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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2021

Inhibition of heat shock protein family A member 8 attenuates spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury via astrocyte NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway : HSPA8 inhibition protects spinal ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Jingyi Mi, Yang Yang, Hao Yao, Zhirong Huan, Ce Xu, Zhiheng Ren, Wenfu Li, Ying Tang, Rao Fu, Xin Ge

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jingyi Mi *Department of Sports Medicine, Wuxi 9Th Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Yang Yang *Department of Neurosurgery, Central Hospital of Jinzhou, Jinzhou, 121001, Liaoning, China.
Hao YaoDepartment of ICU, Wuxi 9Th Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Zhirong HuanDepartment of ICU, Wuxi 9Th Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Ce XuDepartment of ICU, Wuxi 9Th Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
Zhiheng RenDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
Wenfu LiDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4878-2307
Ying TangDepartment of Microbiology, Biochemistry, & Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, 07103, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6438-2808
Rao FuDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China. furao5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7551-4618
Xin GeDepartment of ICU, Wuxi 9Th Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China. gexin2021@suda.edu.cn.
Soochow University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNJinzhou Central Hospital · CNRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82071496Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2021A1515010463Precision Medicine Projects of the Wuxi Municipal Healthy Commission J202007Young Teacher Foundation of Sun Yat-sen University (CN) 59000-18841219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAstrocyte over-activation and extensive neuron loss are the main characteristic pathological features of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury (SCII). Prior studies have placed substantial emphasis on the role of heat shock protein family A member 8 (HSPA8) on postischemic myocardial inflammation and cardiac dysfunction. However, it has never been determined whether HSPA8 participates in astrocyte activation and thus mediated neuroinflammation associated with SCII.

methodsThe left renal artery ligation-induced SCII rat models and oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/R)-induced rat primary cultured astrocytes were established. The lentiviral vector encoding short hairpin RNA targeting HSPA8 was delivered to the spinal cord by intrathecal administration or to culture astrocytes. Then, the spinal neuron survival, gliosis, and nod-like receptor pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome and its related pro-inflammatory cytokines were analyzed.

resultsSCII significantly enhanced the GFAP and HSPA8 expression in the spinal cord, resulting in blood-brain barrier breakdown and the dramatical loss of spinal neuron and motor function. Moreover, injury also increased spinal nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) p65 phosphorylation, NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated caspase-1 activation, and subsequent interleukin (IL)-1β as well as IL-18 secretion. Silencing the HSPA8 expression efficiently ameliorated the spinal cord tissue damage and promoted motor function recovery after SCII, through blockade of the astrocyte activation and levels of phosphorylated NF-κB, NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β, and IL-18. Further in vitro studies confirmed that HSPA8 knockdown protected astrocytes from OGD/R-induced injury via the blockade of NF-κB and NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

conclusionOur findings indicate that knockdown of HSPA8 inhibits spinal astrocytic damage after SCII, which may provide a promising therapeutic strategy for SCII treatment.

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AnimalsAstrocytesBlood-Brain BarrierCells, CulturedGene Knockdown TechniquesGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHSC70 Heat-Shock ProteinsInflammasomesMaleNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPhosphorylationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReperfusion InjurySignal TransductionGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHSC70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHspa8 protein, ratInflammasomesNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAstrocyteHSPA8NeuroinflammationNF-κBNLRP3Spinal cord ischemia–reperfusion injury

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PMID34362408
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