Caspase-1 is an apical caspase leading to caspase-3 cleavage in the AIM2 inflammasome response, independent of caspase-8
- Author(s)
- Sagulenko, V; Vitak, N; Vajjhala, P; Vince, JE; Stacey, KJ;
- Journal Title
- J Mol Biol
- Publication Type
- Journal Article in press
- Abstract
- Canonical inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that can activate both caspase-1 and caspase-8. Caspase-1 drives rapid lysis of cells by pyroptosis and maturation of IL-1beta and IL-18. In caspase-1-deficient cells, inflammasome formation still leads to caspase-3 activation and slower apoptotic death, dependent on caspase-8 as an apical caspase. A role for caspase-8 directly upstream of caspase-1 has also been suggested, but here we show that caspase-8-deficient macrophages have no defect in AIM2 inflammasome-mediated caspase-1 activation, pyroptosis and IL-1beta release. In investigating the inflammasome-induced apoptotic pathway, we previously demonstrated that activated caspase-8 is essential for caspase-3 cleavage and apoptosis in caspase-1-deficient cells. However, surprisingly, here we found that AIM2 inflammasome-initiated caspase-3 cleavage was maintained in Ripk3-/-Casp8-/- macrophages. Gene knockdown showed that caspase-1 was required for the caspase-3 cleavage. Thus inflammasomes activate a network of caspases that can promote both pyroptotic and apoptotic cell death. In cells where rapid pyroptosis is blocked, delayed inflammasome-dependent cell death could still occur due to both caspase-1- and caspase-8-dependent apoptosis. Initiation of redundant cell death pathways is likely to be a strategy for coping with pathogen interference in death processes.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Research Division(s)
- Inflammation
- PubMed ID
- 29100888
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2017.10.028
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