Steroid hormone catabolites activate the pyrin inflammasome through a non-canonical mechanism

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The pyrin inflammasome acts as a guard of RhoA GTPases and is central to immune defenses against RhoA-manipulating pathogens. Pyrin activation proceeds in two steps. Yet, the second step is still poorly understood. Using cells constitutively activated for the pyrin step 1, a chemical screen identifies etiocholanolone and pregnanolone, two catabolites of testosterone and progesterone, acting at low concentrations as specific step 2 activators. High concentrations of these metabolites fully and rapidly activate pyrin, in a human specific, B30.2 domain-dependent manner and without inhibiting RhoA. Mutations in MEFV, encoding pyrin, cause two distinct autoinflammatory diseases pyrin-associated autoinflammation with neutrophilic dermatosis (PAAND) and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Monocytes from PAAND patients, and to a lower extent from FMF patients, display increased responses to these metabolites. This study identifies an unconventional pyrin activation mechanism, indicates that endogenous steroid catabolites can drive autoinflammation, through the pyrin inflammasome, and explains the "steroid fever" described in the late 1950s upon steroid injection in humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 41(2022), 2 vom: 11. Okt., Seite 111472

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Magnotti, Flora [VerfasserIn]
Chirita, Daria [VerfasserIn]
Dalmon, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Amandine [VerfasserIn]
Bronnec, Pauline [VerfasserIn]
Sousa, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Helynck, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Wonyong [VerfasserIn]
Kastner, Daniel L [VerfasserIn]
Chae, Jae Jin [VerfasserIn]
McDermott, Michael F [VerfasserIn]
Belot, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Popoff, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Sève, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Georgin-Lavialle, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Munier-Lehmann, Hélène [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Tu Anh [VerfasserIn]
De Langhe, Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Wouters, Carine [VerfasserIn]
Jamilloux, Yvan [VerfasserIn]
Henry, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3XMK78S47O
4G7DS2Q64Y
97CGB1M48I
Autoinflammatory disease
B30.2
BXO86P3XXW
CP: Immunology
CP: Molecular biology
Catabolite
Etiocholanolone
Familial Mediterranean fever
Inflammasome
Inflammasomes
Journal Article
MEFV protein, human
PAAND
Pregnanolone
Progesterone
Pyrin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Steroid
Testosterone

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Date Completed 14.10.2022

Date Revised 04.11.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111472

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347388930