Uncoupling Malt1 threshold function from paracaspase activity results in destructive autoimmune inflammation

ABSTRACT: The paracaspase Malt1 is a central regulator of antigen receptor signaling that is frequently mutated in human lymphoma. As a scaffold, it assembles protein complexes for NF-kB activation, and its proteolytic domain cleaves negative NF-kB regulators for signal enforcement. Still, the physiological functions of Malt1-protease are unknown. We demonstrate that targeted Malt1-paracaspase inactivation induces a lethal inflammatory syndrome with lymphocyte-dependent neurodegeneration in vivo. Paracaspase activity is essential for regulatory T-cell and innate-like B-cell development, but it is largely dispensable for overcoming Malt1-dependent thresholds for lymphocyte activation. In addition to NF-kB inhibitors, Malt1 cleaves an entire set of mRNA stability regulators, including Roquin-1, Roquin

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Marion Horsch 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-55360 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress