circ-Katnal1 Enhances Inflammatory Pyroptosis in Sepsis-Induced Liver Injury through the miR-31-5p/GSDMD Axis

Abstract

Background. Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response that can elicit organ dysfunction as well as circulatory diseases in serious cases. When inflammatory responses are especially dysregulated, severe complications can arise, including sepsis-induced liver injury. Various microRNAs along with circular (circ) RNAs are involved in inflammatory responses; nevertheless, their functions in regulating sepsis-induced liver injury remain unknown. The cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) procedure can induce liver injury as well as polymicrobial sepsis. Methods. In this study, CLP was used to induce liver injury as well as polymicrobial sepsis. Then, liver function, inflammatory cytokine expression, and hepatic histopathology were evaluated. High-throughput sequencing was employed to investigate the abnormal hepatic circRNA expression after CLP. Raw264.7 cells were utilized to simulation an in vitro sepsis inflammation model with LPS induce. The relative mRNA as well as protein levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 was explored by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. We explored functional connections among circRNAs, miR-31-5p, and gasdermin D (GSDMD) using dual-luciferase reporter assays. Western blot was employed to test GSDMD, caspase-1, and NLRP3 expression in mice and cell models. Results. Our results showed that CLP-induced sepsis promoted liver injury via increasing inflammatory pyroptosis. The abnormal expression of circ-Katnal1 played an important role in CLP-induced sepsis. Downregulating circ-Katnal1 suppressed LPS-induced inflammatory pyroptosis in Raw264.7 cells. Bioinformatics and luciferase reporter results confirmed that miR-31-5p and GSDMD were downstream targets of circ-Katnal1. Inhibiting miR-31-5p or upregulating GSDMD reversed the protective effects of silencing circ-Katnal1. Conclusion. Taken together, circ-Katnal1 enhanced inflammatory pyroptosis in sepsis-induced liver injury through the miR-31-5p/GSDMD axis.

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