非编码RNA与肝脏糖脂代谢调控

随着经济的迅速发展、人们饮食习惯的改变和身体活动的减少,糖尿病成为了现代社会的非传染性的流行病,给家庭和社会造成了极大的危害和经济负担。其中以全身性胰岛素抵抗及胰岛功能衰竭为主要发病特征的2型糖尿病(type 2 diabetes,T2D)已在世界范围引起广泛关注。T2D的发生发展涉及许多组织及糖代谢的各个环节,遗传因素和环境因素共同引起的糖脂代谢通路任一环节的失调均可导致T2D的发生。近年来,包括microRNA(miRNA)及长非编码RNA(LncRNA)在内的非编码RNA(ncRNA)的发现及其在人体生理和病理生理过程中的重要调控作用不断被揭示,为进一步了解T2D的发病机制注入了新理念和信息。miRNAs及LncRNAs的表达具有组织特异性,其表达水平的异常通常与疾病相关。本文主要对miRNAs和LncRNAs在肝脏糖脂代谢调控及T2D的发生发展中的作用及机制的最新研究进展作简要综述。

Noncoding RNA in the Regulation of Hepatic Glucose and Lipid Metabolism

In the past decades,diabetes,in particular type 2 diabetes (T2D)mainly characterized by global insulin resistance and pancreatic beta cell failure,had become epidemic and a severe public health threat worldwide with the development of economy and change of lifestyle.The interactions between envi-ronment factors and genetic background play vital roles in the development and progression of T2D.More recently,it had been revealed that non-coding RNA including microRNA (miRNA)and long noncoding RNA (LncRNA)are widely involved inthe regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism.So far,it had been established that deregulated miRNA and LncRNA profile in main metabolic tissues is tightly associ-ated with T2D,and intensive studies on non-coding RNAs had shed light on understanding the pathogen-esis of T2D.The current review aimed to briefly summarize and discuss the latest findings regarding the role and mechanism of miRNAs and LncRNAs in the regulation hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism.