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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 209, Issue 6, Pages 1173-1179Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200322
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [JP21K06868]
- Kobayashi International Scholarship Foundation
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This study reveals a previously underappreciated role of TAK1 in regulating macrophage death induced by Fas, shedding light on the potential perturbation of immune homeostasis caused by aberrant cell death.
Fas, a member of the death receptor family, plays a central role in initiating cell death, a biological process crucial for immune homeostasis. However, the immunological and pathophysiological impacts to which enhanced Fas signaling gives rise remain to be fully understood. Here we demonstrate that TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) works as a negative regulator of Fas signaling in macrophages. Upon Fas engagement with high concentrations of FasL, mouse primary macrophages underwent cell death, and, surprisingly, Fas stimulation led to proteolytic cleavage of gasdermin (GSDM) family members GSDMD and GSDME, a hallmark of pyroptosis, in a manner dependent on caspase enzymatic activity. Remarkably, TAK1-deficient macrophages were highly sensitive to even low concentrations of FasL. Mechanistically, TAK1 negatively modulated RIPK1 kinase activity to protect macrophages from excessive cell death. Intriguingly, mice deficient for TAK1 in macrophages (TAK1(mKO) mice) spontaneously developed tissue inflammation, and, more important, the emergence of inflammatory disease symptoms was markedly diminished in TAK1(mKO) mice harboring a catalytically inactive RIPK1. Taken together, these findings not only revealed an unappreciated role of TAK1 in Fas-induced macrophage death but provided insight into the possibility of perturbation of immune homeostasis driven by aberrant cell death.
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