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Network Integration of Parallel Metabolic and Transcriptional Data Reveals Metabolic Modules that Regulate Macrophage Polarization

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Jha, Abhishek K., Huang, Stanley Ching-Cheng, Sergushichev, Alexey, Lampropoulou, Vicky, Ivanova, Yulia, Loginicheva, Ekaterina, Chmielewski, Karina, Stewart, Kelly M. +5 more·2015·Immunity

Abstract

Macrophage polarization involves a coordinated metabolic and transcriptional rewiring that is only partially understood. By using an integrated high-throughput transcriptional-metabolic profiling and analysis pipeline, we characterized systemic changes during murine macrophage M1 and M2 polarization. M2 polarization was found to activate glutamine catabolism and UDP-GlcNAc-associated modules. Correspondingly, glutamine deprivation or inhibition of N-glycosylation decreased M2 polarization and production of chemokine CCL22. In M1 macrophages, we identified a metabolic break at Idh, the enzyme that converts isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate, providing mechanistic explanation for TCA cycle fragmentation. (13)C-tracer studies suggested the presence of an active variant of the aspartate-arginosuccinate shunt that compensated for this break. Consistently, inhibition of aspartate-aminotransferase, a key enzyme of the shunt, inhibited nitric oxide and interleukin-6 production in M1 macrophages, while promoting mitochondrial respiration. This systems approach provides a highly integrated picture of the physiological modules supporting macrophage polarization, identifying potential pharmacologic control points for both macrophage phenotypes.

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  • Succinate is a pro-inflammatory metabolite that accumulates in LPS/IFN-γ-treated macrophages.

    “Recent data indicate that succinate is a pro-inflammatory metabolite that accumulates in LPS/IFN-γ-treated macrophages1,2.”
  • Jha et al 2015 described induction of an inflammatory argininosuccinate shunt linking the Krebs cycle to the Urea cycle.

    “Using an integrated high-throughput transcriptional metabolic profiling and analysis pipeline (CoMBI-T), Jha and colleagues (2015) described the induction of an inflammatory argininosuccinate shunt, a metabolic pathway that links the Krebs cycle to the Urea cycle1.”
  • Induction of the argininosuccinate shunt occurs via an increase in Ass1 expression.

    “Induction of this pathway occurred via an increase in the expression of argininosuccinate synthase (Ass1), which catalyses the formation of argininosuccinate from aspartate, citrulline and ATP98.”
  • The argininosuccinate shunt accounts for elevated fumarate levels observed in macrophages.

    “As Asl cleaves argininosuccinate into arginine and fumarate, the authors proposed that this metabolic pathway accounted for the elevated fumarate levels observed in macrophages1.”
  • Fumarate accumulates in LPS-activated macrophages.

    “Outside of trained immunity, fumarate has previously been reported to accumulate in LPS-activated macrophages1,13.”

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Jha, A. K., Huang, S. C.-C., Sergushichev, A., Lampropoulou, V., Ivanova, Y., Loginicheva, E., Chmielewski, K., Stewart, K. M., Ashall, J., Everts, B., Pearce, E. J., Driggers, E. M., & Artyomov, M. N.
Affiliations
  • Agios Pharmaceuticals (United States) (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • ITMO University (RU)
Corresponding author
  • Driggers, Edward M.
  • Artyomov, Maxim N.
Venue
Immunity
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-03
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
419-430
ISSN
1074-7613 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2076272449
Cited by
2,066
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 207 · 2025: 218 · 2024: 217 · 2023: 209 · 2022: 244 · 2021: 259 · 2020: 212 · 2019: 152 · 2018: 124 · 2017: 112 · 2016: 69 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
54.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Keywords
macrophage polarization, M1 macrophages, M2 macrophages, metabolic reprogramming, glutamine catabolism, N-glycosylation, UDP-GlcNAc, CCL22, isocitrate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase, nitric oxide, interleukin-6, mitochondrial respiration, metabolic modules, gene expression profiling
MeSH terms
Animals, Argininosuccinic Acid, Aspartic Acid, Citric Acid Cycle, Gene Expression Regulation, Glutamine, Glycosylation, Immunity, Innate, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, Macrophages, Mitochondria, Nitric Oxide, Transcription, Genetic, Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine, Signal Transduction, Interleukin-6, Aspartate Aminotransferase, Mitochondrial, Mice, Gene Regulatory Networks, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Chemokine CCL22

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