Guanylate-binding proteins convert cytosolic bacteria into caspase-4 signaling platforms
Wandel MP, Kim BH, Park ES, Boyle KB, Nayak K, Lagrange B, Herod A, Henry T, Zilbauer M, Rohde J, MacMicking JD, Randow F. Guanylate-binding proteins convert cytosolic bacteria into caspase-4 signaling platforms. Nature Immunology 2020, 21: 880-891. PMID: 32541830, PMCID: PMC7381384, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0697-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCaspases, InitiatorGram-Negative BacteriaGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsGTP-Binding ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansInflammasomesLipopolysaccharidesMicePyroptosisSignal TransductionConceptsGuanylate-binding proteinsCaspase-4 activationCaspase-4Human caspase-4Pyroptotic cell deathGram-negative bacteriaCytosolic bacteriaReplicative nicheEvolutionary evidenceIntracellular bacteriaCell deathMultiple antagonistsNeighboring cellsCaspase-11BacteriaAntibacterial defenseBacterial challengeGasderminShigella flexneriProteinDependent pyroptosisActivationPathwayBacterial lipopolysaccharideGBP2