| Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| lipopolysaccharide | LPS, activates caspase-11. Caspase-11 can be activated by binding to internalized LPS | Mus musculus |
| Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cytoplasm | - |
Mus musculus | 5737 | - |
| endosome | - |
Mus musculus | 5768 | - |
| Golgi apparatus | caspase-11 is partly localized to the Golgi but not the endoplasmic reticulum | Mus musculus | 5794 | - |
| Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mus musculus | P70343 | cf. caspase-4, EC 3.4.22.57 | - |
| Posttranslational Modification | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| proteolytic modification | LPS activates pro-caspase-11 cleavage and activation of caspase-11 functions | Mus musculus |
| Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| macrophage | bone marrow-derived macrophages | Mus musculus | - |
| Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| CASP4 | - |
Mus musculus |
| Organism | Comment | Expression |
|---|---|---|
| Mus musculus | mRNA expression of Casp4, which encodes caspase-11, starts to increase at 1 h and reaches its peak at 6 h after treatment with LPS | up |
| General Information | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| malfunction | deletion of the Casp4 gene, which encodes caspase-11, impairs the activation of S1P and SREBP1 as well as alters the expression of genes regulated by SREBP1 in macrophages. Casp4 deletion tends to decrease the upregulation of Srebf1a expression induced by LPS, though the difference does not reach statistical significance. This attenuation of Srebf1a induction in Casp4-/- cells might be due to reduced SREBP1 activity because the Srebf1 promoter is autoregulated by SREBP | Mus musculus |
| metabolism | the caspase-11/S1P pathway activates SREBP1 in response to LPS, thus regulating subsequent macrophage activation | Mus musculus |
| physiological function | mouse caspase-11 contributes to SREBP1 activation in the inflammatory response of macrophages, site-1 protease (S1P) is an enzyme that mediates the cleavage and activation of SREBP1. Caspase-11 promotes the processing of S1P - caspase-11 directly associates with S1P and cleaves it at a specific site - and is required for SREBP1 activation in the inflammatory response to LPS. Caspase-11 is required for nuclear translocation of SREBP1 in response to LPS and is important for SREBP1-dependent gene regulation | Mus musculus |