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Alam MA, Caocci M, Ren M, Chen Z, Liu F, Khatun MS, Kolls JK, Qin X, Burdo TH. Deficiency of Caspase-1 Attenuates HIV-1-Associated Atherogenesis in Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12871. [PMID: 37629052 PMCID: PMC10454548 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Within arterial plaque, HIV infection creates a state of inflammation and immune activation, triggering NLRP3/caspase-1 inflammasome, tissue damage, and monocyte/macrophage infiltration. Previously, we documented that caspase-1 activation in myeloid cells was linked with HIV-associated atherosclerosis in mice and people with HIV. Here, we mechanistically examined the direct effect of caspase-1 on HIV-associated atherosclerosis. Caspase-1-deficient (Casp-1-/-) mice were crossed with HIV-1 transgenic (Tg26+/-) mice with an atherogenic ApoE-deficient (ApoE-/-) background to create global caspase-1-deficient mice (Tg26+/-/ApoE-/-/Casp-1-/-). Caspase-1-sufficient (Tg26+/-/ApoE-/-/Casp-1+/+) mice served as the controls. Next, we created chimeric hematopoietic cell-deficient mice by reconstituting irradiated ApoE-/- mice with bone marrow cells transplanted from Tg26+/-/ApoE-/-/Casp-1-/- (BMT Casp-1-/-) or Tg26+/-/ApoE-/-/Casp-1+/+ (BMT Casp-1+/+) mice. Global caspase-1 knockout in mice suppressed plaque deposition in the thoracic aorta, serum IL-18 levels, and ex vivo foam cell formation. The deficiency of caspase-1 in hematopoietic cells resulted in reduced atherosclerotic plaque burden in the whole aorta and aortic root, which was associated with reduced macrophage infiltration. Transcriptomic analyses of peripheral mononuclear cells and splenocytes indicated that caspase-1 deficiency inhibited caspase-1 pathway-related genes. These results document the critical atherogenic role of caspase-1 in chronic HIV infection and highlight the implication of this pathway and peripheral immune activation in HIV-associated atherosclerosis.
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- Mohammad Afaque Alam
- Department of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA; (M.A.A.); (M.R.); (Z.C.); (F.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Inflammation, Center for NeuroVirology and Gene Editing, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA;
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- Department of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA; (M.A.A.); (M.R.); (Z.C.); (F.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA; (M.A.A.); (M.R.); (Z.C.); (F.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA; (M.A.A.); (M.R.); (Z.C.); (F.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics & Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (M.S.K.); (J.K.K.)
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- Departments of Pediatrics & Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (M.S.K.); (J.K.K.)
- Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA; (M.A.A.); (M.R.); (Z.C.); (F.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Inflammation, Center for NeuroVirology and Gene Editing, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA;
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Song J, Chen M, Meng F, Chen J, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Cui J, Wang J, Shi D. Studies on the interaction mechanism between xanthine oxidase and osmundacetone: Molecular docking, multi-spectroscopy and dynamical simulation. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 299:122861. [PMID: 37209475 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Xanthine oxidase (XO) is a key enzyme in uric acid production, and its molybdopterin (Mo-Pt) domain is an important catalytic center when xanthine and hypoxanthine are oxidated. It is found that the extract of Inonotus obliquus has an inhibitory effect on XO. In this study, five key chemical compounds were initially identified using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and two compounds, osmundacetone ((3E)-4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3-buten-2-one) and protocatechuic aldehyde (3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde), were screened as the XO inhibitors by ultrafiltration technology. Osmundacetone bound XO strongly and competitively inhibited XO with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration of 129.08 ± 1.71 μM, and its inhibition mechanism, was investigated. Osmundacetone and XO via static quenching and spontaneously bound with XO with high affinity, primarily via hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonds. Molecular docking studies showed that osmundacetone was inserted into the Mo-Pt center and interacted with hydrophobic residues of Phe911, Gly913, Phe914, Ser1008, Phe1009, Thr1010, Val1011, and Ala1079 of XO. In summary, these findings suggest that provide theoretical basis for the research and development of XO inhibitors from Inonotus obliquus.
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- Jiling Song
- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Life Science, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standard and Testing Technology, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; Nanguan Middle School, Honghua Gang District, Zunyi 563000, China
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- The College of Life Science, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; Institute of Science and Technology Innovation, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; The College of Life Science, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; Institute of Science and Technology Innovation, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China.
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- The College of Life Science, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; Institute of Science and Technology Innovation, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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Izumi Y, O'Dell KA, Zorumski CF. The herbicide glyphosate inhibits hippocampal long-term potentiation and learning through activation of pro-inflammatory signaling. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2883114. [PMID: 37214918 PMCID: PMC10197752 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2883114/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Background Glyphosate, a herbicide marketed under the trade name Roundup, is now widely used, in part because genetically modified organism plants that are resistant to this agent have been developed. Environmental or dietary exposure to glyphosate is omnipresent and there are concerns this exposure could impair cognitive function in addition to carcinogenicity. Methods Using hippocampal slices from juvenile male rats, we investigated whether glyphosate alters synaptic transmission and induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), a cellular model of learning and memory. Our hypothesis is that glyphosate alters neuronal function and impairs LTP induction via activation of pro-inflammatory processes, because increases in pro-inflammatory cytokines and neuroinflammation have been reported following glyphosate exposure. LTP was induced by delivery of 100 Hz x 1 sec high frequency stimulation (HFS) of the Schaffer collateral pathway and excitatory synaptic potentials (EPSPs) were monitored 60 min after HFS. Resulsts We first tested effects of Roundup on basal synaptic function and LTP induction. Roundup depressed EPSPs in a dose-dependent manner. Basal synaptic transmission was completely suppressed by 2000 ppm. At concentrations ≤ 20 ppm Roundup did not affect basal transmission, but 4 ppm Roundup administered 30 min before HFS inhibited LTP induction. We also observed that acute administration of 10-100 μM glyphosate inhibits LTP induction. Minocycline, an inhibitor of microglial activation, and TAK-242, an inhibitor of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), both overcame the inhibitory effects of 100M glyphosate. Similarly, lipopolysaccharide from Rhodobacter sphaeroides (LPS-RS) overcame the inhibitory effects. In addition, ISRIB (integrated stress response inhibitor) and quercetin, an inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum stress, allowed LTP induction in the presence of glyphosate. We also observed that in vivo glyphosate injection (16.9 mg/kg i.p.) impaired one-trial inhibitory avoidance learning. This learning deficit was overcome by TAK-242. Conclusion While Roundup inhibits LTP induction, these observations indicate that glyphosate alone, the major ingredient of Roundup, can impair cognitive function through pro-inflammatory signaling in microglia. Manipulation of pro-inflammatory signaling could be a useful strategy to prevent cognitive impairment after exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH).
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Song J, Wang Z, Chi Y, Zhang Y, Fang C, Shu Y, Cui J, Bai H, Wang J. Anti-gout activity and the interaction mechanisms between Sanghuangporus vaninii active components and xanthine oxidase. Bioorg Chem 2023; 133:106394. [PMID: 36801789 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Xanthine oxidase (XO) plays a critical role in the progression of gout. We showed in a previous study that Sanghuangporus vaninii (S. vaninii), a perennial, medicinal, and edible fungus traditionally used to treat various symptoms, contains XO inhibitors. In the current study, we isolated an active component of S. vaninii using high performance countercurrent chromatography and identified it as davallialactone using mass spectrometry with 97.726 % purity. A microplate reader showed that davallialactone had mixed inhibition of XO activity with a half-inhibitory concentration value of 90.07 ± 2.12 μM. In addition, the collision between davallialactone and XO led to fluorescence quenching and conformational changes in XO, which were mainly driven by hydrophobicity and hydrogen bonding. Molecular simulations further showed that davallialactone was located at the center of the molybdopterin (Mo-Pt) of XO and interacted with amino acid residues Phe798, Arg912, Met1038, Ala1078, Ala1079, Gln1194, and Gly1260, suggesting that entering the enzyme-catalyzed reaction was unfavorable for the substrate. We also observed face-to-face π-π interactions between the aryl ring of davallialactone and Phe914. Cell biology experiments indicated that davallialactone reduced the expression of the inflammatory factors, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1 beta (P < 0.05), can effectively alleviate cellular oxidative stress. This study showed that davallialactone significantly inhibits XO and has the potential to be developed into a novel medicine to prevent hyperuricemia and treat gout.
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- Jiling Song
- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The Central Laboratory, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; Nanguan Middle School, Honghua Gang District, Zunyi 563000, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The Central Laboratory, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- The College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China; The Central Laboratory, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China.
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Jiang P, Chen H, Feng X, Xie H, Jiang M, Xu D, Tang H, Zhang N, Chen J, Zhang L, Tang L. GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis restrains intracellular Chlamydia trachomatis growth in macrophages. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1116335. [PMID: 37009510 PMCID: PMC10061094 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1116335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Pyroptosis, a type of programmed necrosis associated with inflammatory, is a host defense mechanism against microbial infections. Although Chlamydia has been shown to induce pyroptosis, whether pyroptosis directly impacts the growth of Chlamydia has not been demonstrated. In this study, we found that C. trachomatis L2 infection of the mouse macrophage RAW 264.7 cells induced pyroptosis by monitoring the ultrastructural changes under transmission electron microscopy and the release of LDH and IL-1β. More importantly, this C. trachomatis-triggered pyroptosis with activation of caspase-1 and caspase-11 was also accompanied by gasdermin D (GSDMD) activation. Suppression of these two inflammatory caspases inhibited GSDMD activation. Interestingly, the C. trachomatis-triggered pyroptosis significantly inhibited the intracellular growth of C. trachomatis since inactivation of either GSDMD or caspase-1/11 significantly rescued infectious C. trachomatis yields, which suggests pyroptosis response can be utilized as an intrinsic mechanism to restrict C. trachomatis intracellular infection in addition to the well- documented extrinsic mechanisms by recruiting and enhancing inflammatory responses. This study may reveal novel targets for attenuating C. trachomatis infectivity and/or pathogenicity.
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- Ping Jiang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Disease, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- *Correspondence: Lingli Tang,
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Senecavirus a 3D Interacts with NLRP3 to Induce IL-1β Production by Activating NF-κB and Ion Channel Signals. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0209721. [PMID: 35254168 PMCID: PMC9045273 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02097-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Senecavirus A (SVA) infection induces inflammation in animals, such as fever, diarrhea, vesicles and erosions, and even death. The inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β) plays a pivotal role in inflammatory responses to combat microbes. Although SVA infection can produce inflammatory clinical symptoms, the modulation of IL-1β production by SVA infection remains unknown at present. Here, both in vitro and in vivo, SVA robustly induced IL-1β production in macrophages and pigs. Infection performed in NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing three (NLRP3) knockdown cells indicated that NLRP3 is essential for SVA-induced IL-1β secretion. Importantly, we identified that the 1 to 154 amino acid (aa) portion of SVA 3D binds to the NLRP3 NACHT domain to activate NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and IL-1β secretion. In addition, the SVA 3D protein interacts with IKKα and IKKβ to induce NF-κB activation, which facilitates pro-IL-1β transcription. Meanwhile, 3D induces p65 nucleus entry. Moreover, SVA 3D induces calcium influx and potassium efflux, which triggers IL-1β secretion. Ion channels might be related to 3D binding with NLRP3, resulting in NLRP3-ASC complex assembly. We found that 3D protein expression induced tissue hemorrhage and swelling in the mice model. Consistently, expression of 3D in mice caused IL-1β maturation and secretion. In the natural host of pigs, we confirmed that 3D also induced IL-1β production. Our data reveal a novel mechanism underlying the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome after SVA 3D expression, which provides clues for controlling pig’s inflammation during the SVA infection. IMPORTANCE Inflammation refers to the response of the immune system to viral, bacterial, and fungal infections or other foreign particles in the body, which can involve the production of a wide array of soluble inflammatory mediators. The NLRP3 inflammasome is one of the best-characterized inflammasome leading to IL-1β production and maturation. Senecavirus A (SVA) is an oncolytic virus that can cause fever, vesicles and erosions, severe fatal diarrhea, and even the sudden death of piglets. In this study, we demonstrated that 1 to 154 aa of SVA polymerase protein 3D interacts with the NACHT domain of NLRP3 to induce IL-1β production via the NF-κB signaling pathway and ion channel signal. Our study unveils the mechanism underlying the regulation of inflammasome assembly and production of IL-1β in response to SVA infection that will help better understand the modulation of host inflammation in pathogens invasion and development of the vaccine.
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Management of Gout-associated MSU crystals-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation by procyanidin B2: targeting IL-1β and Cathepsin B in macrophages. Inflammopharmacology 2020; 28:1481-1493. [PMID: 33006110 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-020-00758-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Gout, the most prevalent inflammatory arthritis worldwide, released interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and Cathepsin B inflammatory mediators that constitute the hallmark of the disease. Herein we aimed to investigate whether procyanidin B2 (PCB2), a natural dietary compound, can suppress MSU crystals-stimulated gouty inflammation. Treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus MSU, both mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) and mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) released a large amount of mature IL-1β compared to those treated with MSU or LPS alone, while IL-1β release was blocked by TLR4 and its downstream effector inhibitors. In two mouse models of gout, oral administration of PCB2 suppressed MSU crystals-induced increasing expression of IL-1β, Cathepsin B and NLRP3 in the air pouch skin and paws, accompanied with the downregulation prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in pouch exudates. Inflammatory immune cell infiltration including macrophages and neutrophils were significantly blocked by PCB2 in air pouch skin and paws of mice gout groups. PCB2 also suppressed the release of IL-1β and Cathepsin B induced by MSU plus LPS in MPM. Our results suggest that the inhibitory effects of PCB2 on NLRP3 inflammasome may alleviate inflammatory response in gout, and this might be a promising anti-inflammatory mechanism of PCB2 against the inflammation in gout.
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