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. 2018 Feb 28;98(2):813–880. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00011.2017

Table 2.

Inhibitors (pharmacological and genetic) and markers for the identification of various forms of neuronal cell death

Type Pharmacological Inhibition Genetic Inhibition Markers
Apoptosis extrinsic Caspase-8 inhibitor: Z-IETD-fmk Conditional caspase-8−/− Caspase-8 and -3 cleavage tBid, TUNEL+, PS exposure on nonnecrotic cell
Apoptosis intrinsic Pan-caspase inhibitors: Z-VAD-fmk, Q-VD-OPh Caspase-3−/− Bax NH2-terminal exposure and oligomerization, cytochrome c release, caspase-3 cleavage, TUNEL+, chromatin condensation, PS exposure on intact cell
Complex II/SDH stabilizer: compound A Caspase-9−/−
Bax−/−
BH3-only protein-deficient mice
Necroptosis RIP1 inhibitors: necrostatin-1s, GSK2982772 RIP3−/− MLKL phosphorylation and oligomerization at plasma membrane, accompanied by necrotic features
RIP3 inhibitors: GSK'872 (but can induce apoptosis) MLKL−/−
MLKL inhibitor: necrosulfonamide (human) RIP1 D138N kinase-null knock-in
RIP1 K45A kinase-null knock-in
Parthanatos PARP inhibitors PARP-1−/− PARP activation, high PAR deposition, AIF release
AIF−/−
Ferroptosis Iron chelators (deferoxamine) Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase knockdown Excessive lipid peroxidation with necrotic features
Lipid ROS scavengers (ferrostatins, liproxstatin-1, vitamin E)
5-Lipoxygenase inhibitor (zileuton)
Pyroptosis Inflammasome inhibitors (MCC950) Caspase-1−/− Caspase-1 activation, accompanied by gasdermin-D cleavage and plasma membrane localization
Pan-caspase inhibitors Gasdermin-D−/−
Caspase-1 inhibitor (Z-YVAD-FMK)
Autophagic Autosis inhibitors (cardiac glycosides) Conditional ATG family−/− LC3+ve puncta in cytoplasm, autophagosomes by EM, morphological signature of autosis
Beclin-1−/−
Phagocytic PS-inhibitors (PS blocking antibodies, annexin V, MFG-E8 D89E, cyclicRGD) MerTK−/−, VNR−/− Engulfed (NeuN+) neurons within phagocytes
CRT/LRP inhibitors (receptor-associated protein, blocking antibodies) MFG-E8−/−
P2Y6−/−
CR3−/−
MitoPore Cyclophilin D inhibitors (cyclosporine A) Cyclophilin D−/− Mitochondrial swelling (not selective)

See text for definitions.