Caspase 3/GSDME-dependent pyroptosis contributes to chemotherapy drug-induced nephrotoxicity
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Caspase 3/GSDME-dependent pyroptosis contributes to chemotherapy drug-induced nephrotoxicity
Abstract
Chemotherapy drug-induced nephrotoxicity limits clinical applications for treating cancers. Pyroptosis, a newly discovered programmed cell death, was recently reported to be associated with kidney diseases. However, the role of pyroptosis in chemotherapeutic drug-induced nephrotoxicity has not been fully clarified. Herein, we demonstrate that the chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin or doxorubicin, induces the cleavage of gasdermin E (GSDME) in cultured human renal tubular epithelial cells, in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Morphologically, cisplatin- or doxorubicin-treated renal tubular epithelial cells exhibit large bubbles emerging from the cell membrane. Furthermore, activation of caspase 3, not caspase 9, is associated with GSDME cleavage in cisplatin- or doxorubicin-treated renal tubular epithelial cells. Meanwhile, silencing GSDME alleviates cisplatin- or doxorubicin-induced HK-2 cell pyroptosis by increasing cell viability and decreasing LDH release. In addition, treatment with Ac-DMLD-CMK, a polypeptide targeting mouse caspase 3-Gsdme signaling, inhibits caspase 3 and Gsdme activation, alleviates the deterioration of kidney function, attenuates renal tubular epithelial cell injury, and reduces inflammatory cytokine secretion in vivo. Specifically, GSDME cleavage depends on ERK and JNK signaling. NAC, a reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitor, reduces GSDME cleavage through JNK signaling in human renal tubular epithelial cells. Thus, we speculate that renal tubular epithelial cell pyroptosis induced by chemotherapy drugs is mediated by ROS-JNK-caspase 3-GSDME signaling, implying that therapies targeting GSDME may prove efficacious in overcoming chemotherapeutic drug-induced nephrotoxicity.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no competing interests.
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