Table 2 Common and unique mechanisms related to pyroptosis in MSDs.

From: The regulatory role and therapeutic application of pyroptosis in musculoskeletal diseases

Shared pyroptosis pathways

Unique upstream or downstream pathways

Diseases

Biological effects

Target cells

Ref.

NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD, IL-1β, IL-18

LPS-ATP/NLRP3

OA

Fibrosis, synovitis

FLSs

[62]

HIF-1α/NLRP3

[63]

NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β, IL-18, HMGB1

Macrophage

[64]

ATP/P2X7R/NLRP3

Cartilage degeneration

Chondrocytes

[66]

HA/NLRP3/ MMPs,ADAMTs

Macrophages

[71]

IL-1, TNF-α/iNOS/NO/NLRP3

Oxidative damage

Chondrocytes

[74]

H2O2/USP-7/NOX4/ROS/NLRP3

[75]

LPS/ROS/Nrf2/HO-1/ROS/NLRP3

FLSs

[77]

Regulator-Rag/mTORC1/mROS/GSDMD

GSDMD oligomerization

Macrophages

[76]

NF-kB, TLR2,3,4,7/NLRP3

Chronic inflammatory state

Macrophages

[79]

UA/NLRP3

[84]

NLRP3/Caspase-1/HMGB1

FLSs

[85]

Chondrocytes

[87]

NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-18

RA

Chronic inflammatory state

Macrophage

[92]

NLRP3/Caspase-1/FADD

 

[94]

PTX3-C1q/NLRP3

Monocyte

[95]

AIM2/NLRP3

T cells

[93]

H+/ASIC1a/Ca2+/NLRP3

Chondrocytes

[97]

LPS/TLR4/NF-kB/NLRP3

FLSs

[100]

ROS/GRK2/HIF-1α/NLRP3

[101]

ROS/MAPKs/NF-kB/NLRP3

OP

Enhanced bone resorption

Osteoclasts

[117]

LPS/NLRP3

[118]

MSU/NLRP3

GA

Chronic inflammatory state

Monocytes

[120]

C5a/ROS/NLRP3

[121]

P2Y14R/cAMP/NLRP3

[122]

NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β, IL-18/IL-17,23

AS

Enhanced autoimmunity

T cells

[135]

Monocytes

[136]

IL-1β/NF-KB/NLRP3

IDD

Chronic inflammatory state

NPs

[141]

TNF-α/NAMPT/MAPK, NF-kB/NLRP3

[144]

PKM2 & NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD

Muscle diseases

Myositis, atrophy

Muscle cells

[150]

NF-kB/NLRP3, HIF-1α/NLRP3

[152]

TLR4/NF-kB/NLRP3

[155]

NLRP1/Caspase-1/GSDMD, IL-1β, IL-18

LPS-ATP/NLRP1

OA

Fibrosis, synovitis

FLSs

[62]

NLRP1/Caspase-1/HMGB1

Chronic inflammatory state

[85]

NLRP1/Caspase-1/HMGB1

Chronic inflammatory state

Chondrocytes

[87]

NLRC4/Caspase-1/GSDMD, IL-1β, IL-18

LPS/NLRC4

OP

Enhanced bone resorption

Osteoclasts

[118]

Caspase-4,5,11/P2X7R-panx-1

P2X7/AMPK/mTOR

OA

Autophagy ↑ , pyroptosis ↓

Chondrocytes

[67]

HDAC1,2/P2X7R

Muscle diseases

Myositis, atrophy

Muscle cells

[153]

NF-kB/IL-1β, IL-18

NF-kB/MMP13,IL-1β, TNF-α

OA

Cartilage degeneration

Chondrocytes

[66]

CARD8/NF-kB

AS

Chronic inflammatory state

-

[134]

NF-kB/IL-1β, TNF-α/MMPs, ADAMTs

IDD

Chronic inflammatory state

NPs

[140]

Caspase-3/GSDME

LPS/TLR4/NF-kB/Caspase-3/GSDME

RA

Chronic inflammatory state

FLSs

[100]

Caspase-3/GSDME

Muscle diseases

Myositis, atrophy

Muscle cells

[151]