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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 8, Pages 843-U95Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1440
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Homologues of signal peptide peptidase ( SPPLs) are putative aspartic proteases that may catalyse regulated intramembrane proteolysis of type II membrane-anchored signalling factors. Here, we show that four human SPPLs are each sorted to a different compartment of the secretory pathway. We demonstrate that SPPL2a and SPPL2b, which are sorted to endosomes and the plasma membrane, respectively, are functional proteases that catalyse intramembrane cleavage of tumour necrosis factor alpha ( TNF alpha). The two proteases promoted the release of the TNFa intracellular domain, which in turn triggers expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-12 by activated human dendritic cells. Our study reveals a critical function for SPPL2a and SPPL2b in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity.
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