Gasdermin D (GSDMD) plays a causal role in NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis eruption, which has been regarded as a potential therapeutic target for pyroptosis-related diseases including acute gouty arthritis. In the present study, the synthesized PEI-Chol (cholesterol grafted polyethylenimine) was assembled with GSDMD small interfering RNA (siRNA) to form PEI-Chol/siGSDMD polyplexes, which provided high transfection efficiency for siRNA-mediated GSDMD knockdown. Then we evaluated the effect of GSDMD siRNA-loaded PEI-Chol on inflammatory cascades in bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and acute gouty arthritis animal models under MSU exposure. When accompanied by pyroptosis blockade and decreased release of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), NLRP3 inflammasome activation was also suppressed by GSDMD knockdown and . Moreover, in MSU-induced acute gouty arthritis mice, blocking GSDMD with siRNA significantly improved ankle swelling and inflammatory infiltration observed in histopathological analysis. Furthermore, investigation using a mouse air pouch model verified the effect of siGSDMD-loaded PEI-Chol on pyroptosis of recruited macrophages and related signaling pathways in response to MSU. These novel findings exhibited that GSDMD knockdown relieved acute gouty arthritis through inhibiting pyroptosis, providing a possible therapeutic approach for MSU-induced acute gouty arthritis molecular therapy using PEI-Chol as a nucleic acid delivery carrier.
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