Comparison of gene expression profiles in naïve WT and Asc-null bone marrow derived dendritic cells

ABSTRACT: The adaptor protein ASC contributes to innate immunity through the assembly of caspase-1-activating inflammasome complexes. We demonstrate that ASC plays an inflammasome-independent cell-intrinsic role in adaptive immune cells. Asc-/- mice displayed defective antigen presentation by dendritic cells and lymphocyte migration due to impaired Rac-mediated actin polymerization. Genome-wide analysis showed that ASC, but not Nlrp3 or caspase-1, controls mRNA stability and expression of DOCK2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that mediates Rac-dependent signaling in immune cells. DOCK2-deficient dendritic cells showed similar defective antigen uptake as Asc-/- cells. Ectopic expression of DOCK2 in ASC-deficient cells restored Rac-mediated actin polymerization, antigen uptake and chemotaxis. Th

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Geoffrey Neale 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-30769 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress