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Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β Promotes de Novo Serine Synthesis for Collagen Production

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Nigdelioglu, Recep, Hamanaka, Robert B., Meliton, Angelo Y., O'Leary, Erin, Witt, Leah J., Cho, Takugo, Sun, Kaitlyn, Bonham, Catherine +7 more·2016·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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TGF-β promotes excessive collagen deposition in fibrotic diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The amino acid composition of collagen is unique due to its high (33%) glycine content. Here, we report that TGF-β induces expression of glycolytic genes and increases glycolytic flux. TGF-β also induces the expression of the enzymes of the de novo serine synthesis pathway (phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), phosphoserine aminotransferase 1 (PSAT1), and phosphoserine phosphatase (PSPH)) and de novo glycine synthesis (serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 (SHMT2)). Studies in fibroblasts with genetic attenuation of PHGDH or SHMT2 and pharmacologic inhibition of PHGDH showed that these enzymes are required for collagen synthesis. Furthermore, metabolic labeling experiments demonstrated carbon from glucose incorporated into collagen. Lungs from humans with IPF demonstrated increased expression of PHGDH and SHMT2. These results indicate that the de novo serine synthesis pathway is necessary for TGF-β-induced collagen production and suggest that this pathway may be a therapeutic target for treatment of fibrotic diseases including IPF.

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Authors
Nigdelioglu, R., Hamanaka, R. B., Meliton, A. Y., O'Leary, E., Witt, L. J., Cho, T., Sun, K., Bonham, C., Wu, D., Woods, P. S., Husain, A. N., Wolfgeher, D., Dulin, N. O., Chandel, N. S., & Mutlu, G. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
Mutlu, Gökhan M.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
291
Issue
53
Pages
27239-27251
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2565062778
Cited by
169
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6
FWCI
4.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01 ES015024, R21 ES025644)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (K01 AR066579)
  • National Institutes of Health (R56 HL127395, F32 HL134288)
  • American Heart Association (15POST255900003)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32 HL007605)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
TGF-beta, collagen synthesis, serine biosynthesis, de novo serine synthesis, glycine metabolism, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, PHGDH, SHMT2, glycolysis, fibroblast metabolism, metabolic reprogramming, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Cells, Cultured, Collagen, Fibroblasts, Gene Expression Regulation, Glycolysis, Humans, Lung, Serine, Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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