Abstract:
Objective To investigate the expression levels of T lymphocyte immunoglobulin mucin molecule 3(Tim-3) and microRNA326 (miR-326) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and their relationship with the prognosis of patients.
Methods A total of 116 AMI patients treated with PCI within 12 hours of onset were selected as the AMI group, and 110 healthy subjects were selected as control group at the same time. The levels of Tim-3 and miR-326 in PBMC were analyzed by fluorescence quantitative PCR, the Pearson method was used to analyze the correlation between the levels of Tim-3 and miR-326 in PBMCs of patients with AMI, and the multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with AMI.
Results The level of Tim-3 in PBMC of AMI group before treatment was higher than that of control group and after treatment, and the level of miR-326 was lower than that of control group and after treatment (P < 0.05). There was a negative correlation between Tim-3 and miR-326 in PBMC of AMI patients (P < 0.05). The total incidence rate of MACEs in Tim-3 high expression group was higher than that in Tim-3 low expression group, and the total incidence rate of MACEs in miR-326 high expression group was lower than that in mir-326 low expression group (P < 0.05). The levels of Tim-3, Gensini score, cardiac troponin and myocardial infarction area in PBMC of patients with MACEs were significantly higher than those of patients without MACEs, and the levels of miR-326 in PBMC of patients with MACEs were significantly lower than those of patients without MACEs (P < 0.05). The Gensini score, cardiac troponin and Tim-3 were the independent risk factors of MACEs in patients with AMI, while miR-326 was a protective factor of MACEs in patients with AMI (P < 0.05).
Conclusions The levels of Tim-3 and mir-326 in PBMC have certain value in evaluating the incidence of MACEs in patients with AMI after PCI.