The NLRP3 inflammasome and its role in sepsis development

LG Danielski, AD Giustina, S Bonfante, T Barichello… - Inflammation, 2020 - Springer
… -1 monomers, which promotes its self-cleavage and activation. Consequently, active …
NLRP3-mediated caspase-1 activation through fatty acid synthase (FASN)-mediated lipid synthesis

Caffeine citrate protects against sepsis-associated encephalopathy and inhibits the UCP2/NLRP3 axis in astrocytes

J Hu, Y Cheng, P Chen, Z Huang… - Journal of Interferon & …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
… hypothesis that UCP2 might regulate NLRP3 inflammasome activation and participate in the
… indicated that caffeine citrate could promote UCP2 expression, and inhibit the activation of …

The NLRP3 inflammasome: metabolic regulation and contribution to inflammaging

AK Meyers, X Zhu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
… that TXNIP/NLRP3 signaling is critical for the pathogenesis of sepsis-… activities of fatty acid
synthesis and fatty acid degradation … that glycolysis may promote the NLRP3 inflammasome. …

NLRP3 inflammasome activation in adipose tissues and its implications on metabolic diseases

KKL Wu, SWM Cheung, KKY Cheng - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… PC promotes the full activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome via … of fatty acid synthase (FASN),
a key enzyme of fatty acid … and LPS-induced septic shock in NLRP3 knockout mice [166]. …

UCP2 ameliorates mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute kidney injury

Y Ding, Y Zheng, J Huang, W Peng, X Chen… - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
… and serious complication of sepsis, and sepsis is the leading … inflammatory factors and
promoted NF-κB activation in LPS-… of organ dysfunction during sepsis. UCP2 localizes to …

[HTML][HTML] The NLRP3 inflammasome: regulation by metabolic signals

A Olona, S Leishman, PK Anand - Trends in Immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Fatty acid synthesis and fatty acid oxidation regulate the priming and activation of the NLRP3
inflammasome… ; yet, perturbations at marked points can inhibit or promote NLRP3 activation

A New Strategy for Targeting UCP2 to Modulate Glycolytic Reprogramming as a Treatment for Sepsis A New Strategy for Targeting UCP2

N Li, J Deng, J Zhang, F Yu, F Ye, L Hao, S Li, X Hu - Inflammation, 2024 - Springer
… of sepsis [30], but it also acts as a “metabolic switch” connecting glucose oxidation and
mitochondrial metabolism, promoting the oxidation of glutamine and fatty acids instead of glucose…

Reprogramming macrophage metabolism and its effect on NLRP3 inflammasome activation in sepsis

R Luo, X Li, D Wang - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… , which can generate NADPH for fatty acid synthesis and ribose-5-phosphate for nucleoside
… by promoting NLRP3 inflammasome activation but also promotes macrophage activation

NLRP3 inflammasome in inflammation and metabolism: identifying novel roles in postburn adipose dysfunction

R Vinaik, D Barayan, MG Jeschke - Endocrinology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… and inflammation promotes mitochondrial biogenesis and fatty acidacid synthase (Fasn)-dependent
lipid synthesis (102). … have important functions beyond inflammation and infection. …

Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase supports macrophage NLRP3 inflammasome activation during acute inflammation

AK Meyers, Z Wang, W Han, Q Zhao, M Zabalawi… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
… Our study suggests a non-canonical role of mitochondrial PDHK in promoting mitochondrial
stress and supporting NLRP3 inflammasome activation during acute inflammation. …