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ArticleJCI insight2021

NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis exerts a crucial role in astrocyte pathological injury in mouse model of depression.

Shanshan Li, Yiming Sun, Mengmeng Song, Yuting Song, Yinquan Fang, Qingyu Zhang, Xueting Li, Nanshan Song, Jianhua Ding, Ming Lu and 1 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 167 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

167 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 298 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. TRPV4/IP3R-1-mediated endothelial pyroptosis drives pulmonary microvascular endothelial permeability in endotoxin-induced acute lung injury.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shanshan LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yiming SunDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Mengmeng SongDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yuting SongDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yinquan FangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Pharmacology, and.
Qingyu ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xueting LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Nanshan SongJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Pharmacology, and.
Jianhua DingJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Pharmacology, and.
Ming LuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Pharmacology, and.
Gang HuDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests that astrocyte loss is one of the most important pathological features in the hippocampus of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and depressive mice. Pyroptosis is a recently discovered form of programmed cell death depending on Caspase-gasdermin D (Casp-GSDMD), which is involved in multiple neuropsychiatric diseases. However, the involvement of pyroptosis in the onset of MDD and glial pathological injury remains obscure. Here, we observed that depressive mice showed astrocytic pyroptosis, which was responsible for astrocyte loss, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment could attenuate the pyroptosis induced by the chronic mild stress (CMS) model. Genetic KO of GSDMD, Casp-1, and astrocytic NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in mice alleviated depression-like behaviors and inhibited the pyroptosis-associated protein expression. In contrast, overexpression of astrocytic GSDMD-N-terminal domain (GSDMD-N) in the hippocampus could abolish the improvement of behavioral alterations in GSDMD-deficient mice. This work illustrates that targeting the NLRP3/Casp-1/GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis may provide potential therapeutic benefits to stress-related astrocyte loss in the pathogenesis of depression.

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AnimalsAstrocytesCaspase 1DepressionDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPyroptosisCaspase 1NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinCytokinesDepressionInflammationPsychiatric diseases

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PMID34877938
PMCPMC8675200
OpenAlexW4200036419

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