Chloride regulates dynamic NLRP3-dependent ASC oligomerization and inflammasome priming

Autor: David Brough, Pablo Pelegrín, Shi Yu, Gloria Lopez-Castejon, Catherine B. Lawrence, Fátima Martín-Sánchez, Jack Peter Green
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Green, J, Yu, S, Martín-Sánchez, F, Pelegrin, P, Lopez-Castejon, G, Lawrence, C B & Brough, D 2018, ' Chloride regulates dynamic NLRP3-dependent ASC oligomerisation and inflammasome priming ', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115, no. 40, pp. E9371-E9380 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812744115
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812744115
Popis: The NLRP3 inflammasome is an important regulator of inflammation and immunity. It is a multimolecular platform formed within cells that facilitates the activation of proinflammatory caspases to drive secretion of cytokines such as interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Knowledge of the mechanisms regulating formation of the NLRP3 inflammasome is incomplete. Here we report Cl(−) channel-dependent formation of dynamic ASC oligomers and inflammasome specks that remain inactive in the absence of K(+) efflux. Formed after Cl(−) efflux exclusively, ASC specks are NLRP3 dependent, reversible, and inactive, although they further prime inflammatory responses, accelerating and enhancing release of IL-1β in response to a K(+) efflux-inducing stimulus. NEK7 is a specific K(+) sensor and does not associate with NLRP3 under conditions stimulating exclusively Cl(−) efflux, but does after K(+) efflux, activating the complex driving inflammation. Our investigation delivers mechanistic understanding into inflammasome activation and the regulation of inflammatory responses.
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