Abstract:
Objective: To explore the changes and clinical significance of serum miR-30a-5p in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).
Methods: A prospective analysis was performed on clinical data of 253 patients with active KOA (KOA group) and 209 non-KOA volunteers (control group) admitted to Department of Orthopedic Trauma, HongHui Hospital Affiliated to Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center from January 2019 to January 2022.Among them, 20 KOA patients received total knee arthroplasty, and 25 patients in the control group received synovial tissue with selective knee arthroscopic exploration and cleaning.The level of miR-30a-5p in serum and synovial fluid was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR); western blotting was used to detect the expression of forkhead box D1 (FOXD1) protein in synovial tis-sue.Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between miR-30a-5p and Kellgren-Law-rence (K-L) scale, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), knee pain Nu-merical Rating Scale(NRS)scores and inflammatory markers.
Results: The serum miR-30a-5p level was signifi-cantly higher in the KOA group than that in the control group 2.32(1.92-3.20)
vs 1.08(0.82-1.48), Z=-12.663,
P< 0.001.The serum miR-30a-5p level in KOA patients was positively correlated with WOMAC score, knee pain NRS score, white blood cell count (WBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein(CRP)(
P< 0.05).Serum miR-30a-5p level significant-ly decreased from baseline after 4 weeks of treatment in 78 patients first diagnosed with KOA(
P< 0.001).The expression of FOXD1 protein in synovial tissue of other 20 patients with KOA was down-regulated compared with the control group(
P< 0.001), and positively correlated with the level of miR-30a-5p in synovial fluid (
P< 0.001).
Conclusion: Elevated serum miR-30a-5p level may promote the progression of KOA by inhibiting FOXD1.Therefore, serum miR-30a-5p may be an indicator for the diagnosis and evaluation of KOA.