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Role of necroptosis in spinal cord injury and its therapeutic implications

JIAWEI FU^1,2,3,#, CHUNSHUAI WU^1,2,3,#, GUANHUA XU^1,2,3, JINLONG ZHANG¹, YIQIU LI¹, CHUNYAN JI^1,2,3, ZHIMING CUI^1,2,3,*

1 The Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong University, The First People’s Hospital of Nantong, Nantong, 226001, China
2 Key Laboratory for Restoration Mechanism and Clinical Translation of Spinal Cord Injury, Nantong, 226001, China
3 Research Institute for Spine and Spinal Cord Disease of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

* Corresponding Author: ZHIMING CUI. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Neuroimmune Interactions at the Crossroads of Health and Disease)

BIOCELL 2023, 47(4), 739-749. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2023.026881

Received 30 September 2022; Accepted 26 December 2022; Issue published 08 March 2023

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI), a complex neurological disorder, triggers a series of devastating neuropathological events such as ischemia, oxidative stress, inflammatory events, neuronal apoptosis, and motor dysfunction. However, the classical necrosome, which consists of receptor-interacting protein (RIP)1, RIP3, and mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein, is believed to control a novel type of programmed cell death called necroptosis, through tumour necrosis factor-alpha/tumour necrosis factor receptor-1 signalling or other stimuli. Several studies reported that necroptosis plays an important role in neural cell damage, release of intracellular pro-inflammatory factors, lysosomal dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Recent research indicates that necroptosis is crucial to the pathophysiology of a number of neurological disorders and SCIs. In our review, we summarize the potential role of programmed cell death regulated by necroptosis in SCI based on its molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms. We also summarize the targets of several necroptosis pathways, which provide a more reliable reference for the treatment of SCI.

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