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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2023

NRF1 knockdown alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary inflammatory injury by upregulating DKK3 and inhibiting the GSK-3β/β-catenin pathway.

Le Kang, Xinhua Wang, Jianfang Wang, Jing Guo, Wang Zhang, Ruirui Lei

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Le KangDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zhumadian Central Hospital, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-2692
Xinhua WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zhumadian Central Hospital, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China.
Jianfang WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhumadian Central Hospital, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China.
Jing GuoDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
Wang ZhangDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Zhumadian Central Hospital, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China.
Ruirui LeiDepartment of Neonatology, Zhumadian Central Hospital, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China.
Zhumadian Central Hospital · CNZhengzhou Children's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive inflammatory injury is the main cause of the incidence of severe neonatal pneumonia (NP) and associated deaths. Although dickkopf-3 (DKK3) exhibits anti-inflammatory activity in numerous pathological processes, its role in NP is still unknown. In this study, human embryonic lung WI-38 and MRC-5 cells were treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce inflammatory injury of NP in vitro. The expression of DKK3 was downregulated in LPS-stimulated WI-38 and MRC-5 cells. DKK3 overexpression decreased LPS-induced inhibition of cell viability, and reduced LPS-induced apoptosis of WI-38 and MRC-5 cells. DKK3 overexpression also reduced LPS-induced production of pro-inflammatory factors such as ROS, IL-6, MCP-1, and TNF-α. Nuclear respiratory factors 1 (NRF1) knockdown was found to upregulate DKK3 and inactivate the GSK-3β/β-catenin pathway in LPS-injured WI-38 and MRC-5 cells. NRF1 knockdown also suppressed LPS-induced inhibition on cell viability, repressed LPS-induced apoptosis, and inhibited the accumulation of ROS, IL-6, MCP-1, and TNF-α in LPS-injured WI-38 and MRC-5 cells. DKK3 knockdown or re-activation of the GSK-3β/β-catenin pathway reversed the inhibitory effects of NRF1 knockdown on LPS-induced inflammatory injury. In conclusion, NRF1 knockdown can alleviate LPS-triggered inflammatory injury by regulating DKK3 and the GSK-3β/β-catenin pathway.

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PneumoniaSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosisbeta CateninGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansInfant, NewbornInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesReactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAdaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingbeta CateninDKK3 protein, humanGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesReactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaDKK3GSK-3β/β-catenininflammatory injuryneonatal pneumoniaNRF1

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PMID37402316
PMCPMC10711350
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