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ArticleeLife2025

Inhibiting NINJ1-dependent plasma membrane rupture protects against inflammasome-induced blood coagulation and inflammation.

Jian Cui, Hua Li, Dien Ye, Guoying Zhang, Yan Zhang, Ling Yang, Martha M S Sim, Jeremy P Wood, Yinan Wei, Zhenyu Li and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. The gasdermin family: from pyroptosis mechanisms to therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  4. NINJ1: implications for plasma membrane rupture and disease.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  8. The role of NINJ1 in diseases.Cell death discovery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jian CuiSaha Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Hua LiSaha Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Dien YeSaha Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Guoying ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Ling YangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Martha M S SimDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Jeremy P WoodSaha Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Yinan WeiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Zhenyu LiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Congqing WuSaha Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7725-7881

Funding

The role of IKKß in linking obesity to adipose tissue inflammation and adipogeneP20GM103527 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KATZ, WENDY S · 2012 to 2017
$13.7M
Pilot Projects ProgramP30GM127211 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI CASSIS, LISA A · 2018 to 2022
$5.7M
Heart-platelet crosstalk: JNK, AF, and thrombogenesisR01HL146744 · NHLBI · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Xun Ai, Yuchi Han · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
Inflammasome Activation Triggers Systemic Coagulation in SepsisR01HL142640 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LI, ZHENYU, WEI, YINAN · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
A novel mechanism of immunosuppression in sepsis: Depletion of monocytes and macrophagesR01GM132443 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LI, ZHENYU, WEI, YINAN · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Macrophage Pyroptosis in Abdominal Aortic AneurysmR00HL145117 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI WU, CONGQING · 2022 to 2024
$747k
Protein S Anticoagulant Activity: Biochemical Mechanisms and Structural StudiesR00HL129193 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI WOOD, JEREMY P · 2018 to 2020
$736k
Macrophage Pyroptosis in Abdominal Aortic AneurysmK99HL145117 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI WU, CONGQING · 2019 to 2020
$313k
Protein S Anticoagulant Activity: Biochemical Mechanisms and Structural StudiesK99HL129193 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI WOOD, JEREMY P · 2015 to 2016
$192k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic blood coagulation accompanies inflammation during severe infections like sepsis and COVID. We previously established a link between coagulopathy and pyroptosis, a vital defense mechanism against infection. During pyroptosis, the formation of gasdermin-D (GSDMD) pores on the plasma membrane leads to the release of tissue factor (TF)-positive microvesicles (MVs) that are procoagulant. Mice lacking GSDMD release fewer of these procoagulant MVs. However, the specific mechanisms coupling the activation of GSDMD to MV release remain unclear. Plasma membrane rupture (PMR) in pyroptosis was recently reported to be actively mediated by the transmembrane protein Ninjurin-1 (NINJ1). Here, we show that NINJ1 promotes procoagulant MV release during pyroptosis. Haploinsufficiency or glycine inhibition of NINJ1 limited the release of procoagulant MVs and inflammatory cytokines, and partially protected against blood coagulation and lethality triggered by bacterial flagellin. Our findings suggest a crucial role for NINJ1-dependent PMR in inflammasome-induced blood coagulation and inflammation.

Indexed as

Blood CoagulationCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalInflammationNerve Growth FactorsPyroptosisAnimalsCell-Derived MicroparticlesCell MembraneCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFlagellinGlycineHaploinsufficiencyInflammasomesInflammation MediatorsMacrophagesCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCytokinesFlagellinGlycineInflammasomesInflammation MediatorsNerve Growth FactorsNinj1 protein, mouseCoagulationimmunologyInfectionInflammasomeinflammationMacrophageMicrovesiclemouseNINJ1PyroptosisSepsis

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PMID40094828
PMCPMC11913443

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