Gasdermin D Cleavage Assay Following Inflammasome Activation

Louisa Janice Kamajaya; Dave Boucher

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-2144-8_4

Gasdermin D Cleavage Assay Following Inflammasome Activation

Louisa Janice Kamajaya, Dave Boucher

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Abstract

Gasdermin D (GSDMD) is a recently identified pore-forming protein that is crucial for the execution of pyroptosis, a highly inflammatory form of cell death. GSDMD contains an N-terminal and a C-terminal domain that are separated by a proteolysis-sensitive linker. Upon cleavage of this linker by inflammasome-activated caspases, the N-terminal domain of GSDMD oligomerizes and forms pores at the plasma membrane, allowing cell swelling and subsequently membrane rupture to mediate pyroptosis. GSDMD is a key substrate of inflammatory caspases downstream of inflammasome activation and is driving various pathologies. Here, we describe a simple method to study GSDMD cleavage following canonical inflammasome activation in murine primary macrophages and neutrophils and human cell lines using immunoblotting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-49
Number of pages	11
Journal	Methods in Molecular Biology
Volume	2459
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2144-8_4
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2022

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