Publication Date:
2012-03-31
Description:
Inflammasomes are sensory complexes that alert the immune system to the presence of infection or tissue damage. These complexes assemble NLR (nucleotide binding and oligomerization, leucine-rich repeat) or ALR (absent in melanoma 2-like receptor) proteins to activate caspase-1 cleavage and interleukin (IL)-1beta/IL-18 secretion. Here, we identified a non-NLR/ALR human protein that stimulates inflammasome assembly: guanylate binding protein 5 (GBP5). GBP5 promoted selective NLRP3 inflammasome responses to pathogenic bacteria and soluble but not crystalline inflammasome priming agents. Generation of Gbp5(-/-) mice revealed pronounced caspase-1 and IL-1beta/IL-18 cleavage defects in vitro and impaired host defense and Nlrp3-dependent inflammatory responses in vivo. Thus, GBP5 serves as a unique rheostat for NLRP3 inflammasome activation and extends our understanding of the inflammasome complex beyond its core machinery.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shenoy, Avinash R -- Wellington, David A -- Kumar, Pradeep -- Kassa, Hilina -- Booth, Carmen J -- Cresswell, Peter -- MacMicking, John D -- R01 AI068041-06/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2012 Apr 27;336(6080):481-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1217141. Epub 2012 Mar 29.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22461501" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alum Compounds
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Animals
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Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
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Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Caspase 1/metabolism
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Cell Line
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Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
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GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Humans
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Inflammasomes/*metabolism
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Interferon-gamma/immunology
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Interleukin-1beta/secretion
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Lipopolysaccharides/immunology
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Listeriosis/immunology
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Macrophages/immunology/*metabolism
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Mice
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Protein Multimerization
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RNA Interference
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Salmonella typhimurium/immunology
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Uric Acid
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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