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. 2018 Sep 12;82(4):e00015-18. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00015-18

TABLE 1.

Gram-negative bacteria produce PAMPs and DAMPs during infection that activate inflammasomes and other sensors

Bacterium Inflammasome sensor(s) [activator(s)] [reference(s)]
Acholeplasma laidlawii NLRP3 (unknown activator) (119), NLRP7 (acylated lipopeptide) (119), NLRP12 (unknown activator) (119)
Acinetobacter baumannii NLRP3 (ROS, cathepsin release, K+ efflux, P2X7R) (114, 347), caspase-11 (LPS) (112, 114)
Aeromonas hydrophila NLRP3 (aerolysin, hemolysin, multifunctional repeat-in-toxin) (348)
Aeromonas trota NLRP3 (aerolysin) (52), NLRC4 (unknown activator) (52)
Aeromonas veronii NLRC4 (T3SS) (349), NLRP3 (aerolysin, T3SS) (349)
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans NLRP3 (cytolethal distending toxin) (350)
Bordetella pertussis NLRP3 (adenylate cyclase toxin, CyaA) (351), Pyrin (pertussis toxin) (74)
Brucella abortus NLRP3 (mitochondrial ROS) (352, 353), AIM2 (dsDNA) (352354)
Burkholderia cenocepacia NLRP3 (T2SS, T4SS, T6SS) (355), mouse Pyrin (T6SS dependent) (72), human Pyrin (T6SS effector TecA) (73, 76)
Burkholderia pseudomallei NLRC4 (T3SS rod BsaK, flagellin) (123, 356), NLRP3 (unknown activator) (356), caspase-11 (LPS) (42)
Burkholderia thailandensis NAIP2-NLRC4 (T3SS rod BsaK) (35), human NAIP-NLRC4 (T3SS needle BsaL and rod BsaK) (35, 133), caspase-11 (LPS) (42)
Campylobacter jejuni NLRP3 (unknown activator) (155)
Chlamydia pneumoniae NLRP3 (mitochondrial dysfunction) (357, 358)
Chlamydia trachomatis NLRP3 (LPS, mitochondrial ROS) (103, 359), AIM2 (dsDNA) (103, 359)
Chlamydia muridarum Caspase-11 (LPS) (103), AIM2 (dsDNA) (103)
Chromobacterium violaceum Human NAIP-NLRC4 (T3SS needle CprI) (35)
Citrobacter rodentium NLRC4 (unknown activator) (360, 361), NLRP3 (T3SS independent) (360, 362), caspase-11 (LPS) (40, 104)
Escherichia coli NLRC4 (T3SS rod EprJ and EscI) (123), NLRP3 (RNA-DNA hybrids, RNA) (177, 180), NLRP6 (unknown activator) (363), human NAIP-NLRC4 (T3SS needle EprI) (35), caspase-11 (LPS) (40, 104)
Francisella tularensis AIM2 (dsDNA) (100, 157160, 162165, 171, 364), NLRP3 (IgG-opsonized, inactivated F. tularensis LVS) (365367), caspase-4 (LPS) (94)
Fusobacterium nucleatum NLRP3 (mitochondrial ROS) (92, 368)
Helicobacter pylori NLRP3 (ROS signaling, lysosomal destabilization, K+ efflux, VacA) (369373)
Histophilus somni Pyrin (IbpA toxin) (72)
Klebsiella pneumoniae NLRC4 (unknown activator) (374), NLRP3 (unknown activator) (375), caspase-11 (LPS) (113)
Legionella pneumophila AIM2 (DNA) (173), NAIP5 and NAIP6-NLRC4 (flagellin) (35, 126, 139, 376, 377), caspase-4 (LPS) (37), caspase-11 (LPS) (91)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae NLRP3 (lipooligosaccharide) (378)
Photorhabdus luminescens NAIP5 and NAIP6-NLRC4 (flagellin) (35)
Porphyromonas gingivalis NLRP3 (ATP, K+ efflux, and cathepsin B) (379, 380), caspase-11 (LPS via OMVs) (381), AIM2 (dsDNA) (379)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NAIP5 and NAIP6-NLRC4 (flagellin) (35, 123, 382, 383), NAIP2-NLRC4 (T3SS rod PscI) (35, 123, 384), NLRP3 (exolysin toxin ExlA) (385), human NAIP-NLRC4 (T3SS rod PscI and needle PscF) (132), caspase-11 (LPS) (104)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Human NAIP-NLRC4 (T3SS needle PrgI and rod PrgJ, flagellin) (35, 127, 130, 133), mouse NAIP1-NLRC4 (T3SS needle) (131), mouse NAIP2-NLRC4 (T3SS rod PrgJ) (34, 35, 123, 186), mouse NAIP5 or NAIP6-NLRC4 (flagellin) (34, 35, 138), caspase-4 and caspase-5 (LPS) (38, 85), caspase-11 (LPS) (13, 14)
Serratia marcescens NLRP3 (toxin ShlA)
Shigella flexneri NAIP2-NLRC4 (T3SS rod MxiI) (123, 129), NLRP3 (unknown activator, Shiga toxin) (386, 387), NLRP1b (metabolic stress) (388), human NAIP-NLRC4 (T3SS needle MxiH and rod MxiI) (35, 130, 133)
Tannerella forsythia NLRP3–caspase-11 (LPS via OMVs) (381), AIM2 (dsDNA) (381)
Treponema denticola NLRP3 (surface protein Td92, caspase-11 via LPS in OMVs) (381, 389), AIM2 (dsDNA) (381)
Treponema pallidum NLRP3? (TpF1-induced ATP release) (390)
Vibrio cholerae NLRP3 (cholera toxin B, El Tor hemolysin HlyA, cytotoxin MARTXVc) (40, 184), caspase-11 (LPS) (40)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pyrin (toxin VopS) (72)
Vibrio vulnificus NLRP3 (hemolysin/cytolysin VvhA, cytotoxin MARTXVv) (184)
Yersinia spp. NAIP5 and NAIP6-NLRC4 (flagellin) (35, 93), NLRP3 (T3SS effectors YopB and YopD) (93, 391393), NLRP12 (T3SS) (394), Pyrin (YopE and YopT) (395, 396)