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Mice with a specific deficiency of Pfkfb3 in myeloid cells are protected from hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension

Journal

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 178, Issue 5, Pages 1055-1072

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bph.15339

Keywords

glycolysis; Hifs; macrophage; PFKFB3; pulmonary hypertension

Funding

  1. National Science Foundation of China [81870324, 82070461]
  2. American Heart Association [19POST34430119, 19TPA34910043]
  3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M670051, 2020M680003]
  4. Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2014A030312004, 2020A1515010010]
  5. National Institutes of Health [R01HL134934, R01EY030500, R01HL138410, R01HL142097]
  6. Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee [JCYJ20170412150405310, JCYJ20170810163238384, JCYJ20190808155605447, JCYJ20190808155801648]
  7. Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions [2019SHIBS0004]
  8. VA Merit Review [BX002035]

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The study demonstrates that the reduced expression of glycolytic molecules in lung macrophages due to Pfkfb3 deficiency or inhibition can effectively alleviate the development of pulmonary hypertension, with lower levels of growth factors and pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by alveolar macrophages.
Background and Purpose: Macrophage infiltration into the lungs is a characteristic of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Glycolysis is the main metabolic pathway for macrophage activation. However, the effect of macrophage glycolysis on the development of PH remains unknown. We investigated the effect of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKBF3), a critical enzyme of macrophage glycolysis, on PH development. Experimental Approach: Lung tissues from PH patients were examined by immunostaining with macrophage markers. PH was induced in Wistar rats with SU5416/hypoxia and in mice with hypoxia. Lungs and macrophages were isolated for analysis by RT-PCR, western blot, flow cytometry, and immunostaining. Key Results: Expression of glycolytic molecules was increased in circulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and lung macrophages of PH patients. These results were also found in lung macrophages of SU5416/hypoxia (Su/Hx)-induced PH rats and hypoxia-induced PH mice. PH was ameliorated in myeloid-specific Pfkfb3-deficient mice (Pfkfb3(Delta M phi)) or mice treated with the PFKFB3 inhibitor 3PO, compared with their controls. Alveolar macrophages of PH Pfkfb3(Delta M phi) mice produced lower levels of growth factors and pro-inflammatory cytokines than those of control mice. Circulating myeloid cells and lung myeloid cells were much fewer in PH Pfkfb3(Delta M phi) mice than controls. Mechanistically, overexpression of Hif1a or Hif2a in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) cultured with bone marrow of Pfkfb3(Delta M phi) mice restored the decreased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors. Conclusions and Implications: Myeloid Pfkfb3 deficiency protects mice from PH, thereby suggesting that myeloid PFKFB3 is one of the important targets in the therapeutic effect of PFKFB3 inhibition in PH treatment.

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