PMID- 30958608 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190909 LR - 20190909 IS - 1095-8355 (Electronic) IS - 1065-6995 (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Dexmedetomidine protects against high mobility group box 1-induced cellular injury by inhibiting pyroptosis. PG - 651-657 LID - 10.1002/cbin.11140 [doi] AB - Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is a widely used clinical anesthetic with proven anti-inflammatory effects. Both high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and pyroptosis play an important role in the inflammatory response to infection and trauma. Thus far, there have been no studies published addressing the effect of DEX on HMGB1 and pyroptosis. In order to fill this gap in the literature, bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were exposed to HMGB1 (4 microg/mL) with or without DEX (50 muM) pretreatment. The production of pro-inflammatory cytokines [such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-18], phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and P38, and the activation of caspase-1 were measured by enzyme immunosorbent assay, western blot analysis, confocal microscope, and flow cytometry, respectively. We found that DEX protected against HMGB1-induced cell death of BMDMs. In addition, DEX suppressed the generation of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-18 as well as the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and P38. Moreover, DEX inhibited caspase-1 activation and decreased pyroptosis. Taken together, these findings demonstrate the protective effect of DEX in mediating HMGB1-induced cellular injury, thus indicating that DEX may be a potential therapeutic candidate for the management of infection and trauma-derived inflammation. CI - (c) 2019 International Federation for Cell Biology. FAU - Ji, Xuexia AU - Ji X AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Guo, Yuanbo AU - Guo Y AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Zhou, Guobin AU - Zhou G AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Science and Education, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Zhang, Jianxing AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Zhipeng AU - Wang Z AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Qing AU - Wang Q AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 510080, Guangzhou, China. LA - eng GR - 2011B031800149/Guangdong Province Science and Technology Project/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190425 PL - England TA - Cell Biol Int JT - Cell biology international JID - 9307129 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (HMGB1 Protein) RN - 0 (HMGB1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-18) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 67VB76HONO (Dexmedetomidine) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dexmedetomidine/*pharmacology MH - HMGB1 Protein/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Inflammation/metabolism/pathology MH - Interleukin-18/metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Macrophages/drug effects MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Pyroptosis/*drug effects MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/drug effects/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - caspase-1 OT - dexmedetomidine OT - high mobility group box 1 OT - pyroptosis EDAT- 2019/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cbin.11140 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Biol Int. 2019 Jun;43(6):651-657. doi: 10.1002/cbin.11140. Epub 2019 Apr 25.