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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of the cysteine protease Caspase-1 is a key event in the innate immune response to infections. Synthesized as a proprotein, Caspase-1 undergoes autoproteolysis within multiprotein complexes called inflammasomes. Activated Caspase-1 is required for proteolytic processing and for release of the cytokines interleukin-1? and interleukin-18, and it can also cause rapid macrophage cell death. We show that macrophage cell death and cytokine maturation in response to infection with diverse bacterial pathogens can be separated genetically and that two distinct inflammasome complexes mediate these events. Inflammasomes containing the signaling adaptor Asc form a single large "focus" in which Caspase-1 undergoes autoproteolysis and processes IL-1?/IL-18. In contrast, Asc-independent inflammasomes activate Caspase-1 without autoproteolysis and do not form any large structures in the cytosol. Caspase-1 mutants unable to undergo autoproteolysis promoted rapid cell death, but processed IL-1?/18 inefficiently. Our results suggest the formation of spatially and functionally distinct inflammasomes complexes in response to bacterial pathogens.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1934-6069
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Caspase 1, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Francisella, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Inflammasomes, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Legionella pneumophila, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pubmed-meshheading:21147462-Salmonella typhimurium
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential requirement for Caspase-1 autoproteolysis in pathogen-induced cell death and cytokine processing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural