Figure 3.
Deletion of bacterial TCA genes activates the canonical NLRP3 inflammasome. (A) B6, Casp1−/−, Casp11−/−, and Casp1−/−Casp11−/− BMDMs were infected with bacterial TCA cycle mutants, and cell death was measured 4 h after infection by LDH release assay. (B and C) Supernatants from infected cells were analyzed 4 h after infection by ELISA for IL-1β (B) and IL-6 (C). LPS+ATP was used as a positive control and fliCfljB (parent strain for indicated mutants) was used as a negative control. All experiments were performed three independent times in triplicate, and data from representative experiments are shown. Error bars represent SEM. *, P < 0.05.