TY - JOUR
AU - Neuwirt, Emilia
AU - Magnani, Giovanni
AU - Ćiković, Tamara
AU - Wöhrle, Svenja
AU - Fischer, Larissa
AU - Kostina, Anna
AU - Flemming, Stephan
AU - Fischenich, Nora J
AU - Saller, Benedikt S
AU - Gorka, Oliver
AU - Renner, Steffen
AU - Agarinis, Claudia
AU - Parker, Christian N
AU - Boettcher, Andreas
AU - Farady, Christopher J
AU - Kesselring, Rebecca
AU - Berlin, Christopher
AU - Backofen, Rolf
AU - Rodriguez-Franco, Marta
AU - Kreutz, Clemens
AU - Prinz, Marco
AU - Tholen, Martina
AU - Reinheckel, Thomas
AU - Ott, Thomas
AU - Groß, Christina J
AU - Jost, Philipp J
AU - Groß, Olaf
TI - Tyrosine kinase inhibitors can activate the NLRP3 inflammasome in myeloid cells through lysosomal damage and cell lysis.
JO - Science signaling
VL - 16
IS - 768
SN - 1945-0877
CY - Washington, DC [u.a.]
PB - Assoc.
M1 - DKFZ-2023-00110
SP - eabh1083
PY - 2023
AB - Inflammasomes are intracellular protein complexes that promote an inflammatory host defense in response to pathogens and damaged or neoplastic tissues and are implicated in inflammatory disorders and therapeutic-induced toxicity. We investigated the mechanisms of activation for inflammasomes nucleated by NOD-like receptor (NLR) protiens. A screen of a small-molecule library revealed that several tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)-including those that are clinically approved (such as imatinib and crizotinib) or are in clinical trials (such as masitinib)-activated the NLRP3 inflammasome. Furthermore, imatinib and masitinib caused lysosomal swelling and damage independently of their kinase target, leading to cathepsin-mediated destabilization of myeloid cell membranes and, ultimately, cell lysis that was accompanied by potassium (K+) efflux, which activated NLRP3. This effect was specific to primary myeloid cells (such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells and mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells) and did not occur in other primary cell types or various cell lines. TKI-induced lytic cell death and NLRP3 activation, but not lysosomal damage, were prevented by stabilizing cell membranes. Our findings reveal a potential immunological off-target of some TKIs that may contribute to their clinical efficacy or to their adverse effects.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - pmid:36649377
DO - DOI:10.1126/scisignal.abh1083
UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/186782
ER -