Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
156, P. 113686 - 113686
Published: Oct. 13, 2022
Metformin
as
a
first-line
drug
for
type
2
diabetes
mellitus(T2DM)
treatment
is
widely
studied.
can
reduce
liver
glucose
output
and
improve
insulin
resistance.
Recent
evidence
from
in
vivo
vitro
has
confirmed
that
metformin
transport
across
the
blood-brain
barrier(BBB)
activate
specific
neurons
neuroglia
to
exert
neurological
actions,
however,
effect
of
regulation
on
CNS
still
obscure.
In
this
review,
we
summarized
current
preclinical
focusing
regulatory
role
found
potential
neuroprotective,
neurotrophic,
neurogenesis-stimulated
actions;
besides,
also
exerts
antiinflammatory
by
inhibiting
microglial
activates
regulating
polarization.
These
findings
indicate
there
might
be
extensive
pharmacological
efficacy
therapeutic
insights
diseases'
clinical
application.
Immunity,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
55(8), P. 1370 - 1385.e8
Published: July 13, 2022
Mitochondrial
DNA
(mtDNA)
escaping
stressed
mitochondria
provokes
inflammation
via
cGAS-STING
pathway
activation
and,
when
oxidized
(Ox-mtDNA),
it
binds
cytosolic
NLRP3,
thereby
triggering
inflammasome
activation.
However,
is
unknown
how
and
in
which
form
Ox-mtDNA
exits
non-apoptotic
macrophages.
We
found
that
diverse
NLRP3
activators
rapidly
stimulated
uniporter-mediated
calcium
uptake
to
open
mitochondrial
permeability
transition
pores
(mPTP)
trigger
VDAC
oligomerization.
This
occurred
independently
of
mtDNA
or
reactive
oxygen
species,
induce
generation.
Within
mitochondria,
was
either
repaired
by
glycosylase
OGG1
cleaved
the
endonuclease
FEN1
500–650
bp
fragments
exited
mPTP-
VDAC-dependent
channels
initiate
also
activated
signaling
gave
rise
pro-inflammatory
extracellular
DNA.
Understanding
this
process
will
advance
development
potential
treatments
for
chronic
inflammatory
diseases,
exemplified
inhibitors
suppressed
interleukin-1β
(IL-1β)
production
release
mice.
Redox Biology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
52, P. 102305 - 102305
Published: March 28, 2022
Hepatocellular
cell
death
and
macrophage
proinflammatory
activation
contribute
to
the
pathology
of
various
liver
diseases,
during
which
XBP1
plays
an
important
role.
However,
function
mechanism
in
thioacetamide
(TAA)-induced
acute
injury
(ALI)
remains
unknown.
Here,
we
investigated
effects
inhibition
on
promoting
hepatocellular
pyroptosis
activate
STING
signaling
ALI.
While
both
TAA-
LPS-induced
ALI
triggered
hepatocytes,
hepatocyte-specific
knockout
mice
exhibited
exacerbated
with
increased
enhanced
activation.
Mechanistically,
mtDNA
released
from
TAA-stressed
hepatocytes
could
be
engulfed
by
macrophages,
further
inducing
a
cGAS-
dose-dependent
manner.
deficiency
ROS
production
promote
activating
NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD
signaling,
facilitated
extracellular
release
mtDNA.
Moreover,
impaired
mitophagy
was
found
deficient
reversed
PINK1
overexpression.
Mitophagy
restoration
also
inhibited
mice.
Activation
XBP1-mediated
pathway
were
observed
human
livers
Collectively,
these
findings
demonstrate
that
promotes
hepatocyte
impairing
mtDNA/cGAS/STING
providing
potential
therapeutic
targets
for
Nature Immunology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
23(5), P. 692 - 704
Published: April 28, 2022
Abstract
The
NLRP3
inflammasome
is
linked
to
sterile
and
pathogen-dependent
inflammation,
its
dysregulation
underlies
many
chronic
diseases.
Mitochondria
have
been
implicated
as
regulators
of
the
through
several
mechanisms
including
generation
mitochondrial
reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS).
Here,
we
report
that
electron
transport
chain
(ETC)
complex
I,
II,
III
V
inhibitors
all
prevent
activation.
Ectopic
expression
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
NADH
dehydrogenase
(NDI1)
or
Ciona
intestinalis
alternative
oxidase,
which
can
complement
functional
loss
I
III,
respectively,
without
ROS,
rescued
activation
in
absence
endogenous
function.
Metabolomics
revealed
phosphocreatine
(PCr),
sustain
ATP
levels,
a
common
metabolite
diminished
by
ETC
inhibitors.
PCr
depletion
decreased
levels
Thus,
sustains
PCr-dependent
ATP,
but
via
ROS-independent
mechanism.
New England Journal of Medicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
387(7), P. 599 - 610
Published: Aug. 17, 2022
Early
treatment
to
prevent
severe
coronavirus
disease
2019
(Covid-19)
is
an
important
component
of
the
comprehensive
response
acute
respiratory
syndrome
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
pandemic.
Annual Review of Biochemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
92(1), P. 299 - 332
Published: March 31, 2023
According
to
the
endosymbiotic
theory,
most
of
DNA
original
bacterial
endosymbiont
has
been
lost
or
transferred
nucleus,
leaving
a
much
smaller
(∼16
kb
in
mammals),
circular
molecule
that
is
present-day
mitochondrial
(mtDNA).
The
ability
mtDNA
escape
mitochondria
and
integrate
into
nuclear
genome
was
discovered
budding
yeast,
along
with
genes
regulate
this
process.
Mitochondria
have
emerged
as
key
regulators
innate
immunity,
it
now
recognized
released
cytoplasm,
outside
cell,
circulation
activates
multiple
immune
signaling
pathways.
Here,
we
first
review
mechanisms
through
which
including
several
inducible
pores
defective
mitophagy
autophagy.
Next,
cover
how
different
forms
activate
specific
nucleic
acid
sensors
inflammasomes.
Finally,
discuss
intracellular
extracellular
release,
circulating
cell-free
promotes
systemic
inflammation,
are
implicated
human
diseases,
viral
infections,
senescence
aging.