Abstract
Background
TFP5 is a Cdk5 inhibitor peptide, which could restore insulin production. However, the role of TFP5 in diabetic nephropathy (DN) is still unclear.
Objective
This study aims to characterize the transcriptome profiles of mRNA and lncRNA in TFP5-treated DN mice to mine key lncRNAs associated with TFP5 efficacy.
Methods
We evaluated the role of TFP5 in DN pathology and performed RNA sequencing in C57BL/6J control mice, C57BL/6J db/db model mice, and TFP5 treatment C57BL/6J db/db model mice. The differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) and mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were analyzed. WGCNA was used to screen hub-gene of TFP5 in treatment of DN.
Results
Our results showed that TFP5 therapy ameliorated renal tubular injury in DN mice. In addition, compared with the control group, the expression profile of lncRNAs in the model group was significantly disordered, while TFP5 alleviated the abnormal expression of lncRNAs. A total of 67 DElncRNAs shared among the three groups, 39 DElncRNAs showed a trend of increasing in the DN group and decreasing after TFP treatment, while the remaining 28 showed the opposite trend. DElncRNAs were enriched in glycosphingolipid biosynthesis signaling pathways, NF-κB signaling pathways, and complement activation signaling pathways. There were 1028 up-regulated and 1117 down-regulated DEmRNAs in the model group compared to control group, and 123 up-regulated and 153 down-regulated DEmRNAs in the TFP5 group compared to the model group. The DEmRNAs were involved in PPAR and MAPK signaling pathway. We confirmed that MSTRG.28304.1 is a key DElncRNA for TFP5 treatment of DN. TFP5 ameliorated DN maybe by inhibiting MSTRG.28304.1 through regulating the insulin resistance and PPAR signaling pathway. The qRT-PCR results confirmed the reliability of the sequencing data through verifying the expression of ENSMUST00000211209, MSTRG.31814.5, MSTRG.28304.1, and MSTRG.45642.14.
Conclusion
Overall, the present study provides novel insights into molecular mechanisms of TFP5 treatment in DN.
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The datasets described here are accessible via NCBI accession numbers PRJNA924084.
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This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81860136, 81460161), Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Province (Nos. 2022AAC02059, NZ17186, 2021AAC03311), and The Key Research and Development Program of Ningxia Province Region projects (Nos. 2022BEG03121, 2018BFG0210).
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Supplementary file 1. GO analysis of the target genes of DElncRNAs. (A) GO analysis of target genes of up-regulated DElncRNAs in model group compared with ctrl group. (B) GO analysis of target genes of down-regulated DElncRNAs in model group compared with ctrl group. (C) GO analysis of target genes of up-regulated DElncRNAs in TFP5 group compared with model group. (D) GO analysis of target genes of down-regulated DElncRNAs in TFP5 group compared with model group (TIF 1315 kb)
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Supplementary file 2. The overlap KEGG signaling pathway analysis. Pathway node overlap indicates shared pathway genes. (A) The overlap KEGG signal pathway in the target of down-regulated DElncRNAs in model group compared with ctrl group and the target genes of up-regulated DElncRNAs in TFP5 group compared with model group. (B) The overlap KEGG pathway in the target of up-regulated DElncRNAs in model group compared to ctrl group and the target genes of down-regulated DElncRNAs in TFP5 group compared with model group (TIF 238 kb)
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Supplementary file 3. GO analysis of the target genes of DEmRNAs. (A) GO analysis of up-regulated DEmRNAs in model group compared to ctrl group. (B) GO analysis of down-regulated DEmRNAs in model group compared to ctrl group. (C) GO analysis of up-regulated DEmRNAs in TFP5 group compared to model group. (D) GO analysis of down-regulated DEmRNAs in TFP5 group compared to model group (TIF 1524 kb)
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Supplementary file 4. KEGG analysis of the target genes of DEmRNAs. (A) KEGG analysis of up-regulated DEmRNAs in model group compared with ctrl group. (B) KEGG analysis of down-regulated DEmRNAs in model group compared with ctrl group. (C) KEGG analysis of up-regulated DEmRNAs in TFP5 group compared with model group. (D) KEGG analysis of down-regulated DEmRNAs in TFP5 group compared with model group (TIF 1301 kb)
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Supplementary file 5. GCNA of all samples. (A) Clustering dendrogram of the sequencing data from 15 samples. (B) Determination of the soft threshold. (C) Clustering dendrogram for genes. Each color indicates one co-expression gene module. (D) Heatmap depicting correlations between module and samples (TIFF 1304 kb)
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Luo, H., Yang, L., Zhang, G. et al. Whole transcriptome mapping reveals the lncRNA regulatory network of TFP5 treatment in diabetic nephropathy. Genes Genom 46, 621–635 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13258-024-01504-y
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