The invention discloses miRNA for preventing and / or treating
acute pancreatitis, and pharmaceutical application of the MiRNA, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The invention provides application of a miR-133a
agonist in preparation of a
medicine for inhibiting the
acute pancreatitis, and makes clear that the miR-133a
agonist is miRNA of which the
nucleotide sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1. Through
simulation of a clinically related
acute pancreatitis model, the miR-133a
agonist is proved to be capable of remarkably improving occurrence and development of the above AP model, and can be used for clinically preventing / treating the AP. Meanwhile, the invention also proves through an in-vitro
acinus cell AP model that the protection effect of the miR-133a agonist for the acute
pancreatitis is that macrophages carry out targeted "removal" on the damaged
acinus cells to realize the functions of alleviating the AP
inflammatory response and reducing AP severity. The invention provides a new
drug source for prevention, diagnosis, detection, protection, treatment and research of
pancreatitis diseases, can be easily popularized and applied clinically, and can generate a huge clinical application prospect and social benefit in a relatively short time.