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ATP exposure stimulates glutathione efflux as a necessary switch for NLRP3 inflammasome activation
| Title: | ATP exposure stimulates glutathione efflux as a necessary switch for NLRP3 inflammasome activation |
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| Authors: | Tianli Zhang, Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Waliul Islam, Katsuhiko Ono, Kohsuke Takeda, Takaaki Akaike, Tomohiro Sawa |
| Source: | Redox Biology, Vol 41, Iss , Pp 101930- (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: | NLRP3 inflammasome, Glutathione, ATP, GSH efflux, Reactive oxygen species, Redox regulation, Medicine (General), R5-920, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: | The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multiprotein complex responsible for the maturation of precursor forms of interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 into active proinflammatory cytokines. Increasing evidence suggests that modulation of redox homeostasis contributes to the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. However, specific mechanistic details remain unclear. We demonstrate here that ATP exposure evoked a sharp decrease in glutathione (GSH) levels in macrophages, which led to NLRP3 inflammasome activation. We detected an increase in GSH levels in culture supernatants that was comparable to the GSH decrease in macrophages, which suggests that exposure to ATP stimulated GSH efflux. Exogenous addition of P2X7 receptor antagonist, GSH, or the oxidized form GSSG attenuated this efflux. Also, exogenous GSH or GSSG strongly inhibited NLRP3 inflammasome activation in vitro and in vivo. These data suggest that GSH efflux controls NLRP3 inflammasome activation, which may lead to development of novel therapeutic strategies for NLRP3 inflammasome-associated disorders. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2213-2317 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231721000781; https://doaj.org/toc/2213-2317 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101930 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/530f6f5d9fca453385eb15653b28e95b |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.530f6f5d9fca453385eb15653b28e95b |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 22132317 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101930 |
| Published in: | Redox Biology |
| Language: | English |