Absent in melanoma 2 is required for innate immune recognition of Francisella tularensis

Macrophages respond to cytosolic nucleic acids by activating cysteine protease caspase-1 within a complex called the inflammasome. Subsequent cleavage and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1beta and IL-18 are critical for innate immunity. Here, we show that macrophages from mice lacking absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) cannot sense cytosolic double-stranded DNA and fail to trigger inflammasome assembly. Caspase-1 activation in response to intracellular pathogen Francisella tularensis also required AIM2. Immunofluorescence microscopy of macrophages infected with F. tularensis revealed striking colocalization of bacterial DNA with endogenous AIM2 and inflammasome adaptor ASC. By contrast, type I IFN (IFN-alpha and -beta) secretion in response to F. tularensis did not require AIM2. IFN-I did, however, boost AIM2-dependent caspase-1 activation by increasing AIM2 protein levels. Thus, inflammasome activation was reduced in infected macrophages lacking either the IFN-I receptor or stimulator of interferon genes (STING). Finally, AIM2-deficient mice displayed increased susceptibility to F. tularensis infection compared with wild-type mice. Their increased bacterial burden in vivo confirmed that AIM2 is essential for an effective innate immune response.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 107(2010), 21 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 9771-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jones, Jonathan W [VerfasserIn]
Kayagaki, Nobuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Broz, Petr [VerfasserIn]
Henry, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Newton, Kim [VerfasserIn]
O'Rourke, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Salina [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Roose-Girma, Meron [VerfasserIn]
Dixit, Vishva M [VerfasserIn]
Monack, Denise M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

156986-95-7
77238-31-4
9007-49-2
Aim2 protein, mouse
Caspase 1
DNA
DNA-Binding Proteins
EC 3.4.22.36
Interferon-alpha
Interferon-beta
Journal Article
Nuclear Proteins
Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 29.06.2010

Date Revised 09.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.1003738107

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM197971997