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AIM2 activates the inflammasome and cell death in response to cytoplasmic DNA

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Fernandes-Alnemri, Teresa, Yu, Je-Wook, Datta, Pinaki, Wu, Jianghong, Alnemri, Emad S.·2009·Nature

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Host- and pathogen-associated cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA triggers the activation of a NALP3 (also known as cryopyrin and NLRP3)-independent inflammasome, which activates caspase-1 leading to maturation of pro-interleukin-1beta and inflammation. The nature of the cytoplasmic-DNA-sensing inflammasome is currently unknown. Here we show that AIM2 (absent in melanoma 2), an interferon-inducible HIN-200 family member that contains an amino-terminal pyrin domain and a carboxy-terminal oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding domain, senses cytoplasmic DNA by means of its oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding domain and interacts with ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD) through its pyrin domain to activate caspase-1. The interaction of AIM2 with ASC also leads to the formation of the ASC pyroptosome, which induces pyroptotic cell death in cells containing caspase-1. Knockdown of AIM2 by short interfering RNA reduced inflammasome/pyroptosome activation by cytoplasmic DNA in human and mouse macrophages, whereas stable expression of AIM2 in the non-responsive human embryonic kidney 293T cell line conferred responsiveness to cytoplasmic DNA. Our results show that cytoplasmic DNA triggers formation of the AIM2 inflammasome by inducing AIM2 oligomerization. This study identifies AIM2 as an important inflammasome component that senses potentially dangerous cytoplasmic DNA, leading to activation of the ASC pyroptosome and caspase-1.

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Authors: Fernandes-Alnemri, T., Yu, J.-W., Datta, P., Wu, J., & Alnemri, E. S.
Affiliations: Thomas Jefferson University (US)
Corresponding author: Alnemri, Emad S.
ORCID: Yu, Je-Wook
Alnemri, Emad S.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2009-01-21
Volume: 458
Issue: 7237
Pages: 509-513
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature07710
PMC: PMC2862225
OpenAlex: W2042288276
Cited by: 1,831
References: 18
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FWCI: 54.95
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
YUHSpace (Yonsei University Medical Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
The Medicine Forum (submittedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging (AG14357, R01AG014357)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (AR-055398, R01AR055398)
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Inflammasome and immune disorders
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › interferon and immune responses
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords: AIM2, cytosolic DNA sensing, inflammasome, pyroptosis, caspase-1, ASC, pyrin domain, innate immunity, macrophages, NF-κB, IL-1β
MeSH terms: Animals, Cell Line, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeletal Proteins, DNA, DNA-Binding Proteins, Enzyme Activation, Humans, Inflammation, Nuclear Proteins, Protein Binding, Cell Death, Caspase 1, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Mice, CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins

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