PMID- 32905819 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211025 LR - 20211025 IS - 1872-6240 (Electronic) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 1748 DP - 2020 Dec 1 TI - The ligand-gated ion channel P2X7 receptor mediates NLRP3/caspase-1-mediated pyroptosis in cerebral cortical neurons of juvenile rats with sepsis. PG - 147109 LID - S0006-8993(20)30467-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147109 [doi] AB - Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is a common complication of severe sepsis. Some studies have suggested that P2X7 receptors, a ligand-gated ion channel receptor subgroup activated by extracellular ATP, plays an important role in cell pyroptosis. However, the role of P2X7 receptors in the development of SAE with pyroptosis and its pathways are still unclear. In this study, we established a juvenile rat model of sepsis by cecal ligation and perforation, and showed that there was a significant increase in P2X7 receptor expression in the cortex of juvenile rats with sepsis. When the P2X7 receptor antagonist was administrated, the pyroptosis and extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 signaling pathway were inhibited, and when the P2X7 receptor agonist was administrated, the pyroptosis and ERK1/2 signaling pathway were further activated. In addition, we also found that the administration of ERK1/2 signaling pathway inhibitor not only weakened downstream pyroptosis, but also caused the inhibition of upstream P2X7 receptor expression. In conclusion, our findings illustrated that the ligand-gated ion channel P2X7 receptor mediates NLRP3/caspase-1-related pyroptosis in cerebral cortex of juvenile rats with sepsis through ERK1/2 signaling pathway and plays a neuroprotective role. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sun, Xuemei AU - Sun X AD - Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Zhou, Ruixi AU - Zhou R AD - Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Lei, Yupeng AU - Lei Y AD - Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Hu, Juan AU - Hu J AD - Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address: hujuan5@163.com. FAU - Li, Xihong AU - Li X AD - Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address: hxlixihong@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200906 PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Purinergic P2X Receptor Agonists) RN - 0 (Purinergic P2X Receptor Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P2X7) RN - EC 3.4.22.36 (Caspase 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Caspase 1/metabolism MH - Cerebral Cortex/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Purinergic P2X Receptor Agonists/pharmacology MH - Purinergic P2X Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Pyroptosis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Purinergic P2X7/*metabolism MH - Sepsis/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain injury OT - ERK1/2 signaling pathway OT - Juvenile OT - P2X7 receptor OT - Pyroptosis OT - Sepsis EDAT- 2020/09/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/26 06:00 CRDT- 2020/09/09 20:08 PHST- 2020/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/09 20:08 [entrez] AID - S0006-8993(20)30467-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147109 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2020 Dec 1;1748:147109. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147109. Epub 2020 Sep 6.