Cytosolic peptide accumulation activates the NLRP1 and CARD8 inflammasomes
Orth-He, E. L.; Huang, H.-C.; Rao, S. D.; Wang, Q.; Chen, Q.; O'Mara, C. M.; Chui, A. J.; Saoi, M.; Griswold, A. R.; Bhattacharjee, A.; Ball, D. P.; Cross, J. R.; Bachovchin, D. A.
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NLRP1 and CARD8 are related sensors that form inflammasomes, but the danger signals that they detect are not fully established. These proteins undergo autoproteolysis, generating repressive N-terminal (NT) and inflammatory C-terminal (CT) fragments. The proteasome- mediated degradation of the NT releases the CT from autoinhibition, but the CT is then sequestered in a complex with the full-length sensor and DPP9. Here, we show that cytosolic peptide accumulation activates these inflammasomes. We found that a diverse array of peptides accelerates NT degradation, and those with N-terminal XP sequences also destabilize the ternary complexes. Peptides interfere with many biological processes, including protein folding. We show that unrelated agents that disrupt protein folding also induce NT degradation, but do not cause inflammasome activation because DPP9 sequesters the CT fragments in the absence of XP peptides. Overall, these results indicate that NLRP1 and CARD8 detect protein misfolding that is associated with peptide accumulation.
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