NHWD-1062 ameliorates inflammation and proliferation by the RIPK1/NF-κB/TLR1 axis in Psoriatic Keratinocytes

• Published in: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy Vol. 162; p. 114638
• Main Authors: Guo, Yiyan, Jin, Liping, Dong, Liang, Zhang, Mi, Kuang, Yehong, Chen, Xiang, Zhu, Wu, Yin, Mingzhu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.06.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Cell Proliferation; Cytokines - metabolism; Disease Models, Animal; Inflammation - drug therapy; Keratinocytes; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; NF-kappa B - metabolism; NF-κB; Psoriasis; Psoriasis - drug therapy; Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors; RIPK1; Skin - metabolism; Skin Diseases - metabolism; TLR1; Toll-Like Receptor 1 - metabolism; PCNA; IHC; TNF; NF-κB; shRNA; pDCs; IC50; CCK-8; KCs; RIPK1; qPCR; IF; WT; GSK; Psoriasis; H&E; Keratinocytes; siRNA; IMQ; MUT; GEO; TLR1; mDCs; NC; CMC-Na; TLRs
• ISSN: 0753-3322; 1950-6007
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114638

Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. RIPK1 plays an important role in inflammatory diseases. At present, the clinical efficacy of the RIPK1 inhibitor is limited and the regulatory mechanism is unclear in the treatment of psoriasis. Therefore, our team developed a new RIPK1 inhibitor, NHWD-1062, which showed a slightly lower IC50 in U937 cells than that of GSK’772 (a RIPK1 inhibitor in clinical trials) (11 nM vs. 14 nM), indicating that the new RIPK1 inhibitor was no less inhibitory than GSK’772. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of NHWD-1062 using an IMQ-induced mouse model of psoriasis and explored the precise regulatory mechanism involved. We found that gavage of NHWD-1062 significantly ameliorated the inflammatory response and inhibited the abnormal proliferation of the epidermis in IMQ-induced psoriatic mice. We then elucidated the mechanism of NHWD-1062, which was that suppressed the proliferation and inflammation of keratinocytes in vitro and in vivo through the RIPK1/NF-κB/TLR1 axis. Dual-luciferase reporter assay indicated that P65 can directly target the TLR1 promoter region and activate TLR1 expression, leading to inflammation. In summary, our study demonstrates that NHWD-1062 alleviates psoriasis-like inflammation by inhibiting the activation of the RIPK1/NF-κB/TLR1 axis, which has not been previously reported and further provides evidence for the clinical translation of NHWD-1062 in the treatment of psoriasis. [Display omitted] •The new RIPK1 inhibitor, NHWD-1062, can effectively inhibit the activity of RPIK1 kinase.•NHWD-1062 alleviates IMQ-induced ear inflammation and epidermal proliferation in mice.•The expression of psoriasis-related cytokines can be inhibited by NHWD-1062 via the RIPK1/NF-κB/TLR1 pathway.•NHWD-1062 is expected to be a new oral drug for the treatment of psoriasis.