ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the expression levels and the clinical significance of serum secreted frizzled-related protein 5 (SFRP5) and miR-124-3p in patients with hypertension during pregnancy.Methods:Ninety-eight patients with hypertension during pregnancy diagnosed from Jan. 2019 to Feb. 2022 were selected as the observation group. According to the degree of the condition of patients, they were divided into 41 cases of pregnancy hypertension, 32 cases of mild preeclampsia, and 25 cases of severe preeclampsia, and 80 healthy subjects during the same period were selected as the control group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the expression level of serum SFRP5 in patients, real-time fluorescence quantitative method (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression level of miR-124-3p. The relationship between SFRP5, miR-124-3p levels and clinicopathological indicators in patients with hypertension in pregnancy was analyzed, Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between SFRP5 and miR-124-3p. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of hypertension in pregnancy.Results:Compared with the control group, the serum SFRP5 expression level of the observation group [ (33.78±5.21) ng/L vs (43.34±8.56) ng/L] was down-regulated, while the miR-124-3p level [ (2.16±0.41) vs (1.01±0.17) ] was up-regulated, and the serum SFRP5 level of the observation group decreased with the severity of the disease[ (38.43±6.37) ng/L (33.18±5.14) ng/L (26.94±3.38) ng/L], while the level of miR-124-3p increased with the severity of the disease[ (1.62±0.24) (2.19±0.43) (3.01±0.69) ], the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The expression levels of SFRP5 and miR-124-3p in the serum of patients with hypertension in pregnancy were related to the age, pregnancy, pre-pregnancy BMI, and fasting blood glucose level of patients ( P<0.05) , but not related to the gestational age of patients ( P>0.05) . Bioinformatics TargetScan website showed that SFRP5 and miR-124-3p had binding sites. Pearson correlation analysis showed that SFRP5 and miR-124-3p were negatively correlated ( r=-0.610, P<0.05) . Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that SFRP5 was a protective factor for pregnancy-induced hypertension in pregnant women, and miR-124-3p was a risk factor ( P<0.05) . Conclusion:The serum levels of SFRP5 and miR-124-3p are abnormally expressed in patients with hypertension during pregnancy, and there is a certain relationship with the degree of disease. Both are involved in the occurrence and development of hypertension during pregnancy.