Figure 4.
Death domain-mediated inflammasome signaling and regulation. (A) Domain organization of inflammasome components. (B) Cryo-EM structure of the AIM2 PYD filament (PDB ID: 6MB2). (C) Cryo-EM structure of the ASC PYD filament (PDB ID: 3J63) and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) structure (PDB ID: 5AJ2) of the NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome reveal helical assembly of PYD and CARD. (D) A model of NLRP inflammasome assembly mediated by PYD-PYD interaction between NLRP and ASC and CARD-CARD interaction between ASC and caspase-1. (E) Mechanisms of INCA and ICEBERG as inhibitors of CARD helical assembly during inflammasome activation