期刊
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
卷 78, 期 13, 页码 5303-5324出版社
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03828-4
关键词
Arginine metabolism; Nitric oxide synthase; Arginase; Immunity; Immunometabolism; Arginase 2; Arginase 1; NOS
资金
- Universite de Geneve
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Geneva Cancer League
- Swiss Cancer League
- University of Geneva
Arginine plays a crucial role in regulating immune responses and its adequate supply is important for improving immune function. The availability, synthesis, and catabolism of arginine are interrelated aspects that affect immune cell biology profoundly. Disruption or perversion of arginine metabolism is implicated in various pathologies, from infectious diseases to autoimmunity and cancer.
A growing body of evidence indicates that, over the course of evolution of the immune system, arginine has been selected as a node for the regulation of immune responses. An appropriate supply of arginine has long been associated with the improvement of immune responses. In addition to being a building block for protein synthesis, arginine serves as a substrate for distinct metabolic pathways that profoundly affect immune cell biology; especially macrophage, dendritic cell and T cell immunobiology. Arginine availability, synthesis, and catabolism are highly interrelated aspects of immune responses and their fine-tuning can dictate divergent pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory immune outcomes. Here, we review the organismal pathways of arginine metabolism in humans and rodents, as essential modulators of the availability of this semi-essential amino acid for immune cells. We subsequently review well-established and novel findings on the functional impact of arginine biosynthetic and catabolic pathways on the main immune cell lineages. Finally, as arginine has emerged as a molecule impacting on a plethora of immune functions, we integrate key notions on how the disruption or perversion of arginine metabolism is implicated in pathologies ranging from infectious diseases to autoimmunity and cancer.
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