Gasdermin D-mediated hepatocyte pyroptosis expands inflammatory responses that aggravate acute liver failure by upregulating monocyte chemotactic protein 1/CC chemokine receptor-2 to recruit macrophages

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BACKGROUND: Massive hepatocyte death is the core event in acute liver failure (ALF). Gasdermin D (GSDMD)-mediated pyroptosis is a type of highly inflammatory cell death. However, the role of hepatocyte pyroptosis and its mechanisms of expanding inflammatory responses in ALF are unclear.

AIM: To investigate the role and mechanisms of GSDMD-mediated hepatocyte pyroptosis through in vitro and in vivo experiments.

METHODS: The expression of pyroptosis pathway-associated proteins in liver tissues from ALF patients and a hepatocyte injury model was examined by Western blot. GSDMD short hairpin RNA (shRNA) was used to investigate the effects of downregulation of GSDMD on monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP1) and its receptor CC chemokine receptor-2 (CCR2) in vitro. For in vivo experiments, we used GSDMD knockout mice to investigate the role and mechanism of GSDMD in a D-galactose/lipopolysaccharide (D-Galn/LPS)-induced ALF mouse model.

RESULTS: The levels of pyroptosis pathway-associated proteins in liver tissue from ALF patients and a hepatocyte injury model increased significantly. The level of GSDMD-N protein increased most obviously (P < 0.001). In vitro, downregulation of GSDMD by shRNA decreased the cell inhibition rate and the levels of MCP1/CCR2 proteins (P < 0.01). In vivo, GSDMD knockout dramatically eliminated inflammatory damage in the liver and improved the survival of D-Galn/LPS-induced ALF mice (P < 0.001). Unlike the mechanism of immune cell pyroptosis that involves releasing interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18, GSDMD-mediated hepatocyte pyroptosis recruited macrophages via MCP1/CCR2 to aggravate hepatocyte death. However, this pathological process was inhibited after knocking down GSDMD.

CONCLUSION: GSDMD-mediated hepatocyte pyroptosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of ALF, recruiting macrophages to release inflammatory mediators by upregulating MCP1/CCR2 and leading to expansion of the inflammatory responses. GSDMD knockout can reduce hepatocyte death and inflammatory responses, thus alleviating ALF.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

World journal of gastroenterology - 25(2019), 44 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 6527-6540

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xue-Ke [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Yi-Ju [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Quan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Ming-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ya [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ming-Liang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute liver failure
CCL2 protein, human
CCR2 protein, human
Ccl2 protein, mouse
Ccr2 protein, mouse
Chemokine CCL2
GSDMD protein, human
Gasdermin D
Gsdmd protein, mouse
Hepatocyte
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
Monocyte chemotactic protein 1/CC chemokine receptor-2
Phosphate-Binding Proteins
Pyroptosis
RNA, Small Interfering
Receptors, CCR2

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Date Completed 08.05.2020

Date Revised 08.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3748/wjg.v25.i44.6527

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304045349