The Protective Effects of Goitrin on LPS-Induced Septic Shock in C57BL/6J Mice via Caspase-11 Non-Canonical Inflammasome Inhibition

Molecules
2023.0

Abstract

Septic shock is defined as a subset of sepsis, which is associated with a considerably high mortality risk. The caspase-11 non-canonical inflammasome is sensed and activated by intracellular lipopolysaccharide (LPS) leading to pyroptosis, it plays a critical role in septic shock. However, there are few known drugs that can control caspase-11 non-canonical inflammasome activation. We report here that goitrin, an alkaloid from Radix Isatidis, shows protective effects in LPS-induced septic shock and significant inhibitory effect in caspase-11 non-canonical inflammasome pathway. Male C57BL/6J were injected intraperitoneally with LPS (20 mg/kg) to induce experimental septic shock. The results demonstrated that the survival rates of mice pretreated with goitrin or Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) inhibitor TKA-242 increased, and LPS-induced hypothermia and lung damage improved by inhibiting inflammatory response. Elucidating the detailed mechanism, we surprisingly found goitrin is really different from TAK-242, it independent of the TLR4 signal activation, but significantly inhibited the activation of caspase-11 non-canonical inflammasome, including cleaved caspase-11 and N-terminal fragment of gasdermin D (GSDMD-NT). Furthermore, with a nonlethal dose of the TLR3 agonist poly(I:C)-primed and subsequently challenged with LPS to induce caspase-11-mediated lethal septic shock, the efficacy of goitrin had been verified. Those results revealed the effect of goitrin in protective against LPS-induced septic shock via inhibiting caspase-11 non-canonical inflammasome, which provided a new therapeutic strategy for clinical treatment of septic shock.

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