Our results indicated that IDD was linked with decreased HOTAIR expression relative to regular NP cells, and overexpressing this lncRNA was linked to reduced apoptotic NP cell death, whereas overexpressing miR-34a-5p had the opposite effect.
HOTAIR was significantly low-expressed in degenerative nucleus pulposus (NP) tissues and cells of IDD patients, overexpressing HOTAIR obviously inhibited TNF-α level, NPCs apoptosis and the expression of caspase-3 and Bax, while promoted the expression of Bcl-2.