NOD1 and NOD2 signaling in infection and inflammation

Author(s)

Moreira, Lilian O. ^[1] ; Zamboni, Dario S. ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Fac Farm, Dept Anal Clin & Toxicol, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Biol Celular Mol & Bioagentes Patogen, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto - Brazil

• Document type: Review article
• Source: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY; v. 3, 2012.
• Web of Science Citations: 111

Abstract

Sensing intracellular pathogens is a process mediated by innate immune cells that is crucial for the induction of inflammatory processes and effective adaptive immune responses against pathogenic microbes. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) comprise a family of intracellular pattern recognition receptors that are important for the recognition of damage and microbial-associated molecular patterns. NOD1 and NOD2 are specialized NLRs that participate in the recognition of a subset of pathogenic microorganisms that are able to invade and multiply intracellularly. Once activated, these molecules trigger intracellular signaling pathways that lead to the activation of transcriptional responses culminating in the expression of a subset of inflammatory genes. In this review, we will focus on the role of NOD1 and NOD2 in the recognition and response to intracellular pathogens, including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and on their ability to signal in response to non-peptidoglycan-containing pathogens, such as viruses and protozoan parasites. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/50959-4 - Determination of murine loci and genes responsible for the natural resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection
• Grantee: Dario Simões Zamboni
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 12/09363-6 - Molecular pathogenesis and subversion of host responses in infections with Legionella spp.
• Grantee: Dario Simões Zamboni
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants