Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Inflammasomes

IL-1α-releasing TH17 cells live long and prosper

TH17 cells combat infection but can also drive pathological inflammation. A TH17 cell NLRP3–caspase-8–caspase-3–GSDME axis is now shown to release the alarmin IL-1α without triggering cell death.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: TH17 TCR signaling induces and releases IL-1α via NLRP3 and GSDME in the absence of cell death.

References

  1. Chao, Y.-Y. et al. Nat. Immunol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-022-01386-w (2023).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Pandey, A., Shen, C., Feng, S. & Man, S. M. Trends Cell Biol. 31, 924–939 (2021).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Xia, S. et al. Nature 593, 607–611 (2021).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Tsuchiya, K. et al. Cell Rep. 34, 108887 (2021).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Stockinger, B. & Omenetti, S. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 17, 535–544 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Gross, O. et al. Immunity 36, 388–400 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Weir, A. & Vince, J. E. Biochem. J. 479, 1083–1102 (2022).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Wang, Y. et al. Nature 547, 99–103 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Sagulenko, V. et al. Cell Death Differ. 20, 1149–1160 (2013).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Martin, B. N. et al. Nat. Immunol. 17, 583–592 (2016).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Ruhl, S. et al. Science 362, 956–960 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Arbore, G. et al. Science 352, aad1210 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Joanna R. Groom or James E. Vince.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Groom, J.R., Vince, J.E. IL-1α-releasing TH17 cells live long and prosper. Nat Immunol 24, 205–206 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-022-01412-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-022-01412-x

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing