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TRIM21 regulates pyroptotic cell death by promoting Gasdermin D oligomerization

Cell Death and Differentiation, ISSN: 1476-5403, Vol: 29, Issue: 2, Page: 439-450
2022
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Gasdermin-D (GSDMD), the executioner of pyroptotic cell death when it is cleaved by inflammatory caspases, plays a crucial role in host defense and the response to danger signals. So far, there are no known mechanisms, other than cleavage, for regulating GSDMD. Here, we show that tripartite motif protein TRIM21 acts as a positive regulator of GSDMD-dependent pyroptosis. TRIM21 interacted with GSDMD via its PRY-SPRY domain, maintaining GSDMD stable expression in resting cells yet inducing the N-terminus of GSDMD (GSDMD-N) aggregation during pyroptosis. TRIM21-deficient cells displayed a reduced cell death in response to NLRP3 or NLRC4 inflammasome activation. Genetic ablation of TRIM21 in mice conferred protection from LPS-induced inflammation and dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis. Therefore, TRIM21 plays an essential role in GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis and may be a viable target for controlling and treating inflammation-associated diseases.

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Gao, Wenqing; Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Xuehe; Wang, Sen; Mei, Pucheng; Chen, Zijun; Liu, Kewei; Li, Suhua; Xu, Xue-Wei; Gan, Jianhua; Wu, Jiaxue; Ji, Chaoneng; Ding, Chen; Liu, Xing; Lai, Yuping; He, Housheng Hansen; Lieberman, Judy; Wu, Hao; Chen, Xiangjun; Li, Jixi

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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