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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Inflammasome-Induced Osmotic Pressure and the Mechanical Mechanisms Underlying Astrocytic Swelling and Membrane Blebbing in Pyroptosis.

Zihui Zheng, Tingting Wang, Jiahui Chen, Huimin Qiu, Chencheng Zhang, Weizhen Liu, Simiao Qin, Jilai Tian, Jun Guo

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zihui ZhengSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Tingting WangSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Jiahui ChenSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Huimin QiuSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Chencheng ZhangSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Weizhen LiuSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Simiao QinSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Jilai TianSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Jun GuoSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell swelling and membrane blebbing are characteristic of pyroptosis. In the present study, we explored the role of intracellular tension activity in the deformation of pyroptotic astrocytes. Protein nanoparticle-induced osmotic pressure (PN-OP) was found to be involved in cell swelling and membrane blebbing in pyroptotic astrocytes, and was associated closely with inflammasome production and cytoskeleton depolymerization. However, accumulation of protein nanoparticles seemed not to be absolutely required for pyroptotic permeabilization in response to cytoskeleton depolymerization. Gasdermin D activation was observed to be involved in modification of typical pyroptotic features through inflammasome-induced OP upregulation and calcium increment. Blockage of nonselective ion pores can inhibit permeabilization, but not inflammasome production and ion influx in pyroptotic astrocytes. The results suggested that the inflammasomes, as protein nanoparticles, are involved in PN-OP upregulation and control the typical features of pyroptotic astrocytes.

Indexed as

Cell SizePyroptosisAnimalsAstrocytesCalcium SignalingCaspase 1Cell Line, TumorCell MembraneCytoskeletonDisease Models, AnimalGasderminsHumansInflammasomesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesMaleafimoxifeneCaspase 1GasderminsGSDMD protein, humanInflammasomesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesNigericinNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanPhosphate-Binding Proteinspolyethylene glycol 8000Polyethylene GlycolsTamoxifencell swelling and membrane blebbinginflammasome protein nanoparticlesintermediate filament tensionprotein nanoparticle-induced osmotic pressurepyroptotic astrocyte

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PMID34305921
PMCPMC8293990
OpenAlexW3183135077

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