Mus musculus Gene: Nlrp3
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-178924.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Nlrp3
Gene Name NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3
Synonyms
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000032691
Encoded Proteins
NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3
NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3
NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
InnateDB Annotation
Summary
Nlrp3 mediated immune responses can be activated by RNA and mice lacking Nlrp3, or other inflammasome components, exhibit increased mortality and a reduced immune response after influenza virus exposure.
Nlrp3(-/-) mice exhibit increased morbidity after infection with a pathogenic influenza A virus correlating with decreased neutrophil and monocyte recruitment and reduced IL-1beta, IL-18, TNF-alpha, IL-6, KC, MIP2, and IFN-alpha production.
Nlrp3 is directly activated by certain antibiotics and plays an important role in the antibiotic-mediated secretion of Il1b. In the case of polymyxin B, Nlrp3 was also required for the neutrophil influx into the peritoneal cavity.
Nlrp3 inflammasome is essential for host defence against influenza and other RNA viruses (i.e. EMCV, VSV).
Nlrp3 recruits adaptor protein Pycard and Casp1 to form an Nlrp3 inflammasome complex in response to Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) infection.
Nlrp3 is a component of the inflammasome and is required for inflammation in acute pancreatitis.
Nlrp3 is necessary to illicit Il1b response specific to viable, but not heat-killed, E. coli infections.
Nlrp3 inflammasome plays a role in innate immune responses against mucosal Candida infection. Nlrp3 limits the severity of infection when present in either the hematopoietic or stromal compartments.
Nlrp3/Pycard inflammasome activation following human respiratory syncytial virus infection is dependent on the activation of Tlr2/Myd88/NF-kB and reactive oxygen species/potassium efflux. (Demonstrated in human)
MIR223 and EBV miR-BART15 regulate the NLRP3 inflammasome and IL-1beta production.
Potassium efflux is a common trigger of NLRP3 Inflammasome activation by bacterial toxins and particulate matter
Mitochondrial membrane potential is required for the association of Nlrp3 and Mfn2. Mfns2 is required for the activation of Nlrp3 inflammasomes.
3, 4-methylenedioxy-β-nitrostyrene is a potent and specific inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome.
Both Nlrp3 and Nlrp1a are important regulators of Toxoplasma proliferation and that IL18 signaling is required to mediate host resistance to acute toxoplasmosis.
Group B streptococcus induces Il1b, and activates the NLRP3 inflammasome by a mechanism that requires hemolysin-mediated lysosomal leakage, which enhances the interaction of bacterial RNA with NLRP3.
Activation of the Nlrp3 inflammasome is detrimental during leishmaniasis. Mice lacking the inflammasome components Nlrp3, Pycard, Casp1 exhibit defective Il1b and Il18 production at the infection site and are resistant to cutaneous Leishmania major infection.
Nlrp3 is a novel molecular target for melatonin which requires Rora to blunt the NFkB/ NLRP3 connection during sepsis.
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli protein TcpC attenuates activation of the Nlrp3 inflammasome by binding both Nlrp3 and Casp1.
Nlrp3 deficiency protects mice from the development of type 1 diabetes by suppressing Th1 responses and impairing T-cell migration to pancreatic islets through the down-regulation of chemokine expression (Ccl5, Cxcl10, Irf1) in islets.
Nlrp3 and Casp2 are required for endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced inflammation.
Impairment of the mitochondrial electron transport chain by rotenone primes Nlrp3 inflammasome activation upon costimulation with ATP.
InnateDB Annotation from Orthologs
Summary
[Homo sapiens] Influenza A virus non-structural protein 1, NS1, physically interacts with endogenous NLRP3 downregulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation as well as NF-kB, leading to a reduction in the levels of inflammatory cytokines.
[Homo sapiens] RNA cleavage products, catalyzed by RNASEL, bind to DHX33 to facilitate the formation of a complex with MAVS and NLRP3 during viral infection.
[Homo sapiens] H. pylori infection induces the expression and activation of components of NLRP3 inflammasomes in neutrophils and this activation is independent of a functional type IV secretion system, TLR2 and TLR4.
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000162711:
This gene encodes a pyrin-like protein containing a pyrin domain, a nucleotide-binding site (NBS) domain, and a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) motif. This protein interacts with the apoptosis-associated speck-like protein PYCARD/ASC, which contains a caspase recruitment domain, and is a member of the NALP3 inflammasome complex. This complex functions as an upstream activator of NF-kappaB signaling, and it plays a role in the regulation of inflammation, the immune response, and apoptosis. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular (CINCA) syndrome, and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. Alternative 5' UTR structures are suggested by available data; however, insufficient evidence is available to determine if all of the represented 5' UTR splice patterns are biologically valid. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 11:59541568-59566956
Strand Forward strand
Band B1.3
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000079476 ENSMUSP00000078440
ENSMUST00000101148 ENSMUSP00000098707
ENSMUST00000149126 ENSMUSP00000114231
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 15 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 11 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 15 [view]
Protein-Protein 14 [view]
Protein-DNA 1 [view]
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 11 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0005524 ATP binding
Biological Process
GO:0002674 negative regulation of acute inflammatory response
GO:0006919 activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process
GO:0006954 inflammatory response
GO:0032088 negative regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity
GO:0032611 interleukin-1 beta production
GO:0032621 interleukin-18 production
GO:0042347 negative regulation of NF-kappaB import into nucleus
GO:0043280 positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process
GO:0044546 NLRP3 inflammasome complex assembly
GO:0045087 innate immune response (InnateDB)
GO:0050701 interleukin-1 secretion
GO:0050713 negative regulation of interleukin-1 beta secretion
GO:0050718 positive regulation of interleukin-1 beta secretion
GO:0050727 regulation of inflammatory response
GO:0050728 negative regulation of inflammatory response
GO:0051092 positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
GO:0071222 cellular response to lipopolysaccharide
Cellular Component
GO:0005829 cytosol
GO:0072559 NLRP3 inflammasome complex
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Innate Immune System pathway
Immune System pathway
The NLRP3 inflammasome pathway
Inflammasomes pathway
Nucleotide-binding domain, leucine rich repeat containing receptor (NLR) signaling pathways pathway
KEGG
NOD-like receptor signaling pathway pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Pathway Predictions based on Human Orthology Data
NETPATH
REACTOME
The NLRP3 inflammasome pathway
Inflammasomes pathway
Innate Immune System pathway
Nucleotide-binding domain, leucine rich repeat containing receptor (NLR) signaling pathways pathway
Immune System pathway
Inflammasomes pathway
The NLRP3 inflammasome pathway
Immune System pathway
Nucleotide-binding domain, leucine rich repeat containing receptor (NLR) signaling pathways pathway
Innate Immune System pathway
KEGG
NOD-like receptor signaling pathway pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt Q8R4B8
TrEMBL Q5SXI6
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 216799
UniGene Mm.54174
RefSeq NM_145827 XM_006532859 XM_006532857 XM_006532858
OMIM
CCDS CCDS24771
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID MGI:2653833
MGI Symbol Nlrp3
EMBL AF486632 AL592522 AY337285 AY337286 AY337287 AY337288 AY337289 AY337290 AY337291 AY337292 AY337293 AY337294 AY337295 AY337296 AY337297 AY337298 AY337299 AY337300 AY337301 AY337302 AY337303 AY337304 AY337305 AY337306 AY355340 AY495376 AY495377 BC116174 BC116175
GenPept AAI16175 AAI16176 AAL90874 AAR03540 AAR03541 AAR03542 AAR03543 AAR14737 AAS75794 AAS75795 CAI24551
RNA Seq Atlas 216799