中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2024, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (5): 1064-1071.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.385311

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6可减轻蛛网膜下腔出血后细胞焦亡

  

  • 出版日期:2024-05-15 发布日期:2023-10-31

Tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6 ameliorates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage by suppressing NLRC4 inflammasome-mediated astrocyte pyroptosis

Mingxiang Ding1, 2, #, Lei Jin1, #, Boyang Wei1, #, Wenping Cheng1, Wenchao Liu1, Xifeng Li1, *, Chuanzhi Duan1, *   

  1. 1Neurosurgery Center, Department of Cerebrovascular Surgery, The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, The Neurosurgery Institute of Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 2Department of Cerebrovascular Intervention, Zhongshan City People’s Hospital, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China
  • Online:2024-05-15 Published:2023-10-31
  • Contact: Xifeng Li, PhD, nflxf@126.com; Chuanzhi Duan, MD, doctor_duanzj@163.com.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81974178 (to CD).

摘要:

以往的研究已经证实,蛛网膜下腔出血后给予肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6可通过抑制炎症反应和氧化应激显著缓解早期脑损伤。然而,肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6蛛网膜下腔出血后早期脑损伤缓解作用是否包含抑制细胞焦亡和任何其他潜在机制尚不明确实验利用血管穿刺法建立蛛网膜下腔出血小鼠模型。结果表明,肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6NLRC4GSDMD主要在星形细胞中表达。蛛网膜下腔出血后,NLRC4GSDMD/GSDMD-Ncleaved caspase-1的表达明显增强,并伴有脑水肿和神经系统损伤。为了进一步探讨肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6如何影响蛛网膜下腔出血后早期脑损伤期间的细胞焦亡作用,将重组人肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6或靶向肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6siRNA注射于小鼠脑室内。结果发现,外源性肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6的治疗可以明显减轻蛛网膜下腔出血后早期脑损伤中星形胶质细胞焦亡,并可改善小鼠脑水肿程度及神经功能缺损。进一步研究证实,肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6是通过抑制NLRC4炎症小体通路缓解星形胶质细胞焦亡。说明肿瘤坏死因子刺激基因6是减轻蛛网膜下腔出血后细胞焦亡的潜在药物,可为改善蛛网膜下腔出血预后提供的新治疗方式。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-8637 (Chuanzhi Duan); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-1916 (Xifeng Li)

Abstract: Subarachnoid hemorrhage is associated with high morbidity and mortality and lacks effective treatment. Pyroptosis is a crucial mechanism underlying early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Previous studies have confirmed that tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6) can exert a neuroprotective effect by suppressing oxidative stress and apoptosis. However, no study to date has explored whether TSG-6 can alleviate pyroptosis in early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage. In this study, a C57BL/6J mouse model of subarachnoid hemorrhage was established using the endovascular perforation method. Our results indicated that TSG-6 expression was predominantly detected in astrocytes, along with NLRC4 and gasdermin-D (GSDMD). The expression of NLRC4, GSDMD and its N-terminal domain (GSDMD-N), and cleaved caspase-1 was significantly enhanced after subarachnoid hemorrhage and accompanied by brain edema and neurological impairment. To explore how TSG-6 affects pyroptosis during early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage, recombinant human TSG-6 or a siRNA targeting TSG-6 was injected into the cerebral ventricles. Exogenous TSG-6 administration downregulated the expression of NLRC4 and pyroptosis-associated proteins and alleviated brain edema and neurological deficits. Moreover, TSG-6 knockdown further increased the expression of NLRC4, which was accompanied by more severe astrocyte pyroptosis. In summary, our study revealed that TSG-6 provides neuroprotection against early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage by suppressing NLRC4 inflammasome activation-induced astrocyte pyroptosis.

Key words: astrocyte, early brain injury, inflammasome, NLRC4, pyroptosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6)