DPP8/DPP9 inhibitor-induced pyroptosis for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia

…, CY Taabazuing, MC Okondo, AJ Chui, SD Rao… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Small-molecule inhibitors of the serine dipeptidases DPP8 and DPP9 (DPP8/9) induce a lytic
form of cell death called pyroptosis in mouse and human monocytes and macrophages 1 , …

N-terminal degradation activates the NLRP1B inflammasome

AJ Chui, MC Okondo, SD Rao, K Gai, AR Griswold… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Intracellular pathogens and danger signals trigger the formation of inflammasomes, which
activate inflammatory caspases and induce pyroptosis. The anthrax lethal factor …

[PDF][PDF] Inhibition of Dpp8/9 activates the Nlrp1b inflammasome

MC Okondo, SD Rao, CY Taabazuing, AJ Chui… - Cell chemical …, 2018 - cell.com
Val-boroPro (PT-100, Talabostat) induces powerful anti-tumor immune responses in syngeneic
cancer models, but its mechanism of action has not yet been established. Val-boroPro is …

[HTML][HTML] DPP8/9 inhibitors activate the CARD8 inflammasome in resting lymphocytes

DC Johnson, MC Okondo, EL Orth, SD Rao… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Canonical inflammasomes are innate immune signaling platforms that are formed in response
to intracellular pathogen-associated signals and trigger caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis. …

Caspase-1 interdomain linker cleavage is required for pyroptosis

…, AR Griswold, EL Orth, SD Rao… - Life science …, 2020 - life-science-alliance.org
Pathogen-related signals induce a number of cytosolic pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs)
to form canonical inflammasomes, which activate pro-caspase-1 and trigger pyroptotic cell …

[HTML][HTML] DPP8/9 inhibitors are universal activators of functional NLRP1 alleles

K Gai, MC Okondo, SD Rao, AJ Chui, DP Ball… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Intracellular pathogenic structures or activities stimulate the formation of inflammasomes,
which recruit and activate caspase-1 and trigger an inflammatory form of cell death called …

[PDF][PDF] Protein folding stress potentiates NLRP1 and CARD8 inflammasome activation

EL Orth-He, HC Huang, SD Rao, Q Wang, Q Chen… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
NLRP1 and CARD8 are related pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) that detect intracellular
danger signals and form inflammasomes. Both undergo autoproteolysis, generating N-…

[PDF][PDF] A chemical strategy for protease substrate profiling

AR Griswold, P Cifani, SD Rao, AJ Axelrod… - Cell chemical …, 2019 - cell.com
The dipeptidyl peptidases (DPPs) regulate hormones, cytokines, and neuropeptides by
cleaving dipeptides after proline from their amino termini. Due to technical challenges, many …

DPP9's enzymatic activity and not its binding to CARD8 inhibits inflammasome activation

…, DP Ball, A Bhattacharjee, AJ Chui, SD Rao… - ACS Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes formed in response to pathogens. NLRP1 and
CARD8 are related proteins that form inflammasomes, but the pathogen-associated signal(s) …

M24B aminopeptidase inhibitors selectively activate the CARD8 inflammasome

SD Rao, Q Chen, Q Wang, EL Orth-He, M Saoi… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that sense intracellular danger signals and
induce pyroptosis. CARD8 and NLRP1 are related inflammasomes that are repressed by the …