P2X7 receptor activation leads to NLRP3-independent IL-1β release by human macrophages

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BACKGROUND: The purinergic receptor P2X7 plays a crucial role in infection, inflammation, and cell death. It is thought that P2X7 receptor stimulation triggers processing and release of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1β by activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome; however, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.

METHODS: Modulation of IL-1β secretion was studied in THP-1 macrophages. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), BzATP, nigericin and pharmacological inhibitors of P2X receptors, inflammatory caspases and the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome were used to characterize signaling.

RESULTS: In primed macrophages, IL-1β release was increased after P2X7 receptor activation by ATP and 2,3-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP (BzATP). Pharmacological inhibition or genetic knockout of NLRP3 does not completely inhibit IL-1β release in TLR2/1-primed macrophages. Increase in extracellular K+ as well as inhibition of caspase-1 or serine proteases maintained IL-1β release in macrophages stimulated with P2X7 receptor agonists at 50%.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest a previously unrecognized mechanism of P2X7 receptor mediated IL-1β release and highlight the existence of an NLRP3-independent pathway in human macrophages. Video Abstract.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Cell communication and signaling : CCS - 21(2023), 1 vom: 23. Nov., Seite 335

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bockstiegel, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Engelhardt, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Weindl, Günther [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8L70Q75FXE
Adenosine Triphosphate
Caspase 1
EC 3.4.22.36
Human macrophages
IL-1beta
IL1B protein, human
Inflammasomes
Interleukin-1beta
Journal Article
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
NLRP3 inflammasome
NLRP3 protein, human
P2RX7 protein, human
P2X7 receptor
Receptors, Purinergic P2X7
Toll-like receptors
Video-Audio Media

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Date Completed 28.11.2023

Date Revised 25.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12964-023-01356-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364881194