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Short-chain fatty acids bind to apoptosis-associated speck-like protein to activate inflammasome complex to prevent Salmonella infection.

Hitoshi TsugawaYasuaki KabeAyaka KanaiYuki SugiuraShigeaki HidaShun'ichiro TaniguchiToshio TakahashiHidenori MatsuiZenta YasukawaHiroyuki ItouKeiyo TakuboHidekazu SuzukiKenya HondaHiroshi HandaMakoto Suematsu
Published in: PLoS biology (2020)
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) produced by gastrointestinal microbiota regulate immune responses, but host molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Unbiased screening using SCFA-conjugated affinity nanobeads identified apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (ASC), an adaptor protein of inflammasome complex, as a noncanonical SCFA receptor besides GPRs. SCFAs promoted inflammasome activation in macrophages by binding to its ASC PYRIN domain. Activated inflammasome suppressed survival of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) in macrophages by pyroptosis and facilitated neutrophil recruitment to promote bacterial elimination and thus inhibit systemic dissemination in the host. Administration of SCFAs or dietary fibers, which are fermented to SCFAs by gut bacteria, significantly prolonged the survival of S. Typhimurium-infected mice through ASC-mediated inflammasome activation. SCFAs penetrated into the inflammatory region of the infected gut mucosa to protect against infection. This study provided evidence that SCFAs suppress Salmonella infection via inflammasome activation, shedding new light on the therapeutic activity of dietary fiber.
Keyphrases
  • listeria monocytogenes
  • fatty acid
  • oxidative stress
  • nlrp inflammasome
  • immune response
  • escherichia coli
  • endoplasmic reticulum stress
  • cell death
  • amino acid
  • small molecule
  • protein protein
  • drug induced
  • pi k akt