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Cronobacter sakazakii induces necrotizing enterocolitis by regulating NLRP3 inflammasome expression via TLR4. 2020

Zhenhui Chen, and Yiduo Zhang, and Ruqin Lin, and Xiaojing Meng, and Wei Zhao, and Wei Shen, and Hongying Fan
Department of Microbiology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China.

Introduction. Neonatal infection with Cronobacter sakazakii can cause severe intestinal damage and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). The inflammasome and Toll-like receptors mediate intestinal damage caused by other intestinal pathogens causing NEC, but the exact mechanism is unclear.Aim. We evaluated the molecular mechanisms underlying C. sakazakii-induced NEC.Methodology. The effects of C. sakazakii treatment on two cell lines and a Sprague-Dawley rat model of NEC were evaluated by a cell death assay, western blot and real-time PCR analyses of the NLRP3 inflammasome and downstream factors, and observation of cell and intestinal damage.Results. C. sakazakii caused cellular damage in vitro, as well as intestinal damage in an animal model. NLRP3, caspase-1, TLR4 and MyD88, as well as the downstream factor IL-1β, were upregulated in C. sakazakii-infected J774A.1 and HT-29 cells. Western blotting showed that C. sakazakii-infected J774A.1 and HT-29 cells and the NEC rat model had higher expression levels of N-terminal gasdermin D (GSDMD) compared with those in the control groups. C. sakazakii and its components promote NF-κB expression via the TLR4/MyD88 signalling pathway, thereby regulating the NLRP3 inflammasome and mediating GSDMD cleavage, resulting in pyroptosis-induced intestinal damage.Conclusion. We found that C. sakazakii upregulates NF-κB via TLR4/MyD88 to promote activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, leading to the up-regulation of downstream caspase-1, release of IL-1β, GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis and development of NEC. These findings clarify the mechanisms by which C. sakazakii contributes to NEC.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002453 Cell Cycle The complex series of phenomena, occurring between the end of one CELL DIVISION and the end of the next, by which cellular material is duplicated and then divided between two daughter cells. The cell cycle includes INTERPHASE, which includes G0 PHASE; G1 PHASE; S PHASE; and G2 PHASE, and CELL DIVISION PHASE. Cell Division Cycle,Cell Cycles,Cell Division Cycles,Cycle, Cell,Cycle, Cell Division,Cycles, Cell,Cycles, Cell Division,Division Cycle, Cell,Division Cycles, Cell
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004195 Disease Models, Animal Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases. Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D005786 Gene Expression Regulation Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control (induction or repression) of gene action at the level of transcription or translation. Gene Action Regulation,Regulation of Gene Expression,Expression Regulation, Gene,Regulation, Gene Action,Regulation, Gene Expression
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069292 Pyroptosis Type of programmed cell death associated with infection by intracellular pathogens. It is characterized by INFLAMMASOME formation; activation of CASPASE 1; and CYTOKINES mediated inflammation. Caspase-1 Dependent Cell Death,Inflammatory Apoptosis,Pyroptotic Cell Death,Apoptoses, Inflammatory,Apoptosis, Inflammatory,Caspase 1 Dependent Cell Death,Cell Death, Pyroptotic,Cell Deaths, Pyroptotic,Death, Pyroptotic Cell,Deaths, Pyroptotic Cell,Inflammatory Apoptoses,Pyroptoses,Pyroptotic Cell Deaths
D000071199 NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein An NLR protein that contains an N-terminal PYRIN DOMAIN and ATP-binding site and 9 C-terminal LEUCINE-rich repeats; it is expressed primarily by MACROPHAGES. It is a core component of the INFLAMMASOME and directs its assembly in response to pathogen infection and damage-associated stimuli. Mutations in the NLRP3 gene are associated with FAMILIAL COLD AUTOINFLAMMATORY SYNDROME. Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome 1 Protein,NACHT, LRR and PYD Domains-Containing Protein 3,NLRP3 Protein,NACHT, LRR and PYD Domains Containing Protein 3,NLR Family, Pyrin Domain Containing 3 Protein
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000831 Animals, Newborn Refers to animals in the period of time just after birth. Animals, Neonatal,Animal, Neonatal,Animal, Newborn,Neonatal Animal,Neonatal Animals,Newborn Animal,Newborn Animals

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