2021
Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis
Zhang X, McDonald JG, Aryal B, Canfrán-Duque A, Goldberg EL, Araldi E, Ding W, Fan Y, Thompson BM, Singh AK, Li Q, Tellides G, Ordovás-Montanes J, García Milian R, Dixit VD, Ikonen E, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2107682118. PMID: 34782454, PMCID: PMC8617522, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107682118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholesterol biosynthetic intermediatesBiosynthetic intermediatesDependent inflammasome activationSingle-cell transcriptomicsMitochondrial reactive oxygen species productionFoam cell formationMacrophage foam cellsReactive oxygen species productionHuman coronary artery lesionsConversion of desmosterolTranscriptomic analysisMacrophage cholesterol metabolismPhysiological contextOxygen species productionLiver X receptor ligandsApoptosis-associated speck-like proteinRetinoid X receptor activationX receptor ligandsInflammasome activationAtherosclerotic plaquesSpeck-like proteinCholesterol homeostasisMacrophage inflammasome activationKey moleculesCell formation
2015
Ketone body beta-hydroxy butyrate deactivates NLRP3 inflammasome in myeloid cells (CAM1P.153)
Goldberg E, Youm Y, Nguyen K, Alnemri E, Dixit V. Ketone body beta-hydroxy butyrate deactivates NLRP3 inflammasome in myeloid cells (CAM1P.153). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 48.10-48.10. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.48.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBeta-hydroxy butyrateInflammasome activationMyeloid cellsNLRP3-dependent inflammasome activationAnti-inflammatory interventionsNLRP3-dependent ILMyeloid lineage cellsShort-chain fatty acidsDependent inflammasome activationKetone body productionFatty acid oxidationBone lossChronic inflammationAged miceAge-related diseasesNLRP3 inflammasomeSterile inflammationChronic diseasesFunctional declineMetabolic diseasesCognitive declineCalorie restrictionChain fatty acidsInflammationLineage cells