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ArticleJournal of radiation research2020

Rosiglitazone ameliorates radiation-induced intestinal inflammation in rats by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome and TNF-α production.

Liqiong Hu, Hao Chen, Xingliang Zhang, Zhencheng Feng, Haifeng Zhang, Qingqi Meng

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Article in Journal of radiation research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Liqiong HuDepartment of Intensive Care Unit of Guangzhou Red Cross hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 51000, China.
Hao ChenGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, China.
Xingliang ZhangShenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
Zhencheng FengGuangzhou institute of traumatic surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510000, China.
Haifeng ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 51000, China.
Qingqi MengGuangzhou institute of traumatic surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510000, China.
Jinan University · CNGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CNShenzhen Children's Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation-induced acute intestinal injury is a common and serious occurrence following abdominal and pelvic irradiation. The Nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3)-dependant inflammasome and inflammation activation is crucial in this process. In a pre-experimental design of radiation-induced intestinal injury, we found that rosiglitazone inhibited caspase-1 which is a key marker of inflammasome activation. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the inhibitory effect of rosiglitazone on the NLRP3 inflammasome both in vivo and in vitro. Radiation-induced intestinal injury after rosiglitazone treatment, and the expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), caspase-1 and NLRP3 in a radiation-induced intestinal injury model in a rat and macrophages were observed. We found that rosiglitazone ameliorated radiation-induced intestinal injury in rats by suppressing the expression of caspase-1, NLRP3, IL-1β and TNF-α. Treatment with rosiglitazone in vitro reduced the expression of NLRP3, and the NLRP3 activator monosodium urate (MSU) reversed the inhibition of IL-1β and TNF-α by rosiglitazone in macrophages. MSU reversed the protective effect of rosiglitazone on radiation-induced intestinal injury in rats by reversing the rosiglitazone-induced inhibition of IL-1β and TNF-α. Taken together, these findings indicate that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist, rosiglitazone, ameliorates radiation-induced intestine inflammation in rats via inhibiting the induction of the NLRP3-dependent inflammasome in macrophages.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHypoglycemic AgentsInflammasomesInflammationInterleukin-1betaIntestinesIn Vitro TechniquesMacrophagesMacrophages, PeritonealMaleNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinRadiation InjuriesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyHypoglycemic AgentsInflammasomesInterleukin-1betaNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, ratRosiglitazoneTumor Necrosis Factor-alphainflammasomeinflammationradiation-induced intestinal injuryRosiglitazoneTNF-α

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