Abstract:
Objective: To explore the impact of Esketamine (Esket) on mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury in rats by regulating miR-204-5p/C-X-C motif receptor 4 (CXCR4) axis.
Methods: SD rats were randomly grouped into control group (NC group), model group, low-dose Esket group (Esket-L group), high-dose Esket group (Esket-H group), antagomir NC group, miR-204-5p antagomir group, Esket-H+antagomir NC group, and Esket-H+miR-204-5p antagomir group.Except for the NC group, the rats in other groups were given mechanical ventilation for 4 hours, and the corresponding drugs were given 3 days before mechanical ventilation.The ratio of wet weight (W) to dry weight (D), the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) were compared among all groups.The pathological changes of lung tissues were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, the apoptotic rate of lung tissue cells was detected by TUNEL method, the expression of miR-204-5p was detected by realtime fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), and the expressions of Bax, Caspase-3 and CXCR4 were detected by western blotting.
Results: Compared with the model group, pathological injury of lung tissue was reduced in Esket-L and Esket-H groups, lung injury score, W/D ratio, apoptosis rate, and expression levels of MDA, IL-6, TNF-α, Bax, Caspase-3 and CXCR4 decreased, and SOD activity and miR-204-5p expression increased (both
P< 0.05); compared with the model group and the antagomir NC group, the pathological injury of lung tissue in the miR-204-5p antagomir group was aggravated, the lung injury score, W/D ratio, apoptosis rate, expression levels of MDA, IL-6, TNF-α, Bax, Caspase-3 and CXCR4 increased, and SOD activity and miR-204-5p expression decreased (both
P< 0.05); miR-204-5p antagomir attenuated the improvement effect of high-dose Esket on mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury in rats (
P< 0.05).Dual luciferase reporter assay confirmed that miR-204-5p could target the expression of CXCR4 (
P< 0.05).
Conclusion: Esket may inhibit the expression of CXCR4 by up-regulating miR-204-5p, thereby reducing mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury in rats.