Cryopyrin/NALP3 binds ATP/dATP, is an ATPase, and requires ATP binding to mediate inflammatory signaling

作者：Joseph A. Duncan, Dan T. Bergstralh, Yanhong Wang, Stephen B. Willingham, Zhengmao Ye, Albert G. Zimmermann, Jenny Pan-Yun Ting · 发表于：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 年份：2007 · DOI：10.1073/pnas.0611496104 · 被引用次数：502 · 研究领域：Inflammasome and immune disorders、Streptococcal Infections and Treatments、Viral Infections and Vectors

The CATERPILLER (CLR/NLR) gene family encodes a family of putative nucleotide-binding proteins important for host defense. Although nucleotide binding is thought to be central to this family, this aspect is largely unstudied. The CATERPILLER protein cryopyrin/NALP3 regulates IL-1beta processing by assembling the multimeric inflammasome complex. Mutations within the exon encoding the nucleotide-binding domain are associated with hereditary periodic fevers characterized by constitutive IL-1beta production. We demonstrate that purified cryopyrin binds ATP, dATP, and ATP-agarose, but not CTP, GTP, or UTP, and exhibits ATPase activity. Mutation of the nucleotide-binding domain reduces ATP binding, caspase-1 activation, IL-1beta production, cell death, macromolecular complex formation, self-association, and association with the inflammasome component ASC. Disruption of nucleotide binding abolishes the constitutive activation of disease-associated mutants, identifying nucleotide binding by cryopyrin as a potential target for antiinflammatory pharmacologic intervention.