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Table 1 Epigenetic regulation of tumor cell pyroptosis

From: Epigenetic regulation of diverse cell death modalities in cancer: a focus on pyroptosis, ferroptosis, cuproptosis, and disulfidptosis

Gene

Title

Epigenetic modulation

Cancer

ZDHHC1

DNA methylation downregulated ZDHHC1 suppresses tumor growth by altering cellular metabolism and inducing oxidative/ER stress-mediated apoptosis and pyroptosis

DNA methylation

Various cancers

GSDME

Antitumor effect of simvastatin in combination with DNA methyltransferase inhibitor on gastric cancer via GSDME-mMediated pyroptosis

DNA methylation

Gastric cancer

GSDME

Programming cell pyroptosis with biomimetic nanoparticles for solid tumor immunotherapy

DNA methylation

Solid tumor

GSDMD

Elevated methionine flux drives pyroptosis evasion in persister cancer Cells

DNA methylation

Persister Cancer

GSDME

Gasdermin E deficiency attenuates acute kidney injury by inhibiting pyroptosis and inflammation

DNA methylation

Colorectal tumours

GSDME

Large-scale analysis of DFNA5 methylation reveals its potential as biomarker for breast cancer

DNA methylation

Breast cancer

GSDME

Postsurgical wound management and prevention of triple-negative breast cancer recurrence with a pryoptosis-inducing, photopolymerizable hydrogel

DNA methylation

Breast cancer

GSDMA/B/D/E

GSDMs are potential therapeutic targets and prognostic biomarkers in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

DNA methylation

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma

GSDMD

Co-delivery of nigericin and decitabine using hexahistidine-metal nanocarriers for pyroptosis-induced immunotherapeutics

DNA methylation

Bladder cancer

Caspase−1

G9A promotes tumor cell growth and invasion by silencing CASP1 in non-small-cell lung cancer cells

Histone modification

Lung cancer

Caspase−1

PRMT5 regulates cell pyroptosis by silencing CASP1 in multiple myeloma

Histone modification

Multiple myeloma

Caspase−1

Inhibition of BRD4 prevents proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal cell carcinoma via NLRP3 inflammasome-induced pyroptosis

Histone modification

Renal cancer

Caspase−1

Death by histone deacetylase inhibitor quisinostat in tongue squamous cell carcinoma via apoptosis, pyroptosis, and ferroptosis

Histone modification

Tongue cancer

Caspase−1

4,5-Dimethoxycanthin−6-one is a novel LSD1 inhibitor that inhibits proliferation of glioblastoma cells and induces apoptosis and pyroptosis

Histone modification

Glioblastoma

microRNA−125b/Caspase−1

Tanshinone IIA regulates microRNA‑125b/foxp3/caspase‑1 signaling and inhibits cell viability of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Non-coding RNAs

Nasopharynx cancer

miR−145/GSDMD

Tanshinone II A enhances pyroptosis and represses cell proliferation of HeLa cells by regulating miR−145/GSDMD signaling pathway

Non-coding RNAs

Cervical cancer

miR−182/NLRP3

Stat5 inhibits NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis to enhance chemoresistance of breast cancer cells via promoting miR−182 transcription

Non-coding RNAs

Breast cancer

MiR-495/NLRP3

NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by MicroRNA−495 Promoter Methylation May Contribute to the Progression of Acute Lung Injury

Non-coding RNAs

Acute lung injury

LncRNA MEG3/NLRP3

Cisplatin Induces Pyroptosis via Activation of MEG3/NLRP3/caspase−1/GSDMD Pathway in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Non-coding RNAs

Breast cancer

LncRNA TCONS−14,036/NLRP3

The sodium new houttuyfonate suppresses NSCLC via activating pyroptosis through TCONS−14,036/miR−1228−5p/PRKCDBP pathway

Non-coding RNAs

Lung cancer

METTL3/YTHDF2/NLRP3

LncRNA LINC00969 promotes acquired gefitinib resistance by epigenetically suppressing of NLRP3 at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels to inhibit pyroptosis in lung cancer

m6A modification

Lung cancer

METTL14/YTHDF2

Methyltransferase-like 14 suppresses growth and metastasis of renal cell carcinoma by decreasing long noncoding RNA NEAT1

m6A modification

Renal cell carcinoma

YTHDF1/GSDMD

YTHDF1 alleviates sepsis by upregulating WWP1 to induce NLRP3 ubiquitination and inhibit caspase−1-dependent pyroptosis

m6A modification

Sepsis

METTL14/TINCR/NLRP3

METTL14 suppresses pyroptosis and diabetic cardiomyopathy by downregulating TINCR lncRNA

m6A modification

Diabetic cardiomyopathy

YTHDC1/ Caspase−1

LncRNA FENDRR with m6A RNA methylation regulates hypoxia-induced pulmonary artery endothelial cell pyroptosis by mediating DRP1 DNA methylation

m6A modification

Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

METTL3/ Caspase−1

The METTL3/MALAT1/PTBP1/USP8/TAK1 axis promotes pyroptosis and M1 polarization of macrophages and contributes to liver fibrosis

m6A modification

Liver fibrosis

METTL3/ NLRP3

Total Flavones of Abelmoschus manihot Ameliorates Podocyte Pyroptosis and Injury in High Glucose Conditions by Targeting METTL3-Dependent m6A Modification-Mediated NLRP3-Inflammasome Activation and PTEN/PI3K/Akt Signaling

m6A modification

Diabetic nephropathy