Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the serum miR-210 and long non-coding RNA KCNQ1 overlapping transcript 1 (LncRNA KCNQ1OT)1 expression levels and their clinical diagnostic value in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Sixty-seven RA patients from August 2020 to December 2021 were selected as observation subjects (RA group),including 21 cases in the low activity group,18 cases in the moderate activity group,and 28 cases in the high activity group.In addition,60 healthy examinees were regarded as the control group.The expression levels of serum miR-210 and LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 were measured by qRT-PCR.The general information and serum index levels of the patients were collected.Pearson method was performed to analyze the correlation between serum miR-210,LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 and clinical indicators and the correlation between miR-210 and LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in RA patients.ROC curve was performed to analyze the diagnostic value of miR-210 and LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in RA.
Results: Compared with the control group,the serum expression levels of miR-210,RF,anti-CCP antibody,CRP and ESR in the RA group were greatly raised(
P<0.01),and the expression level of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 was reduced (
P<0.01).Compared with the low activity group and the moderate activity group,the expression level of serum miR-210 in the high activity group was greatly raised(
P<0.01 and
P<0.05),and the expression level of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 was greatly reduced (
P<0.01 and
P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the expression levels of serum miR-210 and LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 between the low activity group and the moderate activity group (
P>0.05).Serum miR-210 expression level was positively correlated with serum RF,CRP,anti-CCP antibody,ESR levels and DAS28 score in RA patients (
P<0.01),LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 expression level was negatively correlated with serum RF,CRP,anti-CCP antibody,ESR levels and DAS28 score (
P<0.01).Serum miR-210 in RA patients was negatively correlated with the expression level of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 (
r=-0.532,
P<0.05).The area under the curve of miR-210 and LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in combination to diagnose RA was 0.949,the sensitivity was 83.58%,and the specificity was 93.33%.
Conclusions: Serum miR-210 in RA patients is highly expressed and LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 is lowly expressed,they are related to the degree of RA disease activity,and may be markers for the diagnosis of RA.