Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins

ABSTRACT The Gram-negative bacterial cell wall component lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized by the noncanonical inflammasome protein caspase-11 in the cytosol of infected host cells and thereby prompts an inflammatory immune response linked to sepsis. Host guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) promo...

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Autores principales: Ryan Finethy, Sarah Luoma, Nichole Orench-Rivera, Eric M. Feeley, Arun K. Haldar, Masahiro Yamamoto, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Meta J. Kuehn, Jörn Coers
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bb4d0719860949808c96af8cd370889b2021-11-15T15:51:50ZInflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins10.1128/mBio.01188-172150-7511https://doaj.org/article/bb4d0719860949808c96af8cd370889b2017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01188-17https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT The Gram-negative bacterial cell wall component lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized by the noncanonical inflammasome protein caspase-11 in the cytosol of infected host cells and thereby prompts an inflammatory immune response linked to sepsis. Host guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) promote infection-induced caspase-11 activation in tissue culture models, and yet their in vivo role in LPS-mediated sepsis has remained unexplored. LPS can be released from lysed bacteria as “free” LPS aggregates or actively secreted by live bacteria as a component of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Here, we report that GBPs control inflammation and sepsis in mice injected with either free LPS or purified OMVs derived from Gram-negative Escherichia coli. In agreement with our observations from in vivo experiments, we demonstrate that macrophages lacking GBP2 expression fail to induce pyroptotic cell death and proinflammatory interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 secretion when exposed to OMVs. We propose that in order to activate caspase-11 in vivo, GBPs control the processing of bacterium-derived OMVs by macrophages as well as the processing of circulating free LPS by as-yet-undetermined cell types. IMPORTANCE The bacterial cell wall component LPS is a strong inducer of inflammation and is responsible for much of the toxicity of Gram-negative bacteria. Bacteria shed some of their cell wall and its associated LPS in the form of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Recent work demonstrated that secreted OMVs deliver LPS into the host cell cytosol by an unknown mechanism, resulting in the activation of the proinflammatory LPS sensor caspase-11. Here, we show that activation of cytosolic caspase-11 by OMVs requires additional host factors, the so-called guanylate binding proteins (GBPs). The discovery of GBPs as regulators of OMV-mediated inflammation paves the way toward a mechanistic understanding of the host response toward bacterial OMVs and may lead to effective strategies to ameliorate inflammation induced by bacterial infections.Ryan FinethySarah LuomaNichole Orench-RiveraEric M. FeeleyArun K. HaldarMasahiro YamamotoThirumala-Devi KannegantiMeta J. KuehnJörn CoersAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleGBP2GBP5LPSOMVscaspase-11guanylate binding proteinsMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 8, Iss 5 (2017)
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topic GBP2
GBP5
LPS
OMVs
caspase-11
guanylate binding proteins
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle GBP2
GBP5
LPS
OMVs
caspase-11
guanylate binding proteins
Microbiology
QR1-502
Ryan Finethy
Sarah Luoma
Nichole Orench-Rivera
Eric M. Feeley
Arun K. Haldar
Masahiro Yamamoto
Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Meta J. Kuehn
Jörn Coers
Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins
description ABSTRACT The Gram-negative bacterial cell wall component lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized by the noncanonical inflammasome protein caspase-11 in the cytosol of infected host cells and thereby prompts an inflammatory immune response linked to sepsis. Host guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) promote infection-induced caspase-11 activation in tissue culture models, and yet their in vivo role in LPS-mediated sepsis has remained unexplored. LPS can be released from lysed bacteria as “free” LPS aggregates or actively secreted by live bacteria as a component of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Here, we report that GBPs control inflammation and sepsis in mice injected with either free LPS or purified OMVs derived from Gram-negative Escherichia coli. In agreement with our observations from in vivo experiments, we demonstrate that macrophages lacking GBP2 expression fail to induce pyroptotic cell death and proinflammatory interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 secretion when exposed to OMVs. We propose that in order to activate caspase-11 in vivo, GBPs control the processing of bacterium-derived OMVs by macrophages as well as the processing of circulating free LPS by as-yet-undetermined cell types. IMPORTANCE The bacterial cell wall component LPS is a strong inducer of inflammation and is responsible for much of the toxicity of Gram-negative bacteria. Bacteria shed some of their cell wall and its associated LPS in the form of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Recent work demonstrated that secreted OMVs deliver LPS into the host cell cytosol by an unknown mechanism, resulting in the activation of the proinflammatory LPS sensor caspase-11. Here, we show that activation of cytosolic caspase-11 by OMVs requires additional host factors, the so-called guanylate binding proteins (GBPs). The discovery of GBPs as regulators of OMV-mediated inflammation paves the way toward a mechanistic understanding of the host response toward bacterial OMVs and may lead to effective strategies to ameliorate inflammation induced by bacterial infections.
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author Ryan Finethy
Sarah Luoma
Nichole Orench-Rivera
Eric M. Feeley
Arun K. Haldar
Masahiro Yamamoto
Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Meta J. Kuehn
Jörn Coers
author_facet Ryan Finethy
Sarah Luoma
Nichole Orench-Rivera
Eric M. Feeley
Arun K. Haldar
Masahiro Yamamoto
Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Meta J. Kuehn
Jörn Coers
author_sort Ryan Finethy
title Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins
title_short Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins
title_full Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins
title_fullStr Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins
title_full_unstemmed Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins
title_sort inflammasome activation by bacterial outer membrane vesicles requires guanylate binding proteins
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/bb4d0719860949808c96af8cd370889b
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