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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 395-403Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1864
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- National Institutes of Health [AI083713, CA66644, AI07349, CA034461, U54 AI-157168]
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Inflammasomes regulate the activity of caspase-1 and the maturation of interleukin 1. (IL-1.) and IL-18. AIM2 has been shown to bind DNA and engage the caspase-1-activating adaptor protein ASC to form a caspase-1-activating inflammasome. Using Aim2-deficient mice, we identify a central role for AIM2 in regulating caspase-1-dependent maturation of IL-1. and IL-18, as well as pyroptosis, in response to synthetic double-stranded DNA. AIM2 was essential for inflammasome activation in response to Francisella tularensis, vaccinia virus and mouse cytomegalovirus and had a partial role in the sensing of Listeria monocytogenes. Moreover, production of IL-18 and natural killer cell-dependent production of interferon-., events critical in the early control of virus replication, were dependent on AIM2 during mouse cytomegalovirus infection in vivo. Collectively, our observations demonstrate the importance of AIM2 in the sensing of both bacterial and viral pathogens and in triggering innate immunity.
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