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The AIM2 inflammasome is critical for innate immunity to Francisella tularensis
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Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, infects host macrophages, which triggers production of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-18. We elucidate here how host macrophages recognize F. tularensis and elicit this proinflammatory response. Using mice deficient in the DNA-sensing inflammasome component AIM2, we demonstrate here that AIM2 is required for sensing F. tularensis. AIM2-deficient mice were extremely susceptible to F. tularensis infection, with greater mortality and bacterial burden than that of wild-type mice. Caspase-1 activation, IL-1beta secretion and cell death were absent in Aim2(-/-) macrophages in response to F. tularensis infection or the presence of cytoplasmic DNA. Our study identifies AIM2 as a crucial sensor of F. tularensis infection and provides genetic proof of its critical role in host innate immunity to intracellular pathogens.
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- Authors
- Fernandes-Alnemri, T., Yu, J.-W., Juliana, C., Solorzano, L., Kang, S., Wu, J., Datta, P., McCormick, M., Huang, L., McDermott, E., Eisenlohr, L., Landel, C. P., & Alnemri, E. S.
- Affiliations
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alnemri, Emad S
- Venue
- Nature Immunology
- Published
- 2010-03-28
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 385-393
- ISSN
- 1529-2908 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2916
- PMC
- PMC3111085
- OpenAlex
- W2157305255
- Cited by
- 732
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 29.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- YUHSpace (Yonsei University Medical Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Harvard University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (AG14357, R01AG014357)
- National Cancer Institute (T32 CA09678, T32CA009678)
- 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 › Immune Response and Inflammation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Keywords
- AIM2 inflammasome, Francisella tularensis, tularemia, innate immunity, macrophages, cytosolic DNA sensing, caspase-1 activation, IL-1β, IL-18, intracellular bacterial infection, host defense
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cells, Cultured, DNA-Binding Proteins, Francisella tularensis, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Interferon Type I, L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, Macrophages, Nuclear Proteins, Tularemia, Mice, Knockout, Calcium Signaling, Caspase 1, Multiprotein Complexes, Interferon Regulatory Factor-3, Mice, Interleukin-1beta, Protein Multimerization
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