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Chinese Journal of Lung Diseases(Electronic Edition) ›› 2020, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (04): 441-445. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1674-6902.2020.04.002

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Role of Gasdermin D in pyroptosis of mouse alveolar macrophages induced by lipopolysaccharide

Weizheng Shuai1, Jun Li2, Xuxin Chen3, Dawei Li1, Zhicheng Zhang1,()   

  1. 1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
    2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China; Department of Medical Administration, Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
    3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2020-03-19 Online:2020-08-25 Published:2021-07-22
  • Contact: Zhicheng Zhang

Abstract:

Objective

To investigate the role of Gasdermin D (GSDMD) in the pyroptosis of mouse alveolar macrophages induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

Methods

The GSDMD knockdown MH-S cell line was established using small interfering RNA (siRNA) technique. There were three groups of cells including wild-type MH-S cell group (WT), blank control cell group (NC) and GSDMD knockdown MH-S cell group (KD), and they were treated with phosphate buffered solution (PBS), LPS+ nigericin and LPS+ cholera toxin B subunit, respectively. Then 5 different assays were performed to identify the pyroptosis of MH-S cells which were stimulated by these reagnets. The details of these assays were described as follows: the mortality of the MH-S cells was determined by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay, PI staining was performed under a fluorescence microscope, IL-1β level in the cell culture supernatant was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the mRNA transcriptional level of GSDMD was evaluated by real-time quantitative RT-PCR, and the expression of GSDMD-NT protein level was evaluated by Western blotting method.

Results

After LPS induction, pyroptosis appeared in the cells of all the three groups. The analyses of LPS plus nigericin-treated or cholera toxin B subunit-treated MH-S cell lines showed that pyroptosis was suppressed in the KD group. In the knockdown cell line, after the treatment of LPS+ nigericin, the level of LDH and the concentration of IL-1βwere significant lower than those of the WT group and the NC group (P<0.05). The less positive percentage of PI staining was present in the KD group than the other two groups (P<0.05). Moreover, the expression levels of GSDMD mRNA and GSDMD-NT protein in the KD group were lower than those of the WT group and the NC group (P<0.05). After LPS+ CTB stimulation, the cell mortalities were more in the WT group and the NC group than the KD group (P<0.01). Likewise, the level of IL-1β and the positive percentage of PI staining in the KD group were obviously lower compared with those of the NC group and the WT group (P<0.05). The expression levels of GSDMD mRNA and GSDMD-NT protein were lower in the KD group than the WT group and the NC group, respectively (P<0.05).

Conclusion

Down-regulation of GSDMD protein expression could inhibit the pyroptosis of MH-S cells and the release of IL-1β induced by LPS.

Key words: Acute lung injury/Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Pyroptosis, Gasdermin D, Lipopolysaccharide

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