Long Non-Coding RNA PNKY Modulates the Development of Choroidal Neovascularization.

ABSTRACT: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been widely implicated in human diseases. Our aim was to explore the regulatory role of changes in the expression levels of PNKY and its linked signaling networks in mediating stress-induced choroidal neovascularization. PNKY expression levels were reduced in mice by laser and exposure of endothelial cell to hypoxic stress. PNKY silencing exacerbated the formation of CNV in a laser-induced CNV model and an ex vivo model, while overexpression inhibited CNV development. Silencing or overexpression of PNKY altered the viability, proliferation, migration, and tube-forming capacity of endothelial cells in vitro. Mechanistically, through the lncRNA-RNA binding protein-miRNA interaction analysis involving loss of function and gain-of-function expe

SUBMITTER: Shi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8899849 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature