L-AP Alleviates Liver Injury in Septic Mice by Inhibiting Macrophage Activation via Suppressing NF-κB and NLRP3 Inflammasome/Caspase-1 Signal Pathways

Liver injury and progressive liver failure are severe life-threatening complications in sepsis, further worsening the disease and leading to death. Macrophages and their mediated inflammatory cytokine storm are critical regulators in the occurrence and progression of liver injury in sepsis, for which effective treatments are still lacking. l-Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate (L-AP), a food additive, can inhibit neuroinflammation by modulating the phenotype of the microglia, but its pharmacological action in septic liver damage has not been fully explored. We aimed to investigate L-AP's antisepticemia action and the possible pharmacological mechanisms in attenuating septic liver damage by modulating macrophage function. We observed that L-AP treatment significantly increased survival in cecal ligation and puncture-induced WT mice and attenuated hepatic inflammatory injury, including the histopathology of the liver tissues, hepatocyte apoptosis, and the liver enzyme levels in plasma, which were comparable to NLRP3-deficiency in septic mice. L-AP supplementation significantly attenuated the excessive inflammatory response in hepatic tissues of septic mice in vivo and in cultured macrophages challenged by both LPS and ATP in vitro, by reducing the levels of NLRP3, pro-IL-1β, and pro-IL-18 mRNA expression, as well as the levels of proteins for p-I-κB-α, p-NF-κB-p65, NLRP3, cleaved-caspase-1, IL-1β, and IL-18. Additionally, it impaired the inflammasome ASC spot activation and reduced the inflammatory factor contents, including IL-1β and IL-18 in plasma/cultured superannuants. It also prevented the infiltration/migration of macrophages and their M1-like inflammatory polarization while improving their M2-like polarization. Overall, our findings revealed that L-AP protected against sepsis by reducing macrophage activation and inflammatory cytokine production by suppressing their activation in NF-κB and NLRP3 inflammasome signal pathways in septic liver.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

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Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 72(2024), 15 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 8460-8475

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Linling [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Lan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yingling [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ruli [VerfasserIn]
He, Min [VerfasserIn]
Li, He [VerfasserIn]
Zhuo, Caili [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lingyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Die [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xuemei [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wenjing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xinyue [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hongying [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Sisi [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ascorbic Acid
Caspase 1
Cytokine storm
EC 3.4.22.36
Inflammasomes
Interleukin-18
Journal Article
L-ascorbic acid 6-palmitate
Lipopolysaccharides
Macrophage
NF-κB
NF-kappa B
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
NLRP3
PQ6CK8PD0R
Septic liver injury

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Date Completed 18.04.2024

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.3c02781

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NLM370538617