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SUBMITTER: Ives A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382995 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ives Annette A Nomura Johji J Martinon Fabio F Roger Thierry T LeRoy Didier D Miner Jeffrey N JN Simon Gregoire G Busso Nathalie N So Alexander A
Nature communications 20150324
Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by microbial ligands or tissue damage requires intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We present evidence that macrophage secretion of IL1β upon stimulation with ATP, crystals or LPS is mediated by a rapid increase in the activity of xanthine oxidase (XO), the oxidized form of xanthine dehydrogenase, resulting in the formation of uric acid as well as ROS. We show that XO-derived ROS, but not uric acid, is the trigger for IL1β release and t ...[more]