The Effect of N6-Methyladenosine Regulators and m6A Reader YTHDC1-Mediated N6-Methyladenosine Modification Is Involved in Oxidative Stress in Human Aortic Dissection

Author:

Yin Fanxing1ORCID,Liu Kun2,Peng Wanfu2,Jiang Deying3,Zhang Hao1ORCID,Guo Panpan1,Wu Yinhao1,Zhang Xiaoxu1,Sun Chenxi1,Wang Yaxuan1,Wang Hecheng1ORCID,Han Yanshuo1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin, China

2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China

3. Department of Vascular Surgery, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, China

Abstract

Aortic dissection (AD) develops pathological changes in the separation of the true and false aortic lumen, with high lethality. m6A methylation and oxidative stress have also been shown to be involved in the onset of AD. Through bioinformatics methods, three differentially expressed m6A regulators (YTHDC1, YTHDC2, and RBM15) were excavated from the GSE52093 dataset in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, and functional enrichment analysis of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) regulated by m6A regulators was performed. Then, the genes with oxidative stress-related functions among these genes were found. The protein interaction network of the oxidative stress-related genes and the competing endogenous RNA- (ceRNA-) miRNA-mRNA network were constructed. Among them, DHCR24, P4HB, and PDGFRA, which have m6A differences in AD samples, were selected as key genes. We also performed immune infiltration analysis, as well as cell-gene correlation analysis, on samples from the dataset. The results showed that YTHDC1 was positively correlated with macrophage M1 and negatively correlated with macrophage M2. Finally, we extracted AD and healthy aorta RNA and protein from human tissues that were taken from AD patients and patients who received heart transplants, performed quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) on YTHDC2 and RBM15, and performed qRT-PCR and western blot (WB) detection on YTHDC1 to verify their differences in AD. The mRNA and protein levels of YTHDC1 were consistent with the results of bioinformatics analysis and were downregulated in AD. Immunofluorescence (IF) was used to colocalize YTHDC1 and endothelial cell marker CD31. After knocking down YTHDC1 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels had a tendency to increase and the expression of peroxide dismutase SOD2 was decreased. This study provides assistance in discovering the role of m6A regulator YTHDC1 in AD. In particular, m6A modification participates in oxidative stress and jointly affects AD.

Funder

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Cell Biology,Aging,General Medicine,Biochemistry

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