PMID- 28486191 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180326 LR - 20201209 IS - 1950-6007 (Electronic) IS - 0753-3322 (Linking) VI - 91 DP - 2017 Jul TI - NLRP4 is an essential negative regulator of fructose-induced cardiac injury in vitro and in vivo. PG - 590-601 LID - S0753-3322(17)31267-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.04.120 [doi] AB - High fructose consumption leads to metabolic syndrome and enhances cardiovascular disease risk. However, our knowledge of the molecular mechanism underlying the cardiac disease caused by fructose feeding is still poor. Nod-like receptors (NLRs) are intracellular sensors, responding to a variety of intracellular danger signals to induce injuries. NLRP4 is a negative regulator of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling pathway through interactions with kinase IkappaB kinase (IKK). Here, we illustrated that NLRP4 attenuates pro-inflammatory cytokines releasing, including Transforming growth factor (TGF-beta1), Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-18 (IL-18) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), in fructose-treated cardiac cells by means of RT-qPCR, and western blotting analysis. In addition, NLRP4 could reduce the expression of TANK-binding kinase 1/interferon regulatory factor 3 (TBK1/IRF3), reducing inflammation response and achieving its anti-hypertrophic action. TBK1 plays critical roles in the IRF3 signaling pathway, modulating inflammation response. The inhibition of IKK/NF-kappaB signaling pathway by NLRP4 is confirmed by NLRP4 over-expression and knockdown. In vivo, high fructose feeding induced cardiac injury, accompanied with reduced expression of NLRP4 in heart tissue samples, indicating the possible role of NLRP4 in ameliorating heart injury. In conclusion, the findings above indicated that NLRP4 is an important mediator of cardiac remodeling in vitro and in vivo through negatively regulating TBK1/IRF3 and IKK/NF-kappaB signaling pathways, indicating that NLRP4 might be a promising therapeutic target against cardiac inflammation. CI - Copyright (c) 2017. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. FAU - Lian, Yong-Gang AU - Lian YG AD - Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, Linyi People's Hospital, Jiefang Road 27, Linyi, Shandong Province, 276003, China. FAU - Zhao, Hai-Ying AU - Zhao HY AD - Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, Linyi People's Hospital, Jiefang Road 27, Linyi, Shandong Province, 276003, China. FAU - Wang, Sheng-Ji AU - Wang SJ AD - Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, Linyi People's Hospital, Jiefang Road 27, Linyi, Shandong Province, 276003, China. FAU - Xu, Qin-Liang AU - Xu QL AD - Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, Linyi People's Hospital, Jiefang Road 27, Linyi, Shandong Province, 276003, China. FAU - Xia, Xiang-Jun AU - Xia XJ AD - Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, Linyi People's Hospital, Jiefang Road 27, Linyi, Shandong Province, 276003, China. Electronic address: 89745963@qq.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170506 PL - France TA - Biomed Pharmacother JT - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie JID - 8213295 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Nlrp4 protein, mouse) RN - 30237-26-4 (Fructose) RN - EC 3.4.19.12 (Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation MH - Feeding Behavior MH - Fructose MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Heart Injuries/*chemically induced/genetics/*metabolism MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Muscle Cells/metabolism MH - Myocardium/pathology MH - Rats MH - Signal Transduction MH - Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cardiac injury OT - IKK/NF-kappaB OT - Inflammation OT - NLRP4 OT - TBK1/IRF3 EDAT- 2017/05/10 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/27 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/10 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/04/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0753-3322(17)31267-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.04.120 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 Jul;91:590-601. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.04.120. Epub 2017 May 6.