticoid regulation of MALAT1 in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Wang Ming, Bu Xiangting, Luan Ge, Wang Yang, Wang Chengshuo, Zhang Luo   

  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University;Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology;Beijing Key Laboratory of Nasal Diseases, Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2020-01-14 Online:2020-04-21 Published:2020-04-16
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC0905200), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81800882, 81630023, 81870698), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team (IRT13082), the Municipal Administration of Hospitals’Mission Plan (SML20150203).

Abstract: Objective To explore the expression of metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in different subtypes of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and its response to glucocorticoid therapy. Methods Real-time PCR was used to detect the expression of MALAT1 in nasal tissues from eosinophilic CRSwNP, non-eosinophilic CRSwNP and healthy control subjects. The correlation between the expression of MALAT1 and Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines was analyzed. Moreover, the effect of glucocorticoid treatment on MALAT1 expression was measured. Results MALAT1 was significantly down-regulated in both eosinophilic CRSwNP and non-eosinophilic CRSwNP compared to the healthy control. Moreover, the expression of MALAT1 was significantly lower in non-eosinophilic CRSwNP than that of eosinophilic CRSwNP. In contrast, interferon gamma (IFNG) was significantly up-regulated in both eosinophilic CRSwNP and non-eosinophilic CRSwNP compared to the healthy control. The Spearman correlation test showed that the expression of MALAT1 was negatively correlated with the expression of IFNG (r=-0.595,P=0.001). In addition, MALAT1 was significantly up-regulated by glucocorticoid treatment both in patients with eosinophilic CRSwNP and non-eosinophilic CRSwNP (P=0.015, respectively). Conclusion MALAT1 is significantly down-regulated in both eosinophilic CRSwNP and non-eosinophilic CRSwNP compared to the healthy control, and it negatively correlated with the expression of IFNG. Glucocorticoid treatment significantly up-regulate the expression of MALAT1 in CRSwNP.

Key words: chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1(MALAT1), interferon gamma, glucocorticoid

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