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In pyroptosis, mouse and human GSDMDs are cleaved by activated proinflammatory caspases (caspase-1, 4, 5, or 11) to produce anamino-terminal domain (GSDMD-NT) and a carboxyl-terminal domain (GSDMD-CT). The GSDMD-NT drives cell membrane rupture, which leads to the pyroptotic death of the cells. The expression of porcine GSDMD (pGSDMD) has recently been determined, but the activation and regulation mechanism of pGSDMD and its ability to mediate pyroptosis are largely unknown. In the present study, the activation of porcine caspase-1 (pcaspase-1) and cleavage of pGSDMD occurred in the duodenum and jejunum of a piglet challenged with enterotoxigenic <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> were first determined. Then the capability of pcaspase-1 to cleave pGSDMD was determined in a cell-free system and in human embryonic kidney cells. The pGSDMD cleavage by pcaspase-1 occurred after the pGSDMD molecule\u2019s <jats:sub>276<\/jats:sub>Phenylalanine-Glutamine-Serine-Aspartic acid<jats:sub>279<\/jats:sub> motif. The pGSDMD-NT generated from the pGSDMD cleavage by pcaspase-1 showed the ability to drive cell membrane rupture in eukaryotic cells. When expressed in <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> competent cells, pGSDMD-NT showed bactericidal activity. These results suggest that pGSDMD is a substate of pcaspase-1 and an executioner of pyroptosis. 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