Unraveling the protein post-translational modification landscape: Neuroinflammation and neuronal death after stroke

J Tao, J Li, X Fan, C Jiang, Y Wang, M Qin… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The impact of stroke on global health is profound, with both high mortality and morbidity
rates. This condition can result from cerebral ischemia, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and …

[HTML][HTML] FDA-approved disulfiram inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome by regulating NLRP3 palmitoylation

J Xu, JM Pickard, G Núñez - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome is dysregulated in autoinflammatory disorders caused by
inherited mutations and contributes to the pathogenesis of several chronic inflammatory …

Emerging roles of palmitoylation in pyroptosis

N Zhang, Y Yang, D Xu - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Pyroptosis is a lytic, proinflammatory type of programmed cell death crucial for the immune
response to pathogen infections and internal danger signals. Gasdermin D (GSDMD) acts …

Consecutive palmitoylation and phosphorylation orchestrates NLRP3 membrane trafficking and inflammasome activation

L Nie, C Fei, Y Fan, F Dang, Z Zhao, T Zhu, X Wu, T Dai… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
NLRP3 inflammasome activation, essential for cytokine secretion and pyroptosis in
response to diverse stimuli, is closely associated with various diseases. Upon stimulation …

MAVS Cys508 palmitoylation promotes its aggregation on the mitochondrial outer membrane and antiviral innate immunity

Y Liu, D Hou, W Chen, X Lu, GP Komaniecki… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Cysteine palmitoylation or S-palmitoylation catalyzed by the ZDHHC family of
acyltransferases regulates the biological function of numerous mammalian proteins as well …

Palmitoylation of NLRP3 modulates inflammasome activation and inflammatory bowel disease development

D Hu, Y Li, X Wang, H Zou, Z Li, W Chen… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
Aberrant activity of NLRP3 has been shown associations with severe diseases.
Palmitoylation is a kind of protein post-translational modification, which has been shown to …

S-acylation of NLRP3 provides a nigericin sensitive gating mechanism that controls access to the Golgi

DM Williams, AA Peden - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
NLRP3 is an inflammasome seeding pattern recognition receptor activated in response to
multiple danger signals which perturb intracellular homeostasis. Electrostatic interactions …

Palmitoylation acts as a checkpoint for MAVS aggregation to promote antiviral innate immune responses

L Wang, M Li, G Lian, S Yang, J Cai, Z Cai, Y Wu… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Upon RNA virus infection, the signaling adaptor MAVS forms functional prion-like
aggregates on the mitochondrial outer membrane, which serve as a central hub that links …

From fat to fire: The lipid–inflammasome connection

PK Anand - Immunological Reviews, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that play a crucial role in regulating immune
responses by governing the activation of Caspase‐1, the secretion of pro‐inflammatory …

Advances in research on the impact and mechanisms of pathogenic microorganism infections on pyroptosis

P Shang, M Gan, Z Wei, S Hu, L Song, J Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pyroptosis, also known as inflammatory necrosis, is a form of programmed cell death
characterized by the activation of gasdermin proteins, leading to the formation of pores in the …