Repression of BRD4 mitigates NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in Mycobacterium-infected macrophages by repressing endoplasmic reticulum stress - 05/09/24
Abstract |
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of human death worldwide due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Multiple lines of evidences have illuminated the emerging role of NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in the clearance of pathogenic infection. In the current study, we sought to investigate the functional role and feasible potential mechanism of BRD4 in Mtb-infected macrophages. We observed that BRD4 was distinctly ascended in THP-1 macrophages upon Mtb infection. Functionally, intervention of BRD4 or pretreated with JQ1 obviously restricted Mtb-triggered cell pyroptosis, as evidenced by declination of protein level of the specific pyroptosis markers including Cleaved Caspase 1, gasdermin D (GSDMD-N) and Cleaved-IL-1β. In the meanwhile, disruption of BRD4 or JQ1 application remarkably prohibited excessive inflammatory responses as characterized by reduce the production of the inflammatory factors such as IL-1β and IL-18. Concomitantly, disruption of BRD4 or administrated with JQ1 manifestly repressed Mtb-aroused Nod-like receptor family pyrindomain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation, as witnessed by attenuation of protein levels of NLRP3, Pro-Caspase1 and apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (ASC). The above findings clearly demonstrated that suppression of BRD4 exerted great influence on regulating Mtb-elicited inflammatory response by coordinating NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis. More importantly, perturbation of BRD4 or JQ1 employment notably restrained endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress triggered by Mtb-infection, as reflected by noticeably lessened the levels of GRP78, CHOP and ATF6. In terms of mechanism, ER stress agonist tunicamycin profoundly abrogated the favorable effects of BRD4 inhibition on Mtb-triggered pyroptosis, inflammation reaction and inflammasome activation. Collectively, these preceding outcomes strongly illuminated that inhibition of BRD4 targeted ER stress to retard NLRP3 inflammasome activation and subsequent cell pyroptosis and prevention of inflammatory response in Mtb-infected macrophages, highlighting that blocking BRD4 might serve as a promising candidate for protection against Mtb-triggered inflammatory injury.
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• | BRD4 expression was obviously elevated in Mtb-infected macrophages. |
• | Perturbation of BRD4 prohibited Mtb-triggered pyroptosis associated with NLRP3 inflammasome activation. |
• | Deletion of BRD4 repressed Mtb-caused ER stress in macrophages upon Mtb infection. |
• | Repression of BRD4 prevented Mtb-aroused NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis by inhibiting the ER stress. |
Keywords : Tuberculosis, BRD4, NLRP3 inflammasome, Pyroptosis, Endoplasmic reticulum stress
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Vol 148
Article 102542- septembre 2024 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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