Table 1 The role of necroptosis in small-airway disease and emphysema.

From: Role of necroptosis in airflow limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: focus on small-airway disease and emphysema

Study

Research objects

Group

Necroptosis indicators

Small-airway disease indicators

Emphysema indicators

Wang Y, 2018

HBE cells

EG: Nec-1 + CSE

CG: DMSO + CSE

/

IL6, IL8, MUC5AC ↓ 

/

XU F, 2018

HBE cells

EG: Nec-1/GSK'872 + PM

CG: DMSO + PM

PI-positive cells↓

IL6, IL8, MUC5AC ↓ 

/

Male

C57BL/6 mice (aged 6-8 weeks)

EG: Nec-1 + PM

CG: DMSO + PM

/

Total inflammatory cells, neutrophils↓

MUC5AC, CXCL1, CXCL2, G-CSF ↓ 

Inflammation score↓

/

LUAN G, 2022

BEAS-2B cells

EG: TF-3 + CSE

CG: CSE

/

TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β ↓ 

/

BEAS-2B cells

EG: TF-3 + CSE + z-VAD

Nec-1 + CSE + z-VAD

CG: CSE + z-VAD

p-RIPK3, p-MLKL ↓ 

PI-positive cells↓

Necroptotic rate↓

/

/

Male

C57BL/6 J mice

(aged 7 weeks)

EG: TF-3 + CSE

CG: CSE

p-RIPK3, p-MLKL ↓ 

TNF-α, IL-1β ↓ 

Emphysematous changes, MLI, DI ↓ 

Wang Y, 2020

BMDM cells

EG: Nec-1 + CSE

GSK'872 + CSE

CG: DMSO + CSE

/

CXCL1, CXCL2, IL-6↓

/

CHEN D, 2021

MLE-12 cells cocultured with BMDMs

EG: GSK'872 + CSE

Z-VAD + CSE

CG: CSE

/

HMGB1, TNF-α, IL-6

(GSK'872) ↓ (Z-VAD) ↑ 

/

Female

C57BL/6 J mice

(aged 6 weeks)

EG: GSK'872 + Smoke

Z-VAD + Smoke

CG: DMSO + Smoke

p-MLKL(GSK'872) ↓ 

HMGB1, IL-6 (GSK'872) ↓ 

Neutrophils, CD8+ T cells, macrophage (GSK'872) ↓ 

Lung chord lengths, alveolar area (GSK'872) ↓ 

POUWELS S D, 2016

Female BALB/cByJ mice (aged 8 weeks)

EG: Nec-1 + Smoke

CG: DMSO + Smoke

/

Neutrophils, MPO ↓ 

/

MAO K, 2021

Male

C57BL/6 mice

(aged 8 weeks)

EG: Melatonin + LPS

CG: LPS

p-RIPK3, p-MLKL ↓ 

RIP1, RIP3, MLKL ↓ 

Airway wall thickness, BALT ↓ 

cilium number of bronchial epithelial cells↑ IL-1α, IL-1β, TNF-α, ICAM-1, CXCL10, G-CSF ↓ CD4+, CD8+, CD45+ T cells, NK cells, CD11b+, CD11c+, F4/80+ macrophages↓

Alveolar enlargement↓

lung destruction area↓

LU Z, 2021

Acute CS-exposure mice

EG: RIPK3−/− mice

CG: WT mice

RIPK3 deletion

Mip1a↓ Total leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes ↓

/

Acute CS-exposure mice

EG: MLKL−/− mice

CG: WT mice

MLKL deletion

Total leukocytes, neutrophils↓

CXCL1, Mmp12, Ym1, Marco↓

/

Chronic CS-exposure mice

EG: RIPK3−/− mice

MLKL−/− mice

CG: WT mice

RIPK3 deletion

(RIPK3−/−)

MLKL deletion

(MLKL−/−)

Total leukocytes, Alveolar macrophage↓ Collagen deposition↓ Ym1↓ Airway inflammation score, Epithelial thickness↓ Marco (RIPK3−/−) ↓ lymphocytes (RIPK3−/−) ↓ 

CXCL1, Mmp12, Mmp8 (MLKL−/−) ↓ 

macrophages, neutrophils (MLKL−/−) ↓ 

MLI ↓ 

Mmp12 (MLKL−/−) ↓ 

  1. ↑, The data of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group; ↓, The data of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group; /, There is no relevant expression in this paper; −/−, Gene deletion.
  2. BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue, BEAS-2B human normal lung epithelial cells, BMDM bone marrow–derived macrophages, CG control group, CSE cigarette smoke extract, CXCL CXC chemokine ligand, DI destructive index, DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide, EG experimental group, G-CSF granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, HBE human bronchial epithelial cells, HMGB1 high-mobility group box-1, ICAM-1 circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1, IL interleukin, LPS lipopolysaccharide, MLE-12 mouse lung epithelial cells, MLI mean linear intercept, MLKL mixed-lineage kinase domain-like, MPO myeloperoxidase, PM particulate matter, RIPK receptor-interacting protein kinase, TF-3 theaflavin-3,3′-digallate, TNF tumour necrosis factor, WT wild type.