Inhibiting membrane rupture with NINJ1 antibodies limits tissue injury

N Kayagaki, IB Stowe, K Alegre, I Deshpande, S Wu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Plasma membrane rupture (PMR) in dying cells undergoing pyroptosis or apoptosis requires
the cell-surface protein NINJ1. PMR releases pro-inflammatory cytoplasmic molecules …

NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture during lytic cell death

N Kayagaki, OS Kornfeld, BL Lee, IB Stowe… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Plasma membrane rupture (PMR) is the final cataclysmic event in lytic cell death. PMR
releases intracellular molecules known as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) …

Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death

M Degen, JC Santos, K Pluhackova, G Cebrero… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells can undergo different forms of programmed cell death, many of which
culminate in plasma membrane rupture as the defining terminal event,,,,,–. Plasma …

NINJ1 is activated by cell swelling to regulate plasma membrane permeabilization during regulated necrosis

Y Dondelinger, D Priem, J Huyghe, T Delanghe… - Cell death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasma membrane permeabilization (PMP) is a defining feature of regulated necrosis. It
allows the extracellular release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that …

Glycine inhibits NINJ1 membrane clustering to suppress plasma membrane rupture in cell death

JP Borges, RSR Sætra, A Volchuk, M Bugge, P Devant… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
First recognized more than 30 years ago, glycine protects cells against rupture from diverse
types of injury. This robust and widely observed effect has been speculated to target a late …

Dying cells fan the flames of inflammation

K Newton, VM Dixit, N Kayagaki - Science, 2021 - science.org
Inflammatory processes that recruit leukocytes to injured or infected tissues are crucial for
tissue repair and the elimination of pathogens. However, excessive or chronic inflammation …

NINJ1 induces plasma membrane rupture and release of damage-associated molecular pattern molecules during ferroptosis

S Ramos, E Hartenian, JC Santos, P Walch… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Ferroptosis is a regulated form of necrotic cell death caused by iron-dependent
accumulation of oxidized phospholipids in cellular membranes, culminating in plasma …

Combined activities of JNK1 and JNK2 in hepatocytes protect against toxic liver injury

FJ Cubero, ME Zoubek, W Hu, J Peng, G Zhao… - Gastroenterology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background & Aims c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) 1 and JNK2 are expressed in
hepatocytes and have overlapping and distinct functions. JNK proteins are activated via …

[HTML][HTML] IKKβ is required for prevention of apoptosis mediated by cell-bound but not by circulating TNFα

S Maeda, L Chang, ZW Li, JL Luo, H Leffert, M Karin - Immunity, 2003 - cell.com
IκB kinase β (IKKβ) is required for NF-κB activation and suppression of TNFα-mediated liver
apoptosis. To investigate how IKKβ suppresses apoptosis, we generated hepatocyte …

High susceptibility to bacterial infection, but no liver dysfunction, in mice compromised for hepatocyte NF-κB activation

I Lavon, I Goldberg, S Amit, L Landsman, S Jung… - Nature medicine, 2000 - nature.com
Based on the essential involvement of NF-κB in immune and inflammatory responses and its
apoptosis-rescue function in normal and malignant cells, inhibitors of this transcription factor …