2017
NLRP3 Inflammasome controls adipose tissue macrophage activation during aging
Camell C, Sander J, Spadaro O, Lee A, Nguyen K, Wing A, Goldberg E, Youm Y, Rodeheffer M, Schultze J, Dixit V. NLRP3 Inflammasome controls adipose tissue macrophage activation during aging. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 198: 154.3-154.3. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.198.supp.154.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAge-related inflammationMacrophage activationAT macrophagesImmune-metabolic interactionsCaspase-1 activationAdipose tissue homeostasisAge-related defectsAT inflammationOld WTVisceral adiposityImmune defectsChronic inflammationInsulin resistanceAged miceImmune populationsImmune cellsInflammatory responseMetabolic dysfunctionAge-induced changesMacrophage subsetsMultiple organsInflammationNLRP3Tissue macrophagesDegenerative disordersβ-Hydroxybutyrate Deactivates Neutrophil NLRP3 Inflammasome to Relieve Gout Flares
Goldberg EL, Asher JL, Molony RD, Shaw AC, Zeiss CJ, Wang C, Morozova-Roche LA, Herzog RI, Iwasaki A, Dixit VD. β-Hydroxybutyrate Deactivates Neutrophil NLRP3 Inflammasome to Relieve Gout Flares. Cell Reports 2017, 18: 2077-2087. PMID: 28249154, PMCID: PMC5527297, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKetogenic dietGouty flaresΒ-hydroxybutyrateMajor risk factorAnti-inflammatory moleculesNLRP3-dependent mannerAlternate metabolic fuelsGout flaresJoint destructionIL-1βIntense painInterleukin-1βNLRP3 inflammasomeRisk factorsInflammatory neutrophilsBacterial infectionsNeutrophilsNLRP3Immune defenseGoutMetabolic fuelsBHBS100A9 fibrilsDietPain
2016
Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency Protects against Age-Related NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Immune Senescence
Spadaro O, Goldberg EL, Camell CD, Youm YH, Kopchick JJ, Nguyen KY, Bartke A, Sun LY, Dixit VD. Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency Protects against Age-Related NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Immune Senescence. Cell Reports 2016, 14: 1571-1580. PMID: 26876170, PMCID: PMC5992590, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAutocrine CommunicationBone Marrow CellsCarrier ProteinsGene Expression RegulationHomeostasisImmunity, InnateImmunologic MemoryInflammasomesInterferon-gammaLongevityMacrophagesMiceMice, KnockoutNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinReceptor, IGF Type 1Receptors, SomatotropinSignal TransductionSpleenT-LymphocytesConceptsNLRP3 inflammasome activationInflammasome activationImmune senescenceAge-related immune senescenceGrowth hormone receptor deficiencyHigher IFNγ secretionNaive T lymphocytesImmune system homeostasisMyeloid lineage cellsEffector memoryIFNγ secretionInflammasome inhibitionEffector cellsChronic inflammationReceptor deficiencyAdvanced ageAge-related activationSystemic activationT lymphocytesGrowth hormone receptorNLRP3 ligandsInnate immuneSomatotropic axisSystem homeostasisNLRP3
2015
The ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate blocks NLRP3 inflammasome–mediated inflammatory disease
Youm YH, Nguyen KY, Grant RW, Goldberg EL, Bodogai M, Kim D, D'Agostino D, Planavsky N, Lupfer C, Kanneganti TD, Kang S, Horvath TL, Fahmy TM, Crawford PA, Biragyn A, Alnemri E, Dixit VD. The ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate blocks NLRP3 inflammasome–mediated inflammatory disease. Nature Medicine 2015, 21: 263-269. PMID: 25686106, PMCID: PMC4352123, DOI: 10.1038/nm.3804.Peer-Reviewed Original Research