Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western China, College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
Abstract
Clostridium perfringens beta-1 toxin (CPB1) is responsible for necrotizing enteritis and enterotoxemia. However, whether the release of host inflammatory factors caused by CPB1 is related to pyroptosis, an inflammatory form of programmed cell death, has not been reported. A construct expressing recombinant Clostridium perfringens beta-1 toxin (rCPB1) was created, and the cytotoxic activity of the purified rCPB1 toxin was assessed via CCK-8 assay. The rCPB1-induced macrophage pyroptosis by assessing changes to the expression of pyroptosis-related signal molecules and the pyroptosis pathway of macrophages using quantitative real-time PCR, immunoblotting, ELISA, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopic assays. The results showed that the intact rCPB1 protein was purified from an E. coli expression system, which exhibited moderate cytotoxicity on mouse mononuclear macrophage leukemia cells (RAW264.7), normal colon mucosal epithelial cells (NCM460), and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). rCPB1 could induce pyroptosis in macrophages and HUVEC cells, in part through the Caspase-1-dependent pathway. The rCPB1-induced pyroptosis of RAW264.7 cells could be blocked by inflammasome inhibitor MCC950. These results demonstrated that rCPB1 treatment of macrophages promoted the assembly of NLRP3 inflammasomes and activated Caspase 1; the activated Caspase 1 caused gasdermin D to form plasma membrane pores, leading to the release of inflammatory factors IL-18 and IL-1β, resulting in macrophage pyroptosis. NLRP3 may be a potential therapeutic target for Clostridium perfringes disease. This study provided a novel insight into the pathogenesis of CPB1.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation Key Program of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Project Key Research and Development Program of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Toxicology
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