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AIM2 Inflammasome Assembly and Signaling

  • Bing Wang
  • Yuan TianEmail author
  • Qian YinEmail author
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Abstract

AIM2 (absent in melanoma 2) is a cytoplasmic sensor of double-stranded DNA from pathogens or damaged cellular organelles. It recruits ASC (apoptosis-associated specklike protein containing a CARD) and caspase-1 to form the AIM2 inflammasome, activate caspase-1, and elicit inflammatory responses via cytokine maturation and pyroptotic cell death. Structural studies from X-ray crystallography, NMR, and cryo-EM have revealed many details in AIM2 inflammasome activation, assembly, and regulation. Many principles learned from AIM2 inflammasome also apply to other inflammasomes. In this chapter, we discuss the interactions between dsDNA and AIM2-like receptors, between AIM2 and adaptor protein ASC, and between ASC and caspase-1 with the focus on helical filament assembly formed by PYD and CARD domains.

Keywords

AIM2 ASC Caspase-1 Inflammasome HIN PYD CARD Helical filament p202 POP COP 
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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the US National Institutes of Health grant R00AI108793 and start-up funds from Florida State University.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Biological ScienceFlorida State UniversityTallahasseeUSA
  2. 2.Institute of Molecular BiophysicsFlorida State UniversityTallahasseeUSA

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