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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Intercellular propagation of RIPK1/RIPK3 amyloid fibrils.

Yeyang Ma, Qiuyuan Zhang, Dekang Li, Kun Zhao, Zefei Li, Yuan Liu, Chu Wang, Bo Sun, Dan Li, Junying Yuan and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Yeyang Ma *University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Qiuyuan Zhang *University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Dekang LiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Kun ZhaoUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Zefei LiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Yuan LiuDepartment of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Chu WangDepartment of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6925-1268
Bo SunSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4590-7795
Dan LiBio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1609-1539
Junying YuanInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2405-6036
Cong LiuInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3425-6672

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The canonical necrosome formed by receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) and RIPK3 is a functional amyloid fibril structure critical to intracellularly drive necroptosis. Since necroptosis leads to the release of intracellular content, the fate of RIPK1/RIPK3 fibrils after necroptotic cell death has not been investigated. Here, we tracked RIPK1 and RIPK3 coassemblies and found that these fibrillar aggregates could be released into the culture medium after the membrane rupture in necroptotic cells. Interestingly, these RIPK1/RIPK3 fibrils were capable of infiltrating recipient cells and acting as seeds for the nucleation and formation of the endogenous necrosome. Cryo electron microscopy structural analysis unveiled a distinctive S-shaped conformation common to RHIM fibrils of RIPK1 and RIPK3, which can facilitate the cross-seeding of RIPK3 by RIPK1 or RIPK1/RIPK3 fibrils. Our findings suggest the ability of functional RIPK1/RIPK3 amyloid fibrils in intercellular spreading to induce protein conformation change in recipient cells and provide structural insights into the mechanism of RIPK1 and RIPK3 cross-templating to drive necroptosis.

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AmyloidReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMiceNecroptosisProtein ConformationAmyloidReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesRIPK1 protein, humanRIPK3 protein, humanamyloidnecroptosisnecrosomeRIPK1RIPK3

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PMCPMC12478036

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