ArticleCell death discovery2021
Trimetazidine attenuates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy via inhibiting NLRP3/GSDMD pathway-mediated pyroptosis.
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- A Systematic Review and User Reference of Phenotypic and Molecular Characteristics of Dexamethasone-Mediated C2C12 Muscle Atrophy.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Pooled it
- Medicarpin Mediates the Protective Effect of Cell Pyroptosis Against Sepsis-Induced Liver Injury by NLRP3/GSDMD/Caspase-1 Axis.Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology · 2026Article
- Asiatic acid alleviates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy through regulating the Sirt1/PGC-1α/FOXO3 pathway.Histology and histopathology · 2026Article
- Intestinal health of broiler chickens fed red seaweed (Chondracanthus chamissoi) under dexamethasone-induced stress.Poultry science · 2026Article
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- Vitamin B3 rescues mitochondrial homeostasis in dexamethasone-induced skeletal muscle atrophy by reducing oxidative stress.Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2026Article
- Recombinant Human KAI1/CD82 Attenuates Glucocorticoid-Induced Muscle Atrophy by Promoting Myogenic Differentiation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Convergent innate immune and regulated cell-death pathways in selected myopathies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Targeting pyroptosis for skeletal muscle atrophy: mechanistic insights and therapeutic perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Irisin regulates the phosphorylation of glucocorticoid receptor Ser212 and Ser234 and mediates glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy in mice.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation alleviated liver injury and wasting effect in tumor-bearing mice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Ethanolic Extract of Glycine Semen Preparata Prevents Oxidative Stress-Induced Muscle Damage in C2C12 Cells and Alleviates Dexamethasone-Induced Muscle Atrophy and Weakness in Experimental Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Long non-coding RNAs Kcnq1ot1 and Lncpint are involved in skeletal muscle atrophy induced by the space exposome.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- PDE10A Inhibition Disrupts Lipid Droplet Formation and Sensitizes Macrophages to Ferroptosis after LPS treatment.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Targeting cholesterol-driven pyroptosis: a promising strategy for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.Molecular biology reports · 2025Review
- Mealworm hydrolysate ameliorates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy via sirtuin 1-mediated signaling and Akt pathway.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
- Keto Acids Attenuate Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease via Inhibiting Pyroptosis and Upregulating Irisin Precursor FNDC5 Expression.Calcified tissue international · 2025Article
- Decoding CKD-induced muscle atrophy through the critical role of lncRNA GAS5 and pyroptosis.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025Article
- Paeoniflorin Attenuates APAP-Induced Liver Injury via Intervening the Crosstalk Between Hepatocyte Pyroptosis and NETs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Skeletal muscle atrophy is one of the major side effects of high dose or sustained usage of glucocorticoids. Pyroptosis is a novel form of pro-inflammatory programmed cell death that may contribute to skeletal muscle injury. Trimetazidine, a well-known anti-anginal agent, can improve skeletal muscle performance both in humans and mice. We here showed that dexamethasone-induced atrophy, as evidenced by the increase of muscle atrophy F-box (Atrogin-1) and muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1) expression, and the decrease of myotube diameter in C2C12 myotubes. Dexamethasone also induced pyroptosis, indicated by upregulated pyroptosis-related protein NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), Caspase-1, and gasdermin-D (GSDMD). Knockdown of NLRP3 or GSDMD attenuated dexamethasone-induced myotube pyroptosis and atrophy. Trimetazidine treatment ameliorated dexamethasone-induced muscle pyroptosis and atrophy both in vivo and in vitro. Activation of NLRP3 using LPS and ATP not only increased the cleavage and activation of Caspase-1 and GSDMD, but also increased the expression levels of atrophy markers MuRF1 and Atrogin-1 in trimetazidine-treated C2C12 myotubes. Mechanically, dexamethasone inhibited the phosphorylation of PI3K/AKT/FoxO3a, which could be attenuated by trimetazidine. Conversely, co-treatment with a PI3K/AKT inhibitor, picropodophyllin, remarkably increased the expression of NLRP3 and reversed the protective effects of trimetazidine against dexamethasone-induced C2C12 myotube pyroptosis and atrophy. Taken together, our study suggests that NLRP3/GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis might be a novel mechanism for dexamethasone-induced skeletal muscle atrophy. Trimetazidine might be developed as a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy.
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