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Caspase-11 is expressed in the colonic mucosa and protects against dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis.


ABSTRACT: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are major inflammatory syndromes that affect millions of patients. Caspase-11 confers protection against Gram-negative enteropathogens, but its role during colitis is unknown. Here, we show that caspase-11 was constitutively expressed in the colon, and that caspase-11-deficient (caspase-11(-/-)) mice were hypersusceptible to dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. Notably, pro-inflammatory Prevotella species were strongly reduced in the gut microbiota of caspase-11(-/-) mice. Co-housing with wild-type mice leveled Prevotella contents, but failed to protect caspase-11(-/-) mice from increased susceptibility to DSS-induced colitis. We therefore addressed the role of caspase-11 in immune signaling. DSS-induced tissue damage and inflammatory cell infiltration in the gut were markedly increased in caspase-11?/? mice, while release of the pyroptosis/necroptosis marker HMGB1 was abolished [Corrected]. Moreover, caspase-11(-/-) mice showed normal or increased production of mature interleukin (IL)-1? and IL-18, whereas IL-1? and IL-18 secretion was blunted in animals lacking both caspases 1 and 11. In conclusion, we showed that caspase-11 shapes the gut microbiota composition, and that caspase-11(-/-) mice are highly susceptible to DSS-induced colitis. Moreover, DSS-induced inflammasome activation relied on caspase-1, but not caspase-11. These results suggest a role for other caspase-11 effector mechanisms such as pyroptosis in protection against intestinal inflammation.

SUBMITTER: Demon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4205216 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Caspase-11 is expressed in the colonic mucosa and protects against dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis.

Demon D D   Kuchmiy A A   Fossoul A A   Zhu Q Q   Kanneganti T-D TD   Lamkanfi M M  

Mucosal immunology 20140521 6


Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are major inflammatory syndromes that affect millions of patients. Caspase-11 confers protection against Gram-negative enteropathogens, but its role during colitis is unknown. Here, we show that caspase-11 was constitutively expressed in the colon, and that caspase-11-deficient (caspase-11(-/-)) mice were hypersusceptible to dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. Notably, pro-inflammatory Prevotella species were strongly reduced in the gut microbiota  ...[more]

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