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- Title
Microarray expression profile analysis of mRNAs and long non-coding RNAs in pulmonary tuberculosis with different traditional Chinese medicine syndromes.
- Authors
Ting-Ting Jiang; Li-Liang Wei; Li-Ying Shi; Zhong-Liang Chen; Chong Wang; Chang-Ming Liu; Zhong-Jie Li; Ji-Cheng Li
- Abstract
Background: Combination chemotherapy with Western anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs is the mainstay of TB treatment. Chinese herbal medicines with either heat clearing and detoxifying effects or nourishing Yin and reducing fire effects have been used to treat TB based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes of TB patients. This study analyzed the expression profiles of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mRNAs in TB patients with different TCM syndromes. Methods: TB patients were classified as pulmonary Yin deficiency (PYD) syndrome, hyperactivity of fire due to Yin deficiency (HFYD) syndrome, and deficiency of Qi and Yin (DQY) syndrome. Total RNA from 44 TB patients and healthy controls was extracted and hybridized with a human lncRNA microarray containing 30586 lncRNAs and 26109 mRNAs probes. Bioinformatics analyses, including gene ontology (GO) and pathways, were performed. Related clinical data were also analyzed. Results: Differentially expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs were identified (fold change >2, and P < 0.05) in PYD (634 mRNAs and 566 lncRNAs), HFYD (47 mRNAs and 55 lncRNAs), and DQY (63 mRNAs and 60 lncRNAs) patients. The most enriched pathways were the hippo signaling pathway (P = 0.000164) and the protein digestion and absorption pathway (P = 5.89017E-05). Clinical analyses revealed that the lipid indexes of TB patients were abnormal and that the triglyceride concentration was significantly higher in DQY patients (P = 0.0252). Our study is the first to acquire the microarray expression profiles of lncRNAs and mRNAs and analyze pathway enrichment in PYD, HFYD, and DQY patients with TB. Conclusions: Our analyses of the expression profiles of lncRNAs and mRNAs may represent a novel method to explore the biological essence of TCM syndromes of TB.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis; TUBERCULOSIS mortality; TUBERCULOSIS treatment; RNA physiology; ANALYSIS of variance; ANTITUBERCULAR agents; CELL physiology; COMBINATION drug therapy; CHI-squared test; CHOLESTEROL; GENE expression; HERBAL medicine; IN situ hybridization; ISONIAZID; LIPOPROTEINS; PHILOSOPHY of medicine; CHINESE medicine; RESEARCH funding; STAINS &; staining (Microscopy); TRIGLYCERIDES; PYRAZINAMIDE; DATA analysis software; MICROARRAY technology; INDIVIDUALIZED medicine
- Publication
BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2016, Vol 16, p1
- ISSN
1472-6882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12906-016-1436-y