PMID- 37256266 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230705 LR - 20230705 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 211 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Jul 15 TI - Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy Decreases IL-1beta Expression and Prolongs Survival in Mutant Nlrp3 Mice. PG - 287-294 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.2200550 [doi] AB - Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are a novel therapeutic strategy that targets a specific gene and suppresses its expression. The cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are a spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases characterized by systemic and tissue inflammation that is caused by heterozygous gain-of-function mutations in the nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) gene. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an Nlrp3-specific ASO treatment in CAPS. An Nlrp3-specific ASO was designed and tested in murine cell lines and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from wild-type and CAPS mouse models. Nlrp3 knock-in mice were treated in vivo with Nlrp3-specific ASO, survival was monitored, and expression of organ-specific Nlrp3 and IL-1beta was measured. Nlrp3-specific ASO treatment of murine cell lines and BMDMs showed a significant downregulation of Nlrp3 and mature IL-1beta protein expression. Ex vivo treatment of Nlrp3 mutant mouse-derived BMDMs with Nlrp3-specific ASO demonstrated significantly reduced IL-1beta release. In vivo, Nlrp3-specific ASO treatment of Nlrp3 mutant mice prolonged survival, reduced systemic inflammation, and decreased tissue-specific expression of Nlrp3 and mature IL-1beta protein. The results of this study demonstrate that Nlrp3-specific ASO treatment downregulates Nlrp3 expression and IL-1beta release in CAPS models, suggesting ASO therapy as a potential treatment of CAPS and other NLRP3-mediated diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. FAU - Kaufmann, Benedikt AU - Kaufmann B AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. AD - Klinik und Poliklinik fur Chirurgie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. FAU - de Los Reyes Jimenez, Marta AU - de Los Reyes Jimenez M AD - Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co. KG, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany. FAU - Booshehri, Laela M AU - Booshehri LM AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. FAU - Onyuru, Janset AU - Onyuru J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3924-8487 AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. FAU - Leszczynska, Aleksandra AU - Leszczynska A AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. FAU - Uri, Anna AU - Uri A AD - Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co. KG, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany. FAU - Michel, Sven AU - Michel S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3604-3187 AD - Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co. KG, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany. FAU - Klar, Richard AU - Klar R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6625-794X AD - Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co. KG, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany. FAU - Jaschinski, Frank AU - Jaschinski F AD - Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co. KG, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany. FAU - Feldstein, Ariel E AU - Feldstein AE AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. AD - Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA. FAU - Broderick, Lori AU - Broderick L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6147-7097 AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. AD - Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA. FAU - Hoffman, Hal M AU - Hoffman HM AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. AD - Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA. LA - eng GR - R01 DK113592/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AA024206/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Inflammasomes) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Nlrp3 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - Inflammasomes/metabolism MH - *Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes/genetics MH - Inflammation MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics MH - Interleukin-1beta/metabolism EDAT- 2023/05/31 13:12 MHDA- 2023/07/05 06:42 CRDT- 2023/05/31 10:41 PHST- 2022/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/05 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/31 13:12 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/31 10:41 [entrez] AID - 263844 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.2200550 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2023 Jul 15;211(2):287-294. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200550.