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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

There's a lot more in the manuscript, check it out! So many wonderful people worked on this through years but led by Daniel Bennison (postdoc). Thanks also to our fantastic collaborators at Imperial, The Crick, IISc Bangalore, U Geneva and MIVEGEC!

Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

Caspase-4 is also recruited to these structures in a GBP1-dependent manner, independently of LPS!

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

GBP1 is recruited to sites of 'sterile' actin-rich structures produced by FcgR-Tir chimera independently of LPS!

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

We made an FcgR-Tir chimera, i.e., Fcg-Receptor extracellular domain + intracellular signalling domain of Tir, and activated it by crosslinking with IgG-coated polystyrene beads. This produces 'sterile' actin-rich structures independently of bacteria, other T3SS-effectors & LPS!

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

GBP1 directly binds LPS and recruits caspase-4 on cytosolic Gram-negative bacteria. We showed LPS is internalised during EPEC infection (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33378358/). But, does GBP1 recruitment need LPS or actin polymerisation? To address this, we reconstituted Tir-actin signalling.

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

How does GBP1 sense these extracellular bacteria? Using a range of EPEC and EHEC mutants, we show that pathogen-induce actin polymerisation is essential for GBP1 recruitment, pyroptosis and IL-18 release (a substrate of human caspase-4).

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

Guess what, GBP1 recruits caspase-4 to EPEC/EHEC pedestals for pyroptosis. This clarifies the role of caspase-4 that we previously showed in pyroptosis caused by these pathogens. (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31018119/; pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33378358/).

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

GBP1 is also recruited to actin pedestals of EHEC in epithelial cells and C. rodentium-infected colonocytes in vivo in mice.

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

We show that GBP1 is recruited to actin-rich pedestals of EPEC. The T3SS mutant strain (escF) cannot manipulate actin, recruit GBP1 or trigger pyroptosis. Importantly, GBP1 is recruited to pedestals of various EPEC strains independently of the type of their LPS O-antigens.

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

EPEC/EHEC and the mouse pathogen C. rodentium (CR) attach tightly to cells and manipuate the host actin cytosokeleton by forming actin-rich 'pedestals'. This requires the T3SS-effector Tir (translocated intimin receptor) binding to Intimin (an adhesin on bacterial surface).

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

We've worked on extracellular Gram-negative pathogenic E. coli (EPEC & EHEC) for several years. EPEC is a major cause of childhood diarrhoeas and EHEC can be fatal even in adults. Here we show that GBP1 is required for EPEC/EHEC-induced pyroptosis in non-phagocytic cells.

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 10d

📢A new effector-triggered immunity role for GBP1! No place for pathogens to hide now that GBP1 can detect extracellular pathogens that hijack the actin cytoskeleton. Surprise*suprise* GBP1 does this independently of LPS! 🧵
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢 paper - a new class of RIPK1 inhibitors. Lots of with here, with structure of it bound to RIPK1, biochemistry and more! Was fun being part of this with Tate group and many others.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Apr 7

A bit late, but never too late to spread the word on influenza M2 protein cleavage by caspase-6. Great PhD work by Carmen along with @bealelab.bsky.social @imperialinfect.bsky.social

EMBO Reports @emboreports.org · Mar 3

Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social and co-workers @crick.ac.uk @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social show that #caspase cleavage of #influenza A #virus M2 disrupts M2-LC3 interaction and regulates virion production.

-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Mar 24

Interesting talks today on sustainability in education in the Festival of Learning and Teaching @imperialinfect.bsky.social

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Florent Waltz @florentwaltz.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am super excited to share our latest work on the native in-cell organization of the mitochondrial respiratory chain 🥳
Using cryo-electron tomography 🔬, we show how the respiratory complexes (and other complexes) are organized inside native mitochondria!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Jan 16

📢 I'll be hosting Jack Aunty & Kesavardana Sannula in the next InflammaZoom seminar series on Monday 20th Jan at 8am GMT, 1:30pm IST, 7pm AEDT. Register here:
@keshu-vrimmch.bsky.social

events.abcam.com/event/Inflam...

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Nov 28

The CSC is currently accepting applications to this scheme. Details here:

cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships...

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Nov 28

Details of the scholarship scheme here:
nosmsje.gov.in/nosmsje/

National Overseas Scholarship

nosmsje.gov.in

Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Nov 28

This month we welcomed our newest PhD student, Ayush Punwatkar, who is funded by the National Overseas Scholarship from the Govt of India. He's going to work on, what else, inflammasomes 😉

Ayush Punwatkar, in a red lab coat, smiling, seated in front of a microscope.

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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · Nov 25

Calling all science enthusiasts and medical professionals!

We have an incredible lineup of events this week that you won't want to miss. Whether you're passionate about medical research, mental health, or cardiac care, there's something for everyone.

Don’t miss out! 🧵[1/6]
#ScienceSky #MedicineSky

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Nov 22

Last week we welcomed Dharitri Chaudhuri, a PhD student from Sandhya's lab at IISc Bangalore. During her placement, she will work on a major problem in countries like India: EPEC infections & diarrhoeal disease. Thanks to funding from the Commonwealth Scholarships cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships...

Dharitri, PhD student, in a red lab coat, performing microbiology at a safety cabinet.

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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hello science folks... 👋 Hoping the ride here is smoother!

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