TRPV1 Suppressed NLRP3 Through Regulating Autophagy in Microglia After Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

The microglia-mediated inflammatory response is one of the main causes of brain tissue damage after stroke. In recent years, it has been reported that autophagy in microglia played an important role in inflammatory response after stroke. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) has been shown to regulate autophagy and inflammatory in microglia; however, the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether autophagy regulates inflammatory is associated with TRPV1. Model of oxygen and glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) was established in vitro to induce cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R). siRNA of Atg5, inhibitors, and agonists of both autophagy and TRPV1 were involved in our study. Autophagy was assayed by immunofluorescence staining LC-3 and autophagosome was observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Autophagy/inflammation-related markers as Atg5, LC-3II/LC-3I, Beclin-1, NLRP3, IL-1β, and Caspase-1 were also measured in the present study. Results indicated that I/R injury-induced inflammatory injury may be impeded by inhibition of autophagy, and TRPV1 could suppress OGD/R-induced autophagy of microglia. However, the effect of TRPV1’s inhibitor on inflammatory response was attenuated when the autophagy was blocked. These findings suggested that TRPV1 exhibits an anti-inflammatory effect on OGD/R-induced microglia, which was at least correlated with the anti-autophagy action of TRPV1 partially.