Functional screening of five PYPAF family members identifies PYPAF5 as a novel regulator of NF-kappaB and caspase-1 |
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Authors: | Grenier Jill M Wang Lin Manji Gulam A Huang Waan Jeng Al-Garawi Amal Kelly Roxanne Carlson Adam Merriam Sarah Lora Jose M Briskin Michael DiStefano Peter S Bertin John |
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Affiliation: | The Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA. rowen.chang@uth.tmc.edu |
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Abstract: | PYRIN-containing Apaf-1-like proteins (PYPAFs) are a recently identified family of proteins thought to function in apoptotic and inflammatory signaling pathways. PYPAF1 and PYPAF7 proteins have been found to assemble with the PYRIN–CARD protein ASC and coordinate the activation of NF-κB and pro-caspase-1. To determine if other PYPAF family members function in pro-inflammatory signaling pathways, we screened five other PYPAF proteins (PYPAF2, PYPAF3, PYPAF4, PYPAF5 and PYPAF6) for their ability to activate NF-κB and pro-caspase-1. Co-expression of PYPAF5 with ASC results in a synergistic activation of NF-κB and the recruitment of PYPAF5 to punctate structures in the cytoplasm. The expression of PYPAF5 is highly restricted to granulocytes and T-cells, indicating a role for this protein in inflammatory signaling. In contrast, PYPAF2, PYPAF3, PYPAF4 and PYPAF6 failed to colocalize with ASC and activate NF-κB. PYPAF5 also synergistically activated caspase-1-dependent cytokine processing when co-expressed with ASC. These findings suggest that PYPAF5 functions in immune cells to coordinate the transduction of pro-inflammatory signals to the activation of NF-κB and pro-caspase-1. |
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Keywords: | PYPAF5 PYRIN-containing Apaf-1-like protein Caspase-1 NF-κB ASC Inflammation |
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