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Steroid hormone catabolites activate the pyrin inflammasome through a non-canonical mechanism

Wonyong Lee
Michael F Mcdermott
Michel Popoff

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The pyrin inflammasome acts as a guard of RhoA GTPases and is central to immune defenses against RhoA-manipulating pathogens. Pyrin activation proceeds in two steps. Yet, the second step is still poorly understood. Using cells constitutively activated for the pyrin step 1, a chemical screen identifies etiocholanolone and pregnanolone, two catabolites of testosterone and progesterone, acting at low concentrations as specific step 2 activators. High concentrations of these metabolites fully and rapidly activate pyrin, in a human specific, B30.2 domain-dependent manner and without inhibiting RhoA. Mutations in MEFV, encoding pyrin, cause two distinct autoinflammatory diseases pyrin-associated autoinflammation with neutrophilic dermatosis (PAAND) and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Monocytes from PAAND patients, and to a lower extent from FMF patients, display increased responses to these metabolites. This study identifies an unconventional pyrin activation mechanism, indicates that endogenous steroid catabolites can drive autoinflammation, through the pyrin inflammasome, and explains the "steroid fever" described in the late 1950s upon steroid injection in humans.
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hal-03811426 , version 1 (11-10-2022)

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Flora Magnotti, Daria Chirita, Sarah Dalmon, Amandine Martin, Pauline Bronnec, et al.. Steroid hormone catabolites activate the pyrin inflammasome through a non-canonical mechanism. Cell Reports, 2022, 41 (2), pp.111472. ⟨10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111472⟩. ⟨hal-03811426⟩
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