Center for Vascular Disease and Translational Medicine and Department of Cardiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Department of General Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 Dec 1;319(6):H1482-H1495. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00731.2019. Epub 2020 Oct 16.
Multiple organ perfusion is impaired in sepsis. Clinical studies suggest that persistent perfusion disturbances are prognostic of fatal outcome in sepsis. Pyroptosis occurs upon activation of caspases and their subsequent cleavage of gasdermin D (Gsdmd), resulting in Gsdmd-N (activated NH-terminal fragment of Gsdmd) that form membrane pores to induce cell death in sepsis. In addition, Gsdmd mice are protected from a lethal dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, how Gsdmd-mediated pyroptosis occurs in endothelial cells and leads to impaired perfusion remain unexplored in endotoxemia. We used transgenic mice with ablation of Gsdmd and determined that mice lacking Gsdmd exhibited reduced breakdown of endothelial barrier, improved organ perfusion, as well as increased survival in endotoxemia. Phospholipase Cγ1 (PLCγ1) contributed to Gsdmd-mediated endothelial pyroptosis in a calcium-dependent fashion, without affecting Gsdmd-N production. Cytosolic calcium signaling promoted Gsdmd-N translocation to the plasma membrane, enhancing endothelial pyroptosis induced by LPS. We used adeno-associated virus (AAV9) vectors carrying a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) against murine PLCγ1 mRNA under control of the tie1 core promoter (AAV-tie1-sh-PLCγ1) to uniquely downregulate PLCγ1 expression in the endothelial cells. Here, we showed that unique inhibition of endothelial PLCγ1 attenuated breakdown of endothelial barrier, reduced vascular leakage, and improved perfusion disturbances. Moreover, unique downregulate endothelial PLCγ1 expression markedly decreased mortality of mice in endotoxemia. Thus, we establish that endothelial injury as an important trigger of fatal outcome in endotoxemia. Additionally, these findings suggest that interfering with Gsdmd and PLCγ1-calcium pathway may represent a new treatment strategy for critically ill patients sustaining endotoxemia. Our study newly reveals that Phospholipase Cγ1 (PLCγ1) contributes to gasdermin D (Gsdmd)-mediated endothelial pyroptosis in a calcium-dependent fashion. Cytosolic calcium signaling promotes activated NH-terminal fragment of Gsdmd (Gsdmd-N) to translocate to the plasma membrane, enhancing endothelial pyroptosis induced by cytoplasmic LPS. Genetic or pharmacologic inhibition of endothelial PLCγ1 attenuated breakdown of endothelial barrier, reduced vascular leakage, improve perfusion disturbances, and decrease mortality of mice in endotoxemia.
多器官灌注在脓毒症中受损。临床研究表明,持续的灌注障碍是脓毒症致命结局的预后指标。焦亡是在半胱天冬酶激活及其随后对天冬氨酸半胱氨酸酶蛋白水解酶(gasdermin D,Gsdmd)的切割后发生的,导致 Gsdmd-N(Gsdmd 的活化 NH 末端片段)形成膜孔,从而导致脓毒症中的细胞死亡。此外,Gsdmd 敲除小鼠可免受脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)的致死剂量影响。然而,Gsdmd 介导的内皮细胞焦亡如何发生并导致灌注受损,在内毒素血症中仍未得到探索。我们使用内皮细胞中 Gsdmd 缺失的转基因小鼠,并确定缺乏 Gsdmd 的小鼠表现出内皮屏障破坏减少、器官灌注改善以及内毒素血症中的存活率提高。磷脂酶 Cγ1(phospholipase Cγ1,PLCγ1)以钙离子依赖的方式促进 Gsdmd 介导的内皮细胞焦亡,而不影响 Gsdmd-N 的产生。细胞质钙离子信号促进 Gsdmd-N 向质膜易位,增强 LPS 诱导的内皮细胞焦亡。我们使用携带受 Tie1 核心启动子(AAV-tie1-sh-PLCγ1)控制的针对小鼠 PLCγ1 mRNA 的短发夹 RNA(short hairpin RNA,shRNA)的腺相关病毒(adeno-associated virus,AAV9)载体,在内皮细胞中特异地下调 PLCγ1 的表达。在这里,我们表明内皮细胞 PLCγ1 的特异地抑制减弱了内皮屏障的破坏,减少了血管渗漏,并改善了灌注障碍。此外,特异地下调内皮 PLCγ1 表达可显著降低内毒素血症中小鼠的死亡率。因此,我们确定内皮损伤是内毒素血症中致命结局的重要触发因素。此外,这些发现表明,干扰 Gsdmd 和 PLCγ1-钙离子途径可能代表一种治疗严重脓毒症患者的新策略。我们的研究新揭示了磷脂酶 Cγ1(PLCγ1)以钙离子依赖的方式促进天冬氨酸半胱氨酸酶蛋白水解酶(gasdermin D,Gsdmd)介导的内皮细胞焦亡。细胞质钙离子信号促进活化的 Gsdmd-N(Gsdmd 的活化 NH 末端片段)向质膜易位,增强细胞质 LPS 诱导的内皮细胞焦亡。内皮细胞 PLCγ1 的遗传或药理学抑制可减弱内皮屏障的破坏,减少血管渗漏,改善灌注障碍,并降低内毒素血症中小鼠的死亡率。
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