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- Title
CD36 coordinates NLRP3 inflammasome activation by facilitating intracellular nucleation of soluble ligands into particulate ligands in sterile inflammation.
- Authors
Sheedy, Frederick J; Grebe, Alena; Rayner, Katey J; Kalantari, Parisa; Ramkhelawon, Bhama; Carpenter, Susan B; Becker, Christine E; Ediriweera, Hasini N; Mullick, Adam E; Golenbock, Douglas T; Stuart, Lynda M; Latz, Eicke; Fitzgerald, Katherine A; Moore, Kathryn J
- Abstract
Particulate ligands, including cholesterol crystals and amyloid fibrils, induce production of interleukin 1β (IL-1β) dependent on the cytoplasmic sensor NLRP3 in atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Soluble endogenous ligands, including oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), amyloid-β and amylin peptides, accumulate in such diseases. Here we identify an endocytic pathway mediated by the pattern-recognition receptor CD36 that coordinated the intracellular conversion of those soluble ligands into crystals or fibrils, which resulted in lysosomal disruption and activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Consequently, macrophages that lacked CD36 failed to elicit IL-1β production in response to those ligands, and targeting CD36 in atherosclerotic mice resulted in lower serum concentrations of IL-1β and accumulation of cholesterol crystals in plaques. Collectively, our findings highlight the importance of CD36 in the accrual and nucleation of NLRP3 ligands from within the macrophage and position CD36 as a central regulator of inflammasome activation in sterile inflammation.
- Subjects
CD36 antigen; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEATION; LIGANDS (Biochemistry); CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKINS; LOW density lipoproteins; SOLUBILITY
- Publication
Nature Immunology, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 8, p812
- ISSN
1529-2908
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ni.2639