Inflammasomes in host response to protozoan parasites

DS Zamboni, DS Lima‐Junior - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
assembled in the cytoplasm of innate immune cells in response to microbial molecules or
stress signals. Upon assembly, the inflammasomes … for restricting parasite replication and for …

Inflammasome activation in response to intracellular protozoan parasites

RVH de Carvalho, DS Zamboni - Trends in parasitology, 2020 - cell.com
… NLRP3 inflammasome assembly cleaves its different inactive substrates [pro-interleukin (IL)-1β,
pro-IL-18, Gasdermin-D (GSDMD)] in their active forms, promoting inflammation and cell …

… amazonensis phagocytosis prompts Syk-dependent reactive oxygen species production to trigger inflammasome assembly and restriction of parasite replication

DS Lima-Junior, TWP Mineo, VLG Calich… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.aai.org
… amazonensis replication in macrophages and in vivo. To address this question, we measured
parasite replication in BMDMs obtained from C57BL/6, Casp1/11 −/− , and Clec7a −/− …

Interplay Between Reactive Oxygen Species and the Inflammasome Are Crucial for Restriction of Neospora caninum Replication

CM Mota, DS Lima-Junior… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… production dependent of the inflammasome assembly, which in its … and, ultimately, lead to
restriction of parasite replication. … induce inflammasome activation and to control the parasite

Macrophage priming is dispensable for NLRP3 inflammasome activation and restriction of Leishmania amazonensis replication

RVH de Carvalho, ALN Silva, LL Santos… - Journal of Leukocyte …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… Here we found that inflammasome activation in response to … and leads to restriction of parasite
replication in macrophages. … (i) assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome (as demonstrated …

Interplays between inflammasomes and viruses, bacteria (pathogenic and probiotic), yeasts and parasites

H Antushevich - Immunology Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
inflammasome. Viral core protein directs intracellular calcium mobilization to impart NLRP3
inflammasome assembly … also plays an important role in limiting EV-A71 replication in …

Dual role for inflammasome sensors NLRP1 and NLRP3 in murine resistance to Toxoplasma gondii

G Gorfu, KM Cirelli, MB Melo, K Mayer-Barber… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
… plays an important role in limiting parasite replication to promote murine survival. Our …
induces, activation leads to the assembly of the inflammasome, a multiprotein complex that recruits …

The intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium is controlled by an enterocyte intrinsic inflammasome that depends on NLRP6

A Sateriale, JA Gullicksrud, JB Engiles… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
… and lead to caspase-11–mediated inflammasome activation in macrophages (38). Similarly,
damage associated with parasite replication might lead to indirect NLRP6 activity within …

The impairment in the NLRP3-induced NO secretion renders astrocytes highly permissive to T. cruzi replication

AL Pacheco, G Vicentini, KC Matteucci… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… by multiple proteins that assemble in cell cytoplasm after DAMPs … inflammasome engagement,
13 , 26 therefore, we asked whether this inflammasome would be required for the parasite

Inflammasomes and Leishmania: in good times or bad, in sickness or in health

DS Zamboni, DL Sacks - Current opinion in microbiology, 2019 - Elsevier
assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome (assessed by ASC specks), Caspase-1 activation
(assessed by FAM-YVAD) and restriction of parasite replication via the NLRP3 inflammasome […