Compound 6 inhibits pyroptotic cell death in macrophages. (A) Confocal
microscopy images of murine primary macrophage, stained with propidium
iodide (PI). (B) In a dose-dependent manner, compound 6 inhibited Niggericin induced IL-β release and cell death (measured
as LDH release and Alamar blue assay) in murine primary macrophage.
(C) Pyroptotic cell death in human THP cells was assessed through
LDH release and PI uptake. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, and ****P < 0.0001. LDH, Alamar blue assay and PI data are means
± SE and are representative of ≥3 experimental replicates.