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Differences in gene expression between WT and IRF2 KO cells

ABSTRACT: Gasdermin-D (GSDMD) is cleaved by caspase-1/4/11 in response to canonical and non-canonical inflammasome activation. Upon cleavage, GSDMD oligomerizes and forms membrane pores, resulting in IL-1Î² secretion, pyroptotic cell death and inflammatory pathologies including periodic fever syndromes and septic shock â a plague on modern medicine. The transcriptional machinery that drives the expression of GSDMD is unknown. Here we show that IRF2, a member of the interferon-regulatory factor (IRF) family, is essential for the transcriptional activation of GSDMD. A forward genetic screen with ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-mutagenized mice unequivocally linked IRF2 to inflammasome signaling. Indeed, GSDMD transcript levels were highly attenuated in Irf2â/â macrophages upon Irf2 deficiency in macrophages, endothelial cells, and multiple organs, corresponding to attenuated IL-1Î² secretion and inhibited pyroptosis. Mechanistically, IRF2 binds a previously uncharacterized site within the GSDMD promoter to directly drive GSDMD transcription for execution of pyroptosis in response to canonical and non-canonical inflammasome activation. Our data illuminate a prominent transcriptional mechanism for the expression of GSDMD, a key mediator of inflammatory pathologies.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE130195 | GEO | 2019/05/21

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Background and Aims: The activation of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and NOD-like receptors protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasomes-mediated pyroptosis signaling pathways represent two distinct central mechanisms in liver disease. However, the interconnection between these two pathways and the epigenetic regulation of the STING-NLRP3 axis in hepatocyte pyroptosis during liver fibrosis remain unknown and is the focus of this study. Approach and Results: Liver fibrosis was induced in Sting knockout, Gasdermin D (Gsdmd) knockout mice, and in mice with hepatocyte-specific Nlrp3 deletion. RNA-sequencing, metabolomics, epigenetic compound screening system, and chromatin immunoprecipitation were utilized. STING and NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathways were activated in cirrhotic livers but were suppressed by Sting knockout. Sting knockout also ameliorated hepatic pyroptosis, inflammation, and fibrosis in the murine cirrhotic model. In vitro, STING induced pyroptosis in primary murine hepatocytes via activating the NLRP3 inflammasome. H3K4-specific histone methyltransferase WD repeat-containing protein 5 (WDR5) and DOT1-like histone H3K79 methyltransferase (DOT1L) were identified to regulate NLRP3 expression in STING-overexpressed AML12 hepatocytes. WDR5/DOT1L-mediated histone methylation enhanced interferon regulatory transcription factor 3 (IRF3) binding to the Nlrp3 promoter and promoted STING-induced Nlrp3 transcription in hepatocytes. The RNA-sequencing and metabolomics analysis in murine livers and primary hepatocytes showed that metabolic reprogramming might participate in NLRP3-mediated hepatocyte pyroptosis and liver fibrosis. Moreover, hepatocyte-specific Nlrp3 deletion and downstream Gsdmd knockout attenuated hepatic pyroptosis, inflammation, and fibrosis in murine cirrhotic models. Conclusions: This study describes a novel epigenetic mechanism by which the STING-WDR5/DOT1L/IRF3-NLRP3 signaling pathway enhances hepatocyte pyroptosis and hepatic inflammation in liver fibrosis.

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