Journal
FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 35, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100726RR
Keywords
aconitase; IL-1 beta; IRG1; iron metabolism; iron-sulfur cluster; itaconate
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81900314]
- Science & Technology Development Fund of Tianjin Education Commission for Higher Education [2017KJ205]
- Scientific Research Fund Project of Key Laboratory of Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University [2019ZDSYS16, 2019ZDSYS11]
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Itaconate can alter macrophage function by affecting IL-1 beta secretion and iron metabolism through specific molecular mechanisms. The inhibitory effects of itaconate on aconitase activity and iron-sulfur cluster destruction indicate its impact on immune regulatory functions in macrophages. Further studies are needed to explore the full extent of the role of itaconate in macrophage biology.
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages express an aconitate decarboxylase (IRG1, also called ACOD1), leading to accumulation of the endogenous metabolite itaconate. However, the precise mechanisms by which elevated itaconate levels alter macrophage function are not clear. Our hypothesis is itaconate affects macrophage function through some uncertain mechanism. Based on this, we established a transcriptional and proteomic signature of macrophages stimulated by itaconate and identified the pathways of IL-1 beta secretion and altered iron metabolism. Consistently, the effect of IRG1 deficiency on IL-1 beta secretion and iron metabolism was confirmed in IRG1 knockout THP-1 cell lines. Several common inhibitors and other compounds were used to examine the molecular mechanisms involved. Only cysteine and antioxidants (catechin hydrate) could inhibit. caspase-1 activation and IL-1 beta secretion in itaconate-stimulated macrophages. We further found that aconitase activity was decreased by itaconate stimulation. Our results demonstrate the counteracting effects of overexpression of mitochondria] aconitase (ACO2, a tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme) or cytosolic aconitase (ACO1, an iron regulatory protein) on IL-1 beta secretion and altered iron metabolism. Both enzyme activities were inhibited by itaconate because of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster destruction. Our findings indicate that the immunoregulatory functions of IRG1 and itaconate in macrophages are stressful Fe-S cluster of aconitases disrupting and iron metabolism rebalancing.
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