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- Title
Inflammasome-mediated cell death in response to bacterial pathogens that access the host cell cytosol: lessons from Legionella pneumophila.
- Authors
Casson, Cierra N.; Shin, Sunny
- Abstract
Cell death can be critical for host defense against intracellular pathogens because it eliminates a crucial replicative niche, and pro-inflammatory cell death can alert neighboring cells to the presence of pathogenic organisms and enhance downstream immune responses. Pyroptosis is a pro-inflammatory form of cell death triggered by the inflammasome, a multi-protein complex that assembles in the cytosol to activate caspase-1. Inflammasome activation by pathogens hinges upon violation of the host cell cytosol by activities such as the use of pore-forming toxins, the use of specialized secretion systems, or the cytosolic presence of the pathogen itself. Recently, a non-canonical inflammasome has been described that activates caspase-11 and also leads to pro-inflammatory cell death. Caspase-11 is activated rapidly and robustly in response to violation of the cytosol by bacterial pathogens as well. In this mini-review, we describe the canonical and non-canonical inflammasome pathways that are critical for host defense against a model intracellular bacterial pathogen that accesses the host cytosol-Legionella pneumophila.
- Subjects
CELL death; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; CYTOPLASM; ORGANELLES; CELL anatomy
- Publication
Frontiers in Cellular & Infection Microbiology, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
2235-2988
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fcimb.2013.00111