Fig. 6.
GSDME augments death receptor-induced pyroptosis and caspase-3 activation. a, b Propidium iodide (PI) uptake (a) and active caspase-3/7 staining (b) in CEM-C7 cells (wild-type (WT), GSDME-knockout (KO), or GSDME-KO reconstituted with WT GSDME-EGFP or GSDME-T6E-EGFP) treated with tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) plus actinomycin D (ActD) as measured on the IncuCyte over time. c Immunoblots of GSDME, active caspase-3 p17/p19, and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) in combined cell lysates plus media, or HMGB1 released in culture media (media) of WT (WT), GSDME-KO (KO), or GSDME-KO reconstituted with WT GSDME-EGFP (KO+WT) or GSDME-T6E-EGFP (KO+T6E) CEM-C7 cells treated with TNFα plus ActD as indicated. d Immunoblots of cytochrome c (Cyt c) (1st and 2nd panels) released into the culture media (media) or cytosol (Cyto) from WT (WT) or GSDME-KO (KO) CEM-C7 cells treated with TNFα plus ActD for 18 h. e Active caspase-3/7 staining in WT, GSDME-KO, Bid-KO, or GSDME/Bid-dKO CEM-C7 cells treated with TNFα plus ActD as measured on the IncuCyte over time. f Immunoblots of Cyt c (1st and 2nd panels) released into the culture media (media) or cytosol (Cyto) from WT, GSDME-KO (GSE-KO), Bid-KO, or GSDME/Bid-dKO (dKO) CEM-C7 cells treated with TNFα plus ActD. Quantitative analyses of Cyt c release in (d, f) are shown in Supplementary Fig. 17. Results are representative of at least three independent experiments performed in duplicate or triplicate. Error bars represent S.D. Student’s t-test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.0005, ****p < 0.00005