An additional piece in the puzzle of neutrophil-derived IL-1ß: The NLRP3 inflammasome

被引:7
作者
Tamassia, Nicola [1 ]
Zimmermann, Maili [1 ]
Cassatella, Marco A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Verona, Dept Pathol & Diagnost, Sect Gen Pathol, I-37100 Verona, Italy
关键词
Inflammasome; Innate immunity; Neutrophils; NLRP3; ACTIVATION; INNATE; EXPRESSION; IL-1-BETA; MONOCYTES;
D O I
10.1002/eji.201242399
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
The notion that neutrophils play a pivotal role in orchestrating ongoing inflammatory immune responses has been bolstered by several fairly newly described effector mechanisms, particularly their capacity to serve as a source of cytokines. This frequently neglected phenomenon is acquiring more and more credit and, as a result, our understanding of the molecular basis of neutrophil-derived cytokines has grown tremendously in the past 20 years. It is now clear that cytokine secretion by neutrophils is controlled by sophisticated regulatory mechanisms. In this issue of the European Journal of Immunology, Mankan et al. (Eur. J. Immunol. 42: 710-715) further extend our knowledge by reappraising the role of the inflammasome pathway, specifically the NLRP3 sensor, in the secretion of mature IL-1 beta by murine neutrophils. Accordingly, Mankan et al. (Eur. J. Immunol. 42: 710-715) identify the neutrophil expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex, and by using specific knockout mice, they also show that, in LPS-primed neutrophils, the NLRP3/ASC/caspase-1 axis plays a nonredundant role for IL-1 beta processing in response to typical NLRP3 inflammasome stimuli.
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