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. 2003 Jul 1;373(Pt 1):101–113. doi: 10.1042/BJ20030304

The PAAD/PYRIN-only protein POP1/ASC2 is a modulator of ASC-mediated nuclear-factor-kappa B and pro-caspase-1 regulation.

Christian Stehlik 1, Maryla Krajewska 1, Kate Welsh 1, Stanislaw Krajewski 1, Adam Godzik 1, John C Reed 1
PMCID: PMC1223462  PMID: 12656673

Abstract

Proteins containing PAAD [pyrin, AIM (absent-in-melanoma), ASC [apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (caspase-recruitment domain)] and DD (death domain)-like] (PYRIN, DAPIN) domains are involved in innate immunity, regulating pathways leading to nuclear-factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) and pro-caspase-1 activation. Many PAAD-family proteins have structures reminiscent of Nod-1, a putative intracellular sensor of lipopolysaccharide. Hereditary mutations in some of the PAAD-family genes are associated with auto-inflammatory diseases. Several of these proteins utilize the bipartite PAAD- and CARD-containing adapter protein ASC/TMS-1 (target of methylation-induced silencing) for linking to downstream signalling pathways. In the present paper, we describe characterization of human PAAD-only protein-1 (POP1)/ASC2, which is highly homologous with the PAAD domain of ASC, and which probably originated by gene duplication on chromosome 16. We demonstrate that POP1/ASC2 associates with ASC via PAAD-PAAD interactions and modulates NF-kappa B and pro-caspase-1 regulation by this adapter protein. In gene transfer experiments, POP1/ASC2 suppressed cytokine-mediated NF-kappa B activation similar to other PAAD-family proteins previously tested. Immunohistochemical studies showed expression of POP1/ASC2 predominantly in macrophages and granulocytes. We propose that POP1/ASC2 functions as a modulator of multidomain PAAD-containing proteins involved in NF-kappa B and pro-caspase-1 activation and innate immunity.

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