Soluble uric acid induces myocardial damage through activating the NLRP3 inflammasome
Open Access
- 18 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 24 (15), 8849-8861
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15523
Abstract
Uric acid crystal is known to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome and to cause tissue damages, which can result in many diseases, such as gout, chronic renal injury and myocardial damage. Meanwhile, soluble uric acid (sUA), before forming crystals, is also related to these diseases. This study was carried out to investigate whether sUA could also activate NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiomyocytes and to analyse the mechanisms. The cardiomyocyte activity was monitored, along with the levels of mature IL‐1β and caspase‐1 from H9c2 cells following sUA stimulus. We found that sUA was able to activate NLRP3 inflammasome, which was responsible for H9c2 cell apoptosis induced by sUA. By elevating TLR6 levels and then activating NF‐κB/p65 signal pathway, sUA promoted NLRP3, pro‐caspase 1 and pro‐IL‐1β production and provided the first signal of NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Meanwhile, ROS production regulated by UCP2 levels also contributed to NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and subsequent caspase 1 activation and mature IL‐1β secretion. In addition, the tlr6 knockdown rats suffering from hyperuricemia showed the lower level of IL‐1β and an ameliorative cardiac function. These findings suggest that sUA activates NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiomyocytes and they may provide one therapeutic strategy for myocardial damage induced by sUA.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81670271)
- Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (162300410037)
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