| Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| LPS | caspase-11 is an essential endogenous receptor for LPS, which binds to the CARD domain of caspase-11 through its lipid A tail moiety to regulate caspase-11 activation, overview | Mus musculus | |
| oxidized phospholipids | interact with caspase-11 by binding to the CARD domain, high doses induce caspase-11 oligomerization and activation | Mus musculus |
| Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
|---|---|
| gene Casp4, the murine inflammatory caspases genes are located on syntenic regions of mouse chromosome 9A1 | Mus musculus |
| Inhibitors | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| L-adrenaline | inhibits of caspase-11 activation via activated PKA that facilitates caspase-11 phosphorylation | Mus musculus | |
| oxidized phospholipids | interact with caspase-11 by binding to the CARD domain, low doses compete with LPS and inhibit caspase-11 activation | Mus musculus |
| Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mus musculus | P70343 | cf. caspase-4, EC 3.4.22.57 | - |
| Posttranslational Modification | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| phosphoprotein | L-adrenaline binds ADRA2B, activating PKA. Activated PKA facilitates caspase-11 phosphorylation | Mus musculus |
| proteolytic modification | caspases are expressed in most cells as inactive monomeric zymogens (pro-caspases), requiring processing and heterodimerization to facilitate their activation. Caspase-11 auto-proteolysis is essential for its activation and the subsequent regulation of downstream events. Caspase-11 activation, induced experimentally via its overexpression or cytoplasmic LPS stimulation, induces two autoproteolysis events, resulting in the removal of the N-terminal CARD domain from the large subunit and separating the large and small catalytic domains | Mus musculus |
| Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| colon | - |
Mus musculus | - |
| epithelial cell | - |
Mus musculus | - |
| intestine | - |
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| Subunits | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| dimer | caspases are expressed in most cells as inactive monomeric zymogens (pro-caspases), requiring processing and heterodimerization to facilitate their activation | Mus musculus |
| Organism | Comment | Expression |
|---|---|---|
| Mus musculus | caspase-11 expression is stimulated by TLR signaling, IL-1 signaling, mitochondrial DNA damage, the complement pathway, and IFN signaling involving receptors TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR5, ILR9, IL-1R, mtDNA, C3aR, IFNAR, and IFNGR: The responsible stimulators of the receptors are Pam3CSK4, dsRNA, LPS, flagellin, CpG-rich DNA, interleukin-1beta, c-Gas-STING, C3a, and IFNalpha/beta. Involved pathways and regulation mechanisms, detailed overview | up |
| General Information | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| evolution | caspases-4 and -5 are the human orthologues of murine caspase-11, sharing with it 68% and 47% amino acid sequence identity, respectively | Mus musculus |
| malfunction | the increased susceptibility of caspase-11 deficient mice to colitis-associated carcinogenesis (CAC) is associated with decreased STAT1 activity, identifying an anti-tumor role for caspase-11 during CAC via its ability to provide positive enhance STAT1 activation. Casp-11-/- intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are significantly more susceptible to CAC than wild-type IECs. Colons from CAC-treated Casp-11-/- mice have increased expression of proteins associated with early-stage angiogenesis, suggesting that caspase-11 may have a role in inflammation- and cancer-associated angiogenesis. Caspase-11 activation is significantly impaired in GBPchro3-deficient macrophages | Mus musculus |
| metabolism | IRGMs are involved in regulating vacuole/lysosome stability and regulate caspase-11 activity, as well as HMGB1, that binds LPS, entering macrophages/endothelial cells via RAGE-mediated endocytosis, promoting lysosomal rupture and LPS release. Another cytokine that acts as a major regulator of caspase-11 expression is IFN-gamma | Mus musculus |
| additional information | the enzymatic activity of caspases is ruled by a dominant specificity for aspartic acid containing proteins and a cysteine side chain that acts as a catalytic nucleophile to employ peptide cleavage. Caspase-11 structure analysis and comparison | Mus musculus |
| physiological function | caspase-11 is an essential endogenous receptor for LPS, which binds to the CARD domain of caspase-11 through its lipid A tail moiety to regulate caspase-11 activation. Caspase-11 upregulation occurs as a result of PAMP and/or cytokine signaling and can be amplified by complement signaling | Mus musculus |