Caspase-8-and Gasdermin D (GSDMD)-Dependent PANoptosis Participate in the Seasonal Atrophy of Scented Glands in Male Muskrats.

ABSTRACT: The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is an animal with special economic significance whose scented glands rapidly atrophy during the non-breeding season, but the mechanism of atrophy is not clear, with significant differences in apoptotic and pyroptotic signaling pathway expression according to transcriptome sequencing. During the non-breeding season, key apoptosis-related genes such as Tnfr1 (TNF Receptor Superfamily Member 1A), TRADD (TNFRSF1A Associated via Death Domain), FADD (Fas Associated via Death Domain), Casp-8 (Cysteine-aspartic proteases-8), and Bax (Bcl-associated X protein) were upregulated in the scented glands, while Bcl2 (B-cell lymphoma-2) expression was downregulated. In the classical pyroptosis pathway, the mRNA expression le

SUBMITTER: Tong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11591373 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature