Miao Runfeng, Huang Jian
Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
Exp Ther Med. 2023 Jul 13;26(3):417. doi: 10.3892/etm.2023.12117. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Sepsis is an infection-induced systemic inflammatory response syndrome accompanied by multiple organ injury and failure. MCC950, an inhibitor of NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), can alleviate the inflammatory response and relieve inflammation-induced injury. The aim of the present study was to explore the efficacy of MCC950 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation and elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Based on a prior study, C57BL/6 mice were divided into three groups: Control, LPS, and LPS + MCC950. The mice were administered 10 mg/kg LPS to induce sepsis and 10 mg/kg MCC950 to treat sepsis 6 h before and after LPS injection. Histopathological imaging revealed organ morphology and damage during inflammation, and MCC950 alleviated organ damage and dysfunction. MCC950 prevented LPS-induced inflammatory responses by reducing inflammatory cytokine levels in the blood. To explore the mechanism by which MCC950 functions, blood neutrophils were isolated and a series of tests were performed. As revealed by measuring reactive oxygen species levels and Annexin V/PI staining of neutrophils, MCC950 reduced oxidative stress and programmed death induced by LPS. Western blotting was used to assess the protein levels of pyroptosis-related markers, including GSDMD, NLRP3, and caspase-1, in neutrophils to further explore the form of death. MCC950 reduced LPS-induced pyroptosis in neutrophils. The results of the survival analysis revealed that MCC950 increased the survival rates of mice within 72 h of LPS injection. MCC950 may be an effective treatment for sepsis that targets neutrophil pyroptosis.
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