EEF2-inactivating toxins engage the NLRP1 inflammasome and promote epithelial barrier disruption

EEF2-inactivating toxins engage the NLRP1 inflammasome and promote epithelial barrier disruption

Human airway and corneal epithelial cells, which are critically altered during chronic infections mediated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, specifically express the inflammasome sensor NLRP1. Here, together with a companion study, we report that the NLRP1 inflammasome detects exotoxin A (EXOA), a ribotoxi...

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Main Authors: Pinilla, Miriam, Mazars, Raoul, Vergé, Romain, Gorse, Leana, Paradis, Margaux, Suire, Bastien, Santoni, Karin, Robinson, Kim Samirah, Toh, Gee Ann, Prouvensier, Laure, Leon-Icaza, Stephen Adonai, Hessel, Audrey, Péricat, David, Murris, Marlène, Guet-Revillet, Hélène, Henras, Anthony, Buyck, Julien, Ravet, Emmanuel, Zhong, Franklin, Cougoule, Céline, Planès, Rémi, Meunier, Etienne
Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Science::Medicine
Elongation Factor 2
Inflammasome
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171557
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Human airway and corneal epithelial cells, which are critically altered during chronic infections mediated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, specifically express the inflammasome sensor NLRP1. Here, together with a companion study, we report that the NLRP1 inflammasome detects exotoxin A (EXOA), a ribotoxin released by P. aeruginosa type 2 secretion system (T2SS), during chronic infection. Mechanistically, EXOA-driven eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (EEF2) ribosylation and covalent inactivation promote ribotoxic stress and subsequent NLRP1 inflammasome activation, a process shared with other EEF2-inactivating toxins, diphtheria toxin and cholix toxin. Biochemically, irreversible EEF2 inactivation triggers ribosome stress-associated kinases ZAKα- and P38-dependent NLRP1 phosphorylation and subsequent proteasome-driven functional degradation. Finally, cystic fibrosis cells from patients exhibit exacerbated P38 activity and hypersensitivity to EXOA-induced ribotoxic stress-dependent NLRP1 inflammasome activation, a process inhibited by the use of ZAKα inhibitors. Altogether, our results show the importance of P. aeruginosa virulence factor EXOA at promoting NLRP1-dependent epithelial damage and identify ZAKα as a critical sensor of virulence-inactivated EEF2.

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