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ArticleCell death & disease2024

CHOP-mediated Gasdermin E expression promotes pyroptosis, inflammation, and mitochondrial damage in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Nannan Ma, Hao Lu, Ning Li, Weijian Ni, Wenbo Zhang, Qiang Liu, Wenzheng Wu, Shichao Xia, Jiagen Wen, Tao Zhang

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. The role of NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in astrocytes during hyperoxia-induced brain injury.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nannan Ma *Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Hao Lu *Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Ning Li *Department of Nephropathy, The Zhongda Affilicated Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Weijian Ni *Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9844-0578
Wenbo ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Qiang LiuDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Wenzheng WuDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Shichao XiaInflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Jiagen WenInflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China. jiagenwen@ahmu.edu.cn.
Tao ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China. zhangtao@ahmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4920-3963
Anhui Medical University · CNUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CNZhongda Hospital Southeast University · CN

Funding

Anhui Medical University (AHMU) 2021xkjT036Anhui Medical University (AHMU) No. 2023IHM02003Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation) 2008085MH290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In clinical practice, renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a common cause of acute kidney injury (AKI), often leading to acute renal failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The current understanding of renal IRI mechanisms remains unclear, and effective therapeutic strategies and clear targets are lacking. Therefore, the need to find explicit and effective ways to reduce renal IRI remains a scientific challenge. The current study explored pyroptosis, a type of inflammation-regulated programmed cell death, and the role of Gasdermins E (GSDME)-mediated pyroptosis, mitochondrial damage, and inflammation in renal IRI. The analysis of human samples showed that the expression levels of GSDME in normal human renal tissues were higher than those of GSDMD. Moreover, our study demonstrated that GSDME played an important role in mediating pyroptosis, inflammation, and mitochondrial damage in renal IRI. Subsequently, GSDME-N accumulated in the mitochondrial membrane, leading to mitochondrial damage and activation of caspase3, which generated a feed-forward loop of self-amplification injury. However, GSDME knockout resulted in the amelioration of renal IRI. Moreover, the current study found that the transcription factor CHOP was activated much earlier in renal IRI. Inhibition of BCL-2 by CHOP leaded to casapse3 activation, resulting in mitochondrial damage and apoptosis; not only that, but CHOP positively regulated GSDME thereby causing pyroptosis. Therefore, this study explored the transcriptional mechanisms of GSDME during IRI development and the important role of CHOP/Caspase3/GSDME mechanistic axis in regulating pyroptosis in renal IRI. This axis might serve as a potential therapeutic target.

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Acute Kidney InjuryReperfusion InjuryGasderminsHumansInflammationKidneyPyroptosisGasdermins

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PMID38388468
PMCPMC10883957
OpenAlexW4392054125

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