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Metabolic control of TH17 and induced Treg cell balance by an epigenetic mechanism
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Metabolism has been shown to integrate with epigenetics and transcription to modulate cell fate and function. Beyond meeting the bioenergetic and biosynthetic demands of T-cell differentiation, whether metabolism might control T-cell fate by an epigenetic mechanism is unclear. Here, through the discovery and mechanistic characterization of a small molecule, (aminooxy)acetic acid, that reprograms the differentiation of T helper 17 (T H 17) cells towards induced regulatory T (iT reg) cells, we show that increased transamination, mainly catalysed by GOT1, leads to increased levels of 2-hydroxyglutarate in differentiating T H 17 cells. The accumulation of 2-hydroxyglutarate resulted in hypermethylation of the Foxp3 gene locus and inhibited Foxp3 transcription, which is essential for fate determination towards T H 17 cells. Inhibition of the conversion of glutamate to α-ketoglutaric acid prevented the production of 2-hydroxyglutarate, reduced methylation of the Foxp3 gene locus, and increased Foxp3 expression. This consequently blocked the differentiation of T H 17 cells by antagonizing the function of transcription factor RORγt and promoted polarization into iT reg cells. Selective inhibition of GOT1 with (aminooxy)acetic acid ameliorated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in a therapeutic mouse model by regulating the balance between T H 17 and iT reg cells. Targeting a glutamate-dependent metabolic pathway thus represents a new strategy for developing therapeutic agents against T H 17-mediated autoimmune diseases.
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- Authors
- Xu, T., Stewart, K. M., Wang, X., Liu, K., Xie, M., Ryu, J. K., Li, K., Ma, T., Wang, H., Ni, L., Zhu, S., Cao, N., Zhu, D., Zhang, Y., Akassoglou, K., Dong, C., Driggers, E. M., & Ding, S.
- Affiliations
- Gladstone Institutes (US)
- Agios Pharmaceuticals (United States) (US)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Dong, Chen
- Driggers, Edward M.
- Ding, Sheng
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2017-08-02
- Volume
- 548
- Issue
- 7666
- Pages
- 228-233
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC6701955
- OpenAlex
- W2741802290
- Cited by
- 395
- References
- 30
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- 2026: 38 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 9
- FWCI
- 13.49
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Nature (publishedVersion)
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- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R35NS097976)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Keywords
- Th17 cells, induced regulatory T cells, T cell metabolism, epigenetic regulation, DNA methylation, Foxp3, 2-hydroxyglutarate, GOT1, transamination, glutamate metabolism, RORγt, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, autoimmune disease therapy, T cell fate determination
- MeSH terms
- Aminooxyacetic Acid, Transaminases, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, Female, Glutarates, Ketoglutaric Acids, Male, Aspartate Aminotransferase, Cytoplasmic, Epigenesis, Genetic, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, Mice, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3, Th17 Cells
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