Journal
IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS
Volume 295, Issue 1, Pages 54-67Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12848
Keywords
alternative activation; cytokines; dendritic cells; glycolysis; IL-4; immunometabolism; inflammation; LPS; macrophages; metabolism; mitochondria; TCA cycle
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [CIBSS EXC-2189, CRC 1160, FOR 2599]
- National Institutes of Health [AI110481]
- Max Planck Society [AI110481]
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We have only recently started to appreciate the extent to which immune cell activation involves significant changes in cellular metabolism. We are now beginning to understand how commitment to specific metabolic pathways influences aspects of cellular biology that are the more usual focus of immunological studies, such as activation-induced changes in gene transcription, post-transcriptional regulation of transcription, post-translational modifications of proteins, cytokine secretion, etc. Here, we focus on metabolic reprogramming in mononuclear phagocytes downstream of stimulation with inflammatory signals (such as LPS and IFN gamma) vs alternative activation signals (IL-4), with an emphasis on work on dendritic cells and macrophages from our laboratory, and related studies from others. We cover aspects of glycolysis and its branching pathways (glycogen synthesis, pentose phosphate, serine synthesis, hexose synthesis, and glycerol 3 phosphate shuttle), the tricarboxylic acid pathway, fatty acid synthesis and oxidation, and mitochondrial biology. Although our understanding of the metabolism of mononuclear phagocytes has progressed significantly over the last 10 years, major challenges remain, including understanding the effects of tissue residence on metabolic programming related to cellular activation, and the translatability of findings from mouse to human biology.
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