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Crystal structure of human Gasdermin D complexed with nanobodies VHH-2 and VHH-6
Structural highlights
FunctionGSDMD_HUMAN Gasdermin-D, N-terminal: Promotes pyroptosis in response to microbial infection and danger signals. Produced by the cleavage of gasdermin-D by inflammatory caspases CASP1 or CASP4 in response to canonical, as well as non-canonical (such as cytosolic LPS) inflammasome activators (PubMed:26375003, PubMed:26375259, PubMed:27418190). After cleavage, moves to the plasma membrane where it strongly binds to inner leaflet lipids, including monophosphorylated phosphatidylinositols, such as phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate, bisphosphorylated phosphatidylinositols, such as phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate, as well as phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-bisphosphate, and more weakly to phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylserine (PubMed:27281216). Homooligomerizes within the membrane and forms pores of 10 - 15 nanometers (nm) of inner diameter, possibly allowing the release of mature IL1B and triggering pyroptosis (PubMed:27418190, PubMed:27281216). Exhibits bactericidal activity. Gasdermin-D, N-terminal released from pyroptotic cells into the extracellular milieu rapidly binds to and kills both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, without harming neighboring mammalian cells, as it does not disrupt the plasma membrane from the outside due to lipid-binding specificity (PubMed:27281216). Under cell culture conditions, also active against intracellular bacteria, such as Listeria monocytogenes (By similarity). Strongly binds to bacterial and mitochondrial lipids, including cardiolipin. Does not bind to unphosphorylated phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylethanolamine nor phosphatidylcholine (PubMed:27281216).[UniProtKB:Q9D8T2][1] [2] [3] [4] Publication Abstract from PubMedHuman Gasdermin D (GSDMD) is a key mediator of pyroptosis, a pro-inflammatory form of cell death occurring downstream of inflammasome activation as part of the innate immune defence. Upon cleavage by inflammatory caspases in the cytosol, the N-terminal domain of GSDMD forms pores in the plasma membrane resulting in cytokine release and eventually cell death. Targeting GSDMD is an attractive way to dampen inflammation. In this study, six GSDMD targeting nanobodies are characterized in terms of their binding affinity, stability, and effect on GSDMD pore formation. Three of the nanobodies inhibit GSDMD pore formation in a liposome leakage assay, although caspase cleavage was not perturbed. We determine the crystal structure of human GSDMD in complex with two nanobodies at 1.9 A resolution, providing detailed insights into the GSDMD-nanobody interactions and epitope binding. The pore formation is sterically blocked by one of the nanobodies that binds to the oligomerization interface of the N-terminal domain in the multi-subunit pore assembly. Our biochemical and structural findings provide tools for studying inflammasome biology and build a framework for the design of GSDMD targeting drugs. Pyroptosis inhibiting nanobodies block Gasdermin D pore formation.,Kopp A, Hagelueken G, Jamitzky I, Moecking J, Schiffelers LDJ, Schmidt FI, Geyer M Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 1;14(1):7923. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43707-z. PMID:38040708[5] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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