Inhibition of the cGAS-STING pathway:contributing to the treatment of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury
Hang Yang
Yulei Xia
Yue Ma
Mingtong Gao
Shuai Hou
Shanshan Xu
Yanqiang Wang
Abstract：The cGAS-STING pathway plays an important role in ischemia-reperfusion injury in the heart, liver, brain, and kidney, but its role and mechanisms in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury have not been systematically reviewed. Here, we outline the components of the cGAS-STING pathway and then analyze its role in autophagy, ferroptosis, cellular pyroptosis, disequilibrium of calcium homeostasis, inflammatory responses, disruption of the blood-brain barrier, microglia transformation, and complement system activation following cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. We further analyze the value of cGAS-STING pathway inhibitors in the treatment of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury and conclude that the pathway can regulate cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury through multiple mechanisms. Inhibition of the cGAS-STING pathway may be helpful in the treatment of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Keywords：calcium homeostasiscellular autophagycerebral ischemia-reperfusion injurycGAS-STING pathwayferroptosisgut-brain-microbiota axisinflammatorylight chain 3microglial cellsSyntaxin-17 protein
Publication Date：2025-07-27
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：19( 1900-1918 )