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. 2022 Jul 27;8:338. doi: 10.1038/s41420-022-01101-6

Table 3.

Summary of regents induce pyroptosis in cancers.

Cancer types Regents Experimental subjects Target References
NPC BIX-01294 + cis-platinum 1. CNE-2Z cell; 2. xenograft animal model Caspase-3/GSDME [130]
Taxol 1. HNE-2 and 5–8 F cells; 2. xenograft animal model Caspase-1/GSDMD [115]
Lobaplatin 1. CNE-1, S26, HONE-1, SUNE-1 and CNE-2 cells Caspase-3/GSDME [116]
2. xenograft animal model
Tanshinone IIA 1. HK1 cells Caspase-1/GSDMD [142]
GC 5-FU 1. SGC-7901 and MKN-45 cells Caspase-3/GSDME [68]
BIX-01294 + Cisplatin 1. SGC-7901 cells; 2. xenograft animal model Caspase-3/GSDME [143]
ESCC Alpinumisoflavone 1. KYSE510 and KYSE30 cell; 2. xenograft animal model Caspase-3/GSDME [118]
BI2536 + Cisplatin 1. KYSE150 and KYSE510 cells; 2. Xenograft animal model Caspase-3/GSDME [128]
Metformin 1. KYSE510 and KYSE140 cells; 2. xenograft animal model GSDMD [86]
HCC Miltirone 1. HepG2 or Hepa1-6 cells; 2. HCC syngeneic model Caspase-3/GSDME [144]
Berberine 1. HepG2 cell; 2. xenograft mouse model Caspase-1 [53]
Alpinumisoflavone 1. SMMC 7721 and Huh7 cells; 2. Xenograft HCC model NLRP3 inflammasome [119]
Curcumin 1. HepG2 cell GSDME [145]
E2 1. HepG2 cell NLRP3 /Caspase-1 [58]
Euxanthone 1. Hep3B and SMMC 7721 cells; 2. Xenograft HCC model Caspase-2 [120]
Sorafenib 1. Macrophages cell; 2. orthotopic HCC mouse models Caspase -1 [146]
CRC AA and ATO 1. SW620 and LOVO cells Caspase -1 [129]
GW4064 plus oxaliplatin 1. HT-29 and SW620 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model Caspase-3/GSDME [75]
Lobaplatin 1. HT-29 and HCT116 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model Caspase-3/GSDME [51]
Simvastatin 1. H1299 and A549 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model NLRP3/Caspase-1 [122]
NSCLC PPVI 1. A549 and H1299 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD [121]
Cisplatin 1. A549 cell Caspase-3/GSDME [117]
Paclitaxel 1. A549 cell Caspase-3/GSDME [117]
L50377 1. A549 and NCI–H460 cells GSDME [123]
Resibufogenin 1. A549 and H520 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model NLRP3 /Caspase-1 [124]
Huaier extract 1. H520 and H358 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model NLRP3/Caspase-1 [125]
Simvastatin 1. A549 and H1299 cells; 2. Xenograft mouse model NLRP3/Caspase-1 [122]
BC Omega-3 fatty acids 1. MDA-MB-231 cell Caspase-1/GSDMD [147]
Dihydroartemisinin 1. MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cells; 2. xenograft mouse model AIM2/Caspase-3/GSDME [148]
Nobiletin 1. MCF7 and BT-549 cells; 2. xenograft mouse model NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD [149]
Tetraarsenic hexoxide 1. EO771, 4T1, Hs578T, and MDA-MB-231 cells; 2. Orthotopic mouse models Caspase-3/GSDME [150]
OSCC Anthocyanin 1. Hacat, Tca8113 and SCC15 cells NLRP3/CASPASE-1/GSDMD [151]
CC Tanshinone IIA 1. HeLa cell GSDMD [152]
PCB29-pQ 1. HeLa cell Caspase-1/GSDMD [153]

NPC nasopharyngeal carcinoma, GC gastric cancer, ESCC oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, CRC colorectal cancer, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, BC breast cancer, OSCC oral squamous cell carcinoma, CC cervical cancer.