Inhibiting Caspase-12 Mediated Inflammasome Activation protects against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury in Primary Astrocytes

Liu, Lu; Chen, Manli; Lin, Kun; Xiang, Xuwu; Zheng, Yueying; Zhu, Shengmei

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Inhibiting Caspase-12 Mediated Inflammasome Activation protects against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury in Primary Astrocytes

Lu Liu^#, Manli Chen^#, Kun Lin, Xuwu Xiang, Yueying Zheng^✉, Shengmei Zhu^✉

Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310003, People's Republic of China.
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Liu L, Chen M, Lin K, Xiang X, Zheng Y, Zhu S. Inhibiting Caspase-12 Mediated Inflammasome Activation protects against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury in Primary Astrocytes. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17(13):1936-1945. doi:10.7150/ijms.44330. https://www.medsci.org/v17p1936.htm

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Stroke is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Accumulating evidence suggests that NLRP3 inflammasome activation plays an important role in ischemic stroke injury. However, the existence of the NLRP3 inflammasome in astrocytes remains controversial. In this study, we demonstrated the presence of the NLRP3 inflammasome in primary mouse astrocytes and investigated the role of caspase-12 in NLRP3 inflammasome activation and cell injury in an in vitro astrocyte oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) model. Astrocytes exposed to 2, 3, and 4 h of OGD exhibited increased cell injury and apoptosis, and the protein levels of caspase-12, cleaved caspase-3, NLRP3 inflammasome components, and IL-1β were also significantly elevated. Interestingly, pretreatment with the caspase-12-specific inhibitor Z-ATAD-FMK attenuated cell injury and apoptosis and decreased the levels of NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β, and cleaved caspase-3 in the OGD group. In conclusion, Z-ATAD-FMK protected astrocytes against OGD-induced cell death and inhibited NLPR3-inflammasome activation. Our results indicate that caspase-12 and its potential regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation might be a promising target for treatment of ischemic stroke.

Keywords: stroke, ischemia reperfusion injury, astrocytes, caspase-12, NLRP3-inflmmasome

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Liu, L., Chen, M., Lin, K., Xiang, X., Zheng, Y., Zhu, S. (2020). Inhibiting Caspase-12 Mediated Inflammasome Activation protects against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury in Primary Astrocytes. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 17(13), 1936-1945. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.44330.

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Liu, L.; Chen, M.; Lin, K.; Xiang, X.; Zheng, Y.; Zhu, S. Inhibiting Caspase-12 Mediated Inflammasome Activation protects against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury in Primary Astrocytes. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2020, 17 (13), 1936-1945. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.44330.

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Liu L, Chen M, Lin K, Xiang X, Zheng Y, Zhu S. 2020. Inhibiting Caspase-12 Mediated Inflammasome Activation protects against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury in Primary Astrocytes. Int J Med Sci. 17(13):1936-1945.

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