PMID- 32579365 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211011 LR - 20211011 IS - 1543-8392 (Electronic) IS - 1543-8384 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Feb 1 TI - Silencing of Gasdermin D by siRNA-Loaded PEI-Chol Lipopolymers Potently Relieves Acute Gouty Arthritis through Inhibiting Pyroptosis. PG - 667-678 LID - 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00229 [doi] AB - Gasdermin D (GSDMD) plays a causal role in NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis eruption, which has been regarded as a potential therapeutic target for pyroptosis-related diseases including acute gouty arthritis. In the present study, the synthesized PEI-Chol (cholesterol grafted polyethylenimine) was assembled with GSDMD small interfering RNA (siRNA) to form PEI-Chol/siGSDMD polyplexes, which provided high transfection efficiency for siRNA-mediated GSDMD knockdown. Then we evaluated the effect of GSDMD siRNA-loaded PEI-Chol on inflammatory cascades in bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and acute gouty arthritis animal models under MSU exposure. When accompanied by pyroptosis blockade and decreased release of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta), NLRP3 inflammasome activation was also suppressed by GSDMD knockdown in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, in MSU-induced acute gouty arthritis mice, blocking GSDMD with siRNA significantly improved ankle swelling and inflammatory infiltration observed in histopathological analysis. Furthermore, investigation using a mouse air pouch model verified the effect of siGSDMD-loaded PEI-Chol on pyroptosis of recruited macrophages and related signaling pathways in response to MSU. These novel findings exhibited that GSDMD knockdown relieved acute gouty arthritis through inhibiting pyroptosis, providing a possible therapeutic approach for MSU-induced acute gouty arthritis molecular therapy using PEI-Chol as a nucleic acid delivery carrier. FAU - Ye, Shu-Min AU - Ye SM AD - State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China. AD - School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, PRChina. FAU - Zhou, Meng-Ze AU - Zhou MZ AD - State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China. FAU - Jiang, Wen-Jiao AU - Jiang WJ AD - State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China. FAU - Liu, Chun-Xiao AU - Liu CX AD - State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China. AD - School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, PRChina. FAU - Zhou, Zhan-Wei AU - Zhou ZW AD - School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, PRChina. FAU - Sun, Min-Jie AU - Sun MJ AD - School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, PRChina. FAU - Hu, Qing-Hua AU - Hu QH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1045-5466 AD - State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China. AD - School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, PRChina. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200706 PL - United States TA - Mol Pharm JT - Molecular pharmaceutics JID - 101197791 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Gsdmd protein, mouse) RN - 0 (IL1B protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Inflammasomes) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Nlrp3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Phosphate-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 268B43MJ25 (Uric Acid) RN - 9002-98-6 (Polyethyleneimine) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arthritis, Experimental/chemically induced/drug therapy/immunology/pathology MH - Arthritis, Gouty/chemically induced/*drug therapy/immunology/pathology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cholesterol MH - Drug Carriers/*chemistry MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques/methods MH - Humans MH - Inflammasomes/drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/metabolism MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Macrophages/drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism MH - Phosphate-Binding Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Polyethyleneimine/chemistry MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Pyroptosis/*drug effects MH - RNA, Small Interfering/*administration & dosage MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/immunology MH - Uric Acid/administration & dosage/toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - BMDMs OT - GSDMD siRNA OT - PEI-Chol OT - acute gouty arthritis OT - pyroptosis EDAT- 2020/06/25 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/12 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/25 06:00 PHST- 2020/06/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00229 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Pharm. 2021 Feb 1;18(2):667-678. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00229. Epub 2020 Jul 6.