Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between serum level of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) growth arrest specific 5 (GAS5) and left ventricular remodeling (LVR) in patients with acute myocardial infarction.Methods A total of 169 patients with acute myocardial infarction were divided into LVR group (n = 62) and non-LVR group (n = 107) according to whether LVR occurred or not. The expression of lncRNA GAS5 in blood was detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular remodeling index (LVRI) were measured by echocardiography. Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the correlation between lncRNA GAS5 and indices for left ventricular function. Logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the relationship between lncRNA GAS5 and ventricular remodeling in acute myocardial infarction. Besides, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive value of lncRNA GAS5 for left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction.Results The triglyceride, LVEDV and LVESV in LVR group were significantly higher than those in non-LVR group, while LVEF and LVRI in LVR group were significantly lower than those in non-LVR group (P < 0.05). Compared with non-LVR group, the expression of lncRNA GAS5 in LVR group decreased significantly (P < 0.05). LncRNA GAS5 was negatively correlated with LVEDV and LVESV (r = -0.324 and -0.458, both P < 0.05), but positively correlated with LVEF and LVRI (r =0.376 and 0.395, both P < 0.05). LVEF [R = 3.152 (95% CI: 1.651, 6.016)], LVRI [R = 1.354 (95% CI: 1.137, 1.614)], and lncRNA GAS5 [R = 1.265 (95% CI: 1.346, 1.189)] were risk factors for left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The optimal cutoff value of lncRNA GAS5 in diagnosis of left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction was 0.812, in which area under ROC curve (AUC) was 0.827 (95% CI: 0.768, 0.891), with a sensitivity of 71.56% (95% CI: 0.603, 0.788) and a specificity of 82.66% (95% CI: 0.742, 0.923).Conclusions The decrease of serum lncRNA GAS5 level in patients with acute myocardial infarction is related to the occurrence of left ventricular remodeling, and has certain clinical value in the diagnosis of left ventricular remodeling.