Journal
CELL REPORTS
Volume 29, Issue 7, Pages 1862-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.032
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- American Heart Association [15GRNT25700357]
- Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) [RP160384]
- NIH [RO1DK114356, UM1HG006348]
- Lupus Research Institute
- Baylor College of Medicine's Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core
- CPRIT [RP150578]
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (DLDCC)
- John S. Dunn Gulf Coast Consortium for Chemical Genomics
- Mouse Metabolism and Phenotyping Core
- CPRIT Core Facility Support Award [RP170005]
- NCI Cancer Center Support Grant [P30CA125123]
- DLDCC intramural funds
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Autophagy plays a critical role in the maintenance of immunological memory. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in autophagy-regulated effector memory formation in CD8(+) T cells remain unclear. Here we show that deficiency in NIX-dependent mitophagy leads to metabolic defects in effector memory T cells. Deletion of NIX caused HIF1 alpha accumulation and altered cellular metabolism from long-chain fatty acid to short/branched-chain fatty acid oxidation, thereby compromising ATP synthesis during effector memory formation. Preventing HIF1 alpha accumulation restored long-chain fatty acid metabolism and effector memory formation in anti-gen-specific CD8(+) T cells. Our study suggests that NIX-mediated mitophagy is critical for effector memory formation in T cells.
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