Department of Pediatrics, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China; Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Am J Pathol. 2024 Jun;194(6):989-1006. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.02.011. Epub 2024 Mar 3.
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and pyroptosis are critical events in lung injury. This study investigated whether ficolin-A influenced NET formation through pyroptosis to exacerbate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced lung injury. The expression of ficolin-A/2, NETs, and pyroptosis-related molecules was investigated in animal and cell models. Knockout and knockdown (recombinant protein) methods were used to elucidate regulatory mechanisms. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to analyze the correlation between ficolins and pyroptosis- and NET-related markers in clinical samples. In this study, ficolin-2 (similar to ficolin-A) showed significant overexpression in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. In vivo, knockout of Fcna, but not Fcnb, attenuated lung inflammation and inhibited NET formation in the LPS-induced mouse model. DNase I further alleviated lung inflammation and NET formation in Fcna knockout mice. In vitro, neutrophils derived from Fcna mice showed less pyroptosis and necroptosis than those from the control group after LPS stimulation. Additionally, GSDMD knockdown or Nod-like receptor protein 3 inhibitor reduced NET formation. Addition of recombinant ficolin-2 protein to human peripheral blood neutrophils promoted NET formation and pyroptosis after LPS stimulation, whereas Fcn2 knockdown had the opposite effect. Acute respiratory distress syndrome patients showed increased levels of pyroptosis- and NET-related markers, which were correlated positively with ficolin-2 levels. In conclusion, these results suggested that ficolin-A/2 exacerbated NET formation and LPS-induced lung injury via gasdermin D-mediated pyroptosis.
中性粒细胞胞外诱捕网(NETs)和细胞焦亡是肺损伤的关键事件。本研究旨在探讨凝集素 A(ficolin-A)是否通过细胞焦亡影响 NET 形成,从而加重脂多糖(LPS)诱导的肺损伤。在动物和细胞模型中研究了 ficolin-A/2、NETs 和细胞焦亡相关分子的表达。采用敲除和敲低(重组蛋白)方法来阐明调控机制。采用 Pearson 相关系数分析临床样本中凝集素与细胞焦亡和 NET 相关标志物的相关性。本研究中,急性呼吸窘迫综合征患者的 ficolin-2(类似于 ficolin-A)表达显著上调。在体内,Fcna 敲除而非 Fcnb 敲除减轻了 LPS 诱导的小鼠模型中的肺炎症和 NET 形成。DNase I 进一步减轻了 Fcna 敲除小鼠的肺炎症和 NET 形成。在体外,LPS 刺激后,来自 Fcna 敲除小鼠的中性粒细胞比对照组的中性粒细胞表现出更少的细胞焦亡和坏死性凋亡。此外,GSDMD 敲低或 Nod 样受体蛋白 3 抑制剂减少了 NET 的形成。重组 ficolin-2 蛋白的添加促进了 LPS 刺激后人外周血中性粒细胞的 NET 形成和细胞焦亡,而 Fcn2 敲低则有相反的效果。急性呼吸窘迫综合征患者的细胞焦亡和 NET 相关标志物水平升高,与 ficolin-2 水平呈正相关。总之,这些结果表明 ficolin-A/2 通过 GSDMD 介导的细胞焦亡加重 NET 形成和 LPS 诱导的肺损伤。
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