Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Differential dysregulation of granule subsets in WASH-deficient neutrophil leukocytes resulting in inflammation

  • Jennifer L. Johnson,
  • Elsa Meneses-Salas,
  • Mahalakshmi Ramadass,
  • Jlenia Monfregola,
  • Farhana Rahman,
  • Raquel Carvalho Gontijo,
  • William B. Kiosses,
  • Kersi Pestonjamasp,
  • Dale Allen,
  • Jinzhong Zhang,
  • Douglas G. Osborne,
  • Yanfang Peipei Zhu,
  • Nathan Wineinger,
  • Kasra Askari,
  • Danni Chen,
  • Juan Yu,
  • Scott C. Henderson,
  • Catherine C. Hedrick,
  • Matilde Valeria Ursini,
  • Sergio Grinstein,
  • Daniel D. Billadeau,
  • Sergio D. Catz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33230-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 24

Abstract

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Responsive exocytosis in neutrophil leukocytes involves actin depolymerisation-dependent sequential release of gelatinase granules, then strongly pro-inflammatory azurophilic granules. Here authors show that the actin nucleator protein WASH facilitates the initial step of innate immune activation by gelatinase granules while inhibiting release of pro-inflammatory granules.