ArticleNature communications2021
NLRP3 phosphorylation in its LRR domain critically regulates inflammasome assembly.
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- Redox Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome and its Implications for Immunization-related Neuroinflammation.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
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- Post-translational modifications of NLRP3: to prime or not to prime?Trends in immunology · 2026Review
- Context-dependent roles of the NLRP3 inflammasome in osteomyelitis and strategies for precision modulation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Deciphering the NEK7-NLRP3 inflammasome assembly: from conformational activation to allosteric drug discovery.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Clinical description, genetic analysis and characterization of two NLRP12 heterozygous VUS variants.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Structural dynamics, pathogenic mechanisms, and therapeutic targeting of the NLRP3 inflammasome in lupus nephritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- NEKfla: A Genetically Encoded Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Biosensor for Live-Cell Monitoring of Early NIMA-Related Kinase 7-NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3 Inflammasome Signaling.Biomaterials research · 2026Article
- The role of NLRP3 inflammasome in necrotizing enterocolitis.Pediatric research · 2026Review
- Nrf2-Keap1 Pathway and NLRP3 Inflammasome in Parkinson's Disease: Mechanistic Crosstalk and Therapeutic Implications.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
NLRP3 controls the secretion of inflammatory cytokines IL-1β/18 and pyroptosis by assembling the inflammasome. Upon coordinated priming and activation stimuli, NLRP3 recruits NEK7 within hetero-oligomers that nucleate ASC and caspase-1 filaments, but the apical molecular mechanisms underlying inflammasome assembly remain elusive. Here we show that NEK7 recruitment to NLRP3 is controlled by the phosphorylation status of NLRP3 S803 located within the interaction surface, in which NLRP3 S803 is phosphorylated upon priming and later dephosphorylated upon activation. Phosphomimetic substitutions of S803 abolish NEK7 recruitment and inflammasome activity in macrophages in vitro and in vivo. In addition, NLRP3-NEK7 binding is also essential for NLRP3 deubiquitination by BRCC3 and subsequently inflammasome assembly, with NLRP3 phosphomimetic mutants showing enhanced ubiquitination and degradation than wildtype NLRP3. Finally, we identify CSNK1A1 as the kinase targeting NLRP3 S803. Our findings thus reveal NLRP3 S803 phosphorylation status as a druggable apical molecular mechanism controlling inflammasome assembly.
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