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Title | Structural insights into cytokine cleavage by inflammatory caspase-4. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nature, Vol. 624, Issue 7991, Page 451-459, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Nov 22, 2023 |
![]() | Pascal Devant / Ying Dong / Julian Mintseris / Weiyi Ma / Steven P Gygi / Hao Wu / Jonathan C Kagan / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Inflammatory caspases are key enzymes in mammalian innate immunity that control the processing and release of interleukin-1 (IL-1)-family cytokines. Despite the biological importance, the structural ...Inflammatory caspases are key enzymes in mammalian innate immunity that control the processing and release of interleukin-1 (IL-1)-family cytokines. Despite the biological importance, the structural basis for inflammatory caspase-mediated cytokine processing has remained unclear. To date, catalytic cleavage of IL-1-family members, including pro-IL-1β and pro-IL-18, has been attributed primarily to caspase-1 activities within canonical inflammasomes. Here we demonstrate that the lipopolysaccharide receptor caspase-4 from humans and other mammalian species (except rodents) can cleave pro-IL-18 with an efficiency similar to pro-IL-1β and pro-IL-18 cleavage by the prototypical IL-1-converting enzyme caspase-1. This ability of caspase-4 to cleave pro-IL-18, combined with its previously defined ability to cleave and activate the lytic pore-forming protein gasdermin D (GSDMD), enables human cells to bypass the need for canonical inflammasomes and caspase-1 for IL-18 release. The structure of the caspase-4-pro-IL-18 complex determined using cryogenic electron microscopy reveals that pro-lL-18 interacts with caspase-4 through two distinct interfaces: a protease exosite and an interface at the caspase-4 active site involving residues in the pro-domain of pro-IL-18, including the tetrapeptide caspase-recognition sequence. The mechanisms revealed for cytokine substrate capture and cleavage differ from those observed for the caspase substrate GSDMD. These findings provide a structural framework for the discussion of caspase activities in health and disease. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.2 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-40678, PDB-8spb: |
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![]() | IMMUNE SYSTEM / Innate immune / Complex |