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Table 2 Summary of the potential agents of pyroptosis in ocular diseases

From: Spotlight on pyroptosis: role in pathogenesis and therapeutic potential of ocular diseases

Disease

Agent

Target

Pathway

Promote (+)/suppress (−) ODs

Animal/cell model

References

Research in other fields

Diabetic retinopathy

Vitamin D3

ROS

ROS/TXNIP/NLRP3

Patient vitreous sample/human retinal microvascular endothelial cells

[109, 246]

Acute kidney injury/human tubular epithelial cell [247]

Hepatic injury [248]

Ghrelin

ROS

ROS/NLRP3

ARPE-19/Wistar rats

[115]

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [249]

Multiple sclerosis/neuroinflammation [250]

Traumatic brain injury-induced acute lung injury [251]

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)

ROS

ROS/NLRP3

ARPE-19

[114]

Ischemia–reperfusion (I/R)-induced acute kidney injury [252]

Diabetic cardiomyopathy [253, 254]

MCC950

NLRP3

TXNIP/Nek7-NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD

Retinal microglia, C57BL/6J mice, human retinal endothelial cells

[98, 100, 255]

Aβ accumulation [256]

β-Hydroxybutyrate

NLRP3

ER stress/NLRP3

C57BL/6J mice

[229]

Renal ischemia/reperfusion injury [233]

Methylene blue (MB)

NLRP3

NLRP3/caspase-1

Sprague–Dawley rats

[230]

Myelodysplasia [234]

Z-YVAD-FMK

caspase-1

Caspase-1/IL-1β

Retinal microglia

[98]

Lung inflammation [257]

Neuroblastoma [258]

H3 relaxin

P2X7R

P2X7R/NLRP3

Human retinal microvascular endothelial cells

[102]

Nephrocalcinosis [259]

METTL3

miR-25-3p

miR-25-3p/PTEN/Akt

ARPE-19

[13]

Diabetic kidney disease [260]

Liver fibrosis (+) [261]

lncRNA MIAT

miR-342-3p

miR-342-3p/caspase-1

+

Human retinal pericyte

[107]

Diabetic cardiomyopathy [262]

Age-related macular degeneration

A740003 (P2X7 receptor antagonist)

P2X7R

P2X7R/ROS/NLRP3

ARPE-19 cells

C57BL/6 mice

[124]

Osteoarthritis [232]

miR‐22‐3p

NLRP3

NLRP3/caspase-1

ARPE‐19/Balb/c mice

[133]

Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury [263]

INF39

NLRP3

NLRP3/caspase-1

ARPE‐19

[126]

Liver injury [264]

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection [265]

Tranilast

NLRP3

NLRP3/caspase-1

ARPE‐19

[227]

Atherosclerosis [266]

Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP)

amyloid β1-40 (Aβ1-40)

Aβ1-40/NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD

ARPE-19

[10]

Baicalin

miR-223

miR-223/NLRP3/caspase-1

ARPE-19

[127]

Hepatic injury in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis [267]

Glaucoma

Melatonin

NF-κB

NF-κB/NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD

Sprague–Dawley rats/ganglion cell

[223]

Atherosclerosis [268]

Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury [269]

Cerebral ischemia [270]

Diabetes-induced brain injury [271]

Kaempferol

NF-κB

NF-κB/NLRP3/caspase-1

Retinal ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) mice model

[62]

Spinal cord injury [235]

Parkinson’s disease [236]

Dry eye disease

Calcitriol

NLRP3

NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD

Human corneal epithelial cells

[177, 272]

Disulfiram

GSDMD

GSDMD

Human corneal epithelial cells

[177]

Severe acute pancreatitis [273]

Lipopolysaccharide-induced sepsis/ulcerative colitis [274]

Keratitis

Wedelolactone

IKK

Caspase-4/5/11/GSDMD

Human corneal keratocytes

[181]

Acute pancreatitis [245]

Disulfiram

GSDMD

GSDMD

Neutrophil and macrophage

[241]

Severe acute pancreatitis [273]

Lipopolysaccharide-induced sepsis/ulcerative colitis [274]

Diabetic corneal endothelial keratopathy

lncRNA KCNQ1OT1

miR-214

miR-214/caspase-1

+

Corneal endothelial

[188]

Diabetic cardiomyopathy [275]

Diabetic nephropathy [276]

Uveitis

Anakinra

IL-1β

IL-1β/IL-1R

Patients with Behçet’s disease

[277]

Atherosclerosis [278]

Muscle inflammation [279]

Acute liver failure [280]

Canakinumab

IL-1β

IL-1β/IL-1R

Patients with Behçet’s disease

[277, 281]

Myocardial infarction [282]

Minocycline

TLR4

TLR4/IL-1β

Rat endotoxin-induced uveitis model

[283]

Depression [284]

Spinal cord injury [285]

  1. MIAT myocardial infarction associated transcript, ROS reactive oxygen species, NLRP NOD-like receptor protein, GSDMD gasdermin D, IKK inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase, TXNIP thioredoxin interacting protein, PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog, ARPE-19 adult retinal pigment epithelial cell line-19, IL-1R interleukin-1 receptor, ODs ocular diseases