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Interferon-γ regulates cellular metabolism and mRNA translation to potentiate macrophage activation

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Su, Xiaodi, Yu, Yingpu, Zhong, Yi, Giannopoulou, Eugenia G, Hu, Xiaoyu, Liu, Hui, Cross, Justin R, Rätsch, Gunnar +2 more·2015·Nature Immunology

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Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) primes macrophages for enhanced microbial killing and inflammatory activation by Toll-like receptors (TLRs), but little is known about the regulation of cell metabolism or mRNA translation during this priming. We found that IFN-γ regulated the metabolism and mRNA translation of human macrophages by targeting the kinases mTORC1 and MNK, both of which converge on the selective regulator of translation initiation eIF4E. Physiological downregulation of mTORC1 by IFN-γ was associated with autophagy and translational suppression of repressors of inflammation such as HES1. Genome-wide ribosome profiling in TLR2-stimulated macrophages showed that IFN-γ selectively modulated the macrophage translatome to promote inflammation, further reprogram metabolic pathways and modulate protein synthesis. These results show that IFN-γ-mediated metabolic reprogramming and translational regulation are key components of classical inflammatory macrophage activation.

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Authors
Su, X., Yu, Y., Zhong, Y., Giannopoulou, E. G., Hu, X., Liu, H., Cross, J. R., Rätsch, G., Rice, C. M., & Ivashkiv, L. B.
Affiliations
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
  • Rockefeller University (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
Ivashkiv, Lionel B
Venue
Nature Immunology
Published
2015-06-29
Volume
16
Issue
8
Pages
838-849
ISSN
  • 1529-2908 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2916
OpenAlex
W1550446004
Cited by
298
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 5
FWCI
12.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Hospital for Special Surgery
  • National Institutes of Health (2r01ai046712-26)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01-AI046712, R01AI044938)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01AR050401, R01AR046713)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords
interferon-gamma, macrophage activation, metabolic reprogramming, mRNA translation, mTORC1, eIF4E, autophagy, Hes1, ribosome profiling, TLR2, inflammation, protein synthesis
MeSH terms
Transcription Factor HES-1, Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1, Base Sequence, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Interferon-gamma, Macrophage Activation, Macrophages, Microscopy, Fluorescence, RNA, Messenger, Protein Biosynthesis, Blotting, Western, Signal Transduction, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Homeodomain Proteins, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gene Expression Profiling, RNA Interference, MicroRNAs, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E, Multiprotein Complexes, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Toll-Like Receptor 2, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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