Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Human GBP1 binds LPS to initiate assembly of a caspase-4 activating platform on cytosolic bacteria

  • José Carlos Santos,
  • Dave Boucher,
  • Larisa Kapinos Schneider,
  • Benjamin Demarco,
  • Marisa Dilucca,
  • Kateryna Shkarina,
  • Rosalie Heilig,
  • Kaiwen W. Chen,
  • Roderick Y. H. Lim,
  • Petr Broz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16889-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Detection of LPS derived from Gram-negative bacteria by innate immune receptors is a critical step in the host response. Here Santos and colleagues show human GBP1 binds to LPS resulting in non-canonical inflammasome activation.