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Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the host cell inflammasome: a complex relationship

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Briken, Volker, Ahlbrand, Sarah E., Shah, Swati·2013·Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

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The production of IL-1β during the infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is important for successful host immune defense. In macrophages and dendritic cells the host cell inflammasome is crucial for generation of secreted IL-1β in response to Mtb infections. In these cell types Mtb infection only activates the NLRP3-inflammasome. New reports demonstrate that nitric oxide has an important function in the negative regulation of the NLRP3-inflammasome to reduce tissue damage during Mtb infections. The type I interferon, IFN-β, is induced after Mtb infections and can also suppress NLRP3-inflammasome activation. In contrast, IFN-β increases activity of the AIM2-inflammasome after infection with intracellular pathogens such as Francisella tularensis and Listeria monocytogenes. Recent results demonstrate that non-tuberculous mycobacteria but not virulent Mtb induce the AIM2-inflammasome in an IFN-β dependent matter. Indeed, Mtb inhibits AIM2-inflammasome activation via its ESX-1 secretion system. This novel immune evasion mechanism may help Mtb to allow the induction of low levels of IFN-β to suppress the NLRP3-inflammasome without activating the AIM2-inflammasome.

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  • M. tuberculosis reduces inflammasome activation by inducing IFN-β, thereby contributing to immune evasion.

    “M. tuberculosis is capable of reducing this activation pathway by inducing the formation of IFN-β, thereby contributing to immune evasion of the bacterium (100).”

    From Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria (2015) · cites this paper as [100]

  • Formation of IL-1β and IL-18 from pro-IL-1β and pro-IL-18β is dependent on activation of the inflammasome and caspase-1.

    “The formation of IL-1β as well as of IL-18 from pro- IL-1β and pro-Il18β, respectively, is dependent on the activation of the inflammasome and of caspase-1 (100).”

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  • During M. tuberculosis infection, inflammasome activation is controlled by NLRP3.

    “During M. tuberculosis infection inflammasome activation is controlled by the nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain, leucine rich-containing proteins 3 (NLRP3).”

    From Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria (2015) · cites this paper as [100]

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Authors
Briken, V., Ahlbrand, S. E., & Shah, S.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Corresponding author
Briken, Volker
Venue
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Published
2013
Volume
3
Pages
62-62
ISSN
2235-2988 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2003754055
Cited by
92
References
76
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FWCI
1.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (AI072584)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI072584, R56AI072584, R01AI072584, T32AI089621)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, NLRP3 inflammasome, AIM2 inflammasome, IL-1β, nitric oxide, type I interferon, interferon-beta, ESX-1 secretion system, immune evasion, nontuberculous mycobacteria, macrophages, dendritic cells, Francisella tularensis, Listeria monocytogenes
MeSH terms
Dendritic Cells, Macrophages, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Immune Evasion, Inflammasomes

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