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Cytosolic Double-Stranded RNA Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome via MAVS-Induced Membrane Permeabilization and K+ Efflux

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Franchi, Luigi, Eigenbrod, Tatjana, Muñoz-Planillo, Raúl, Ozkurede, Ulas, Kim, Yun-Gi, Chakrabarti, Arindam, Gale, Michael, Silverman, Robert H, Colonna, Marco, Akira, Shizuo, Núñez, Gabriel·2014·The Journal of Immunology

Abstract

The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain–like receptor pyrin domain–containing 3 (Nlrp3) inflammasome plays an important role in inflammation by controlling the maturation and secretion of the cytokines IL-1β and IL-18 in response to multiple stimuli including pore-forming toxins, particulate matter, and ATP. Although the pathways activated by the latter stimuli lead to a decrease in intracellular K+ concentration, which is required for inflammasome activation, the mechanism by which microbial RNA activates Nlrp3, remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that cytosolic poly(I:C), but not total RNA from healthy macrophages, macrophages undergoing pyroptosis, or mitochondrial RNA, induces caspase-1 activation and IL-1β release through the Nlrp3 inflammasome. Experiments with macrophages deficient in Tlr3, Myd88, or Trif, indicate that poly(I:C) induces Nlrp3 activation independently of TLR signaling. Further analyses revealed that the cytosolic sensors Rig-I and melanoma differentiation–associated gene 5 act redundantly via the common adaptor mitochondrial antiviral signaling (Mavs) to induce Nlrp3 activation in response to poly(I:C), but not ATP or nigericin. Mechanistically, Mavs triggered membrane permeabilization and K+ efflux independently of the inflammasome which were required for poly(I:C)-induced Nlrp3 activation. We conclude that poly (I:C) activates the inflammasome through an Mavs-dependent surveillance pathway that converges into a common K+ lowering step in the cytosol that is essential for the induction of Nlrp3 activation.

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Franchi, L., Eigenbrod, T., Muñoz-Planillo, R., Ozkurede, U., Kim, Y.-G., Chakrabarti, A., Gale, M., Silverman, R. H., Colonna, M., Akira, S., & Núñez, G.
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The Journal of Immunology
Published
2014-10
Volume
193
Issue
8
Pages
4214-4222
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
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183
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17
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Franchi, L., Eigenbrod, T., Muñoz-Planillo, R., Ozkurede, U., Kim, Y.-G., Chakrabarti, A., Gale, M., Silverman, R. H., Colonna, M., Akira, S., & Núñez, G. (2014). Cytosolic Double-Stranded RNA Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome via MAVS-Induced Membrane Permeabilization and K+ Efflux. The Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1400582

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