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Objective To investigate the effect of lncRNA SNHG14 targeting at miR-142-5p on the neuronal damage induced by oligomeric Aβ. Methods PC12 cells were divided into control group, model group, model+si-NC group, model+si-SNHG14 group, model+miR-NC group, model+miR-142-5p group, model+si-SNHG14+anti-miR-NC group, and model+ si-SNHG14+anti-miR-142-5p group. The level of SNHG14 and miR-142-5p was calculated by RT-qPCR. CCK-8 method and flow cytometry were applied to detect inhibition rate on cell proliferation and apoptosis rate. ELISA method was used to detect TNF-αand IL-6 in the culture. Dual luciferase report assay was used to find the targeting relationship between SNHG14 and miR-142-5p. Results SNHG14 was highly expressed (P＜0.05)while miR-142-5p was lowly expressed (P＜0.05) in plasma of AD patients. Compared with the control group, the SNHG14 level, cell proliferation inhibition rate, and apoptosis rate in the model group were significantly increased (P＜0.05), the level of miR-142-5p was significantly reduced (P＜0.05), and the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in the culture medium were significantly increased (P＜0.05), IL-10 level was significantly decreased (P＜0.05). Compared with the model+si-NC group, the cell proliferation inhibition rate and apoptosis rate in the model+si-SNHG14 group were significantly reduced (P＜0.05), the level of TNF-α and IL-6 in the culture medium was significantly reduced (P＜0.05), IL-10 level was significantly increased(P＜0.05). Compared with the model+miR-NC group, the cell proliferation inhibition rate and apoptosis rate in the model+miR-142-5p group were significantly reduced (P＜0.05), and the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in the culture medium were significantly reduced (P＜0.05) and IL-10 level was significantly increased (P＜0.05). miR-142-5p was a direct target of SNHG14. Compared with the model+si-SNHG14+ anti-miR-NC group, the cell proliferation inhibition rate and apoptosis rate in the model+ si-SNHG14+anti-miR-142-5p group were significantly increased(P＜0.05), and the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in the culture medium were significantly increased (P＜0.05), IL-10 level was significantly decreased (P＜0.05). Conclusions Silencing SNHG14 may alleviate oligomeric Aβ-induced neuronal damage by targeting at and promoting miR-142-5p expression.

Peroxymonosulfate (PMS, SO52−)-based oxidation is an efficient pathway for degrading organic pollutants, but it still suffers from slow degradation efficiency and low PMS utilization. In this work, we report the preparation of porous Fe-doped g-C3N4 catalysts by one-step thermal polymerization using urea and transition metal salts as precursors and investigate the effect of atmosphere conditions (air and nitrogen) on the catalytic performance. Systematic characterizations show that Fe-doped g-C3N4 prepared in air (FeNx-CNO) has a larger specific surface area (136.2 m2 g−1) and more oxygen vacancies than that prepared in N2 (FeNx-CNN, 74.2 m2 g−1), giving it more active sites to participate in the reaction. Meanwhile, FeNx-CNO inhibits the recombination of photogenerated carriers and improves the light utilization. The redox cycling of Fe(III) and Fe(II) species in the photocatalytic system ensures the continuous generation of SO5•− and SO4•−. Therefore, FeNx-CNO can remove CBZ up to 96% within 20 min, which is 3.4 times higher than that of CNO and 3.1 times higher than that of FeNx-CNN, and the degradation efficiency can still retain 93% after 10 cycles of reaction. This study provides an economical and efficient method for photocatalysis in the degradation of medicines in contaminated water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]