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The Sedoheptulose Kinase CARKL Directs Macrophage Polarization through Control of Glucose Metabolism

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Haschemi, Arvand, Kosma, Paul, Gille, Lars, Evans, Charles R., Burant, Charles F., Starkl, Philipp, Knapp, Bernhard, Haas, Robert +11 more·2012·Cell Metabolism

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Immune cells are somewhat unique in that activation responses can alter quantitative phenotypes upwards of 100,000-fold. To date little is known about the metabolic adaptations necessary to mount such dramatic phenotypic shifts. Screening for novel regulators of macrophage activation, we found nonprotein kinases of glucose metabolism among the most enriched classes of candidate immune modulators. We find that one of these, the carbohydrate kinase-like protein CARKL, is rapidly downregulated in vitro and in vivo upon LPS stimulation in both mice and humans. Interestingly, CARKL catalyzes an orphan reaction in the pentose phosphate pathway, refocusing cellular metabolism to a high-redox state upon physiological or artificial downregulation. We find that CARKL-dependent metabolic reprogramming is required for proper M1- and M2-like macrophage polarization and uncover a rate-limiting requirement for appropriate glucose flux in macrophage polarization.

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Haschemi, A., Kosma, P., Gille, L., Evans, C. R., Burant, C. F., Starkl, P., Knapp, B., Haas, R., Schmid, J. A., Jandl, C., Amir, S., Lubec, G., Park, J., Esterbauer, H., Bilban, M., Brizuela, L., Pospisilik, J. A., Otterbein, L. E., & Wagner, O.
Affiliations
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • BOKU University (AT)
  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (AT)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Medical University of Vienna (AT)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Haschemi, Arvand
  • Pospisilik, J. Andrew
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-06
Volume
15
Issue
6
Pages
813-826
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2047563937
Cited by
635
References
53
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM088666)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K25DK092558, DK089503, P30DK089503)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
macrophage polarization, glucose metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway, metabolic reprogramming, M1/M2 macrophages, lipopolysaccharide stimulation, redox state, immune cell metabolism
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Line, Double-Blind Method, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Humans, Lipopolysaccharides, Macrophages, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Models, Molecular, Phenotype, Receptors, Immunologic, Transcription Factors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Down-Regulation, Interleukin-6, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Cell Polarity, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), Endotoxemia, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Mice

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