ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the relationship between the expression of hsa_circ_401724 and the in-flammatory response in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)patients and pancreatic islet cell function.Methods A total of 102 patients with T2DM treated in Linfen Central Hospital from April 2017 to December 2022 were selected as the observation group,and 100 healthy subjects with normal glucose tolerance were se-lected as the control group during the same period.The levels of tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α),interleukin-6(IL-6)and intercellular adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1)in the blood of the subjects were detected by en-zyme-linked immunosorbent assay to evaluate the levels of inflammatory factors in the subjects.The relative expression level of hsa_circ_401724/U6 was calculated according to the dissolution curve,and the pancreatic islet cell function of the subjects was assessed,including homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance(HOMA-IR)and homeostatic model assessment beta cell function(HOMA-β)as assessed by homeostasis model.Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between hsa_circ_401724 expression level and inflammation and pancreatic islet cell function,and Logistics regression model was used to analyze the rela-tionship between hsa_circ_401724 expression level and inflammation and pancreatic islet cell function.Results The levels of HOMA-IR,TNF-α,IL-6 and ICAM-1 in observation group were significantly higher than those in control group,while the levels of HOMA-β in observation group were significantly lower than those in control group,with statistical significance(P＜0.05).The relative expression level of hsa_circ_401724 in observation group(0.75±0.13)was significantly higher than that in control group(0.24±0.06),and the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05).The levels of HOMA-IR,TNF-α,IL-6 and ICAM-1 in hsa_circ_401724 high expression group were significantly higher than those in hsa_circ_401724 low expres-sion group,and the levels of HOMA-β were significantly lower than those in hsa_circ_401724 low expression group.The difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05).The relative expression level of hsa_circ_401724 was positively correlated with the levels of HOMA-IR,TNF-α,IL-6 and ICAM-1(r=0.657,0.671,0.703,0.698,P＜0.05).hsa_circ_401724 expression level was negatively correlated with HOMA-β level(r=-0.611,P＜0.05).The high expression of hsa_circ_401724 was an independent risk factor affecting the levels of HOMA-IR,HOMA-β,TNF-α,IL-6 and ICAM-1 in T2DM patients(P＜0.05).Conclusion The high ex-pression of hsa_circ_401724 is related to the inflammatory response and the decline of pancreatic islet cell function in T2DM patients.