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Modulation of the Arginase Pathway in the Context of Microbial Pathogenesis: A Metabolic Enzyme Moonlighting as an Immune Modulator

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Das, Priyanka, Lahiri, Amit, Lahiri, Ayan, Chakravortty, Dipshikha·2010·PLoS Pathogens

DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000899PMC PMC2887468

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Arginine is a crucial amino acid that serves to modulate the cellular immune response during infection. Arginine is also a common substrate for both inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase. The generation of nitric oxide from arginine is responsible for efficient immune response and cytotoxicity of host cells to kill the invading pathogens. On the other hand, the conversion of arginine to ornithine and urea via the arginase pathway can support the growth of bacterial and parasitic pathogens. The competition between iNOS and arginase for arginine can thus contribute to the outcome of several parasitic and bacterial infections. There are two isoforms of vertebrate arginase, both of which catalyze the conversion of arginine to ornithine and urea, but they differ with regard to tissue distribution and subcellular localization. In the case of infection with Mycobacterium, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, Helicobacter, Schistosoma, and Salmonella spp., arginase isoforms have been shown to modulate the pathology of infection by various means. Despite the existence of a considerable body of evidence about mammalian arginine metabolism and its role in immunology, the critical choice to divert the host arginine pool by pathogenic organisms as a survival strategy is still a mystery in infection biology.

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Figure 1 Overview of mammalian arginine metabolism. Only enzymes that directly use or produce arginine, ornithine, or citrulline are identified, and not all reactants and products are shown. Inhibition of specific enzymes is indicated by ⊥. DFMO, difluoromethyl ornithine; iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase; NO, nitric oxide; nor-NOHA, nor-Nω-hydroxy-l-arginine; OAT, ornithine aminotransferase; ODC, ornithine decarboxylase; PAMPs, pathogen-associated molecular patterns; Spd Syn, spermidine synthase; Spm Syn, spermine synthase.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors: Das, P., Lahiri, A., Lahiri, A., & Chakravortty, D.
Affiliations: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IN)
Corresponding author: Chakravortty, Dipshikha
ORCID: Lahiri, Amit
Lahiri, Ayan
Chakravortty, Dipshikha
Venue: PLoS Pathogens
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2010-06-17
Volume: 6
Issue: 6
Pages: e1000899
ISSN: 1553-7366 (ISSN-L)
1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000899
PMC: PMC2887468
OpenAlex: W2120562230
Cited by: 247
References: 54
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FWCI: 1.59
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Language: en
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Funders: Indian Institute of Science
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (DBT 172, DBT 197)
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Indian Council of Medical Research
Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Bacterial Cancer Therapy
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
Keywords: arginase, arginine metabolism, inducible nitric oxide synthase, nitric oxide, immunomodulation, microbial pathogenesis, ornithine, urea, Mycobacterium, Leishmania, trypanosomes, Helicobacter, Schistosoma, Salmonella, host-pathogen interaction
MeSH terms: Animals, Arginase, Bacteria, Bacterial Infections, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Isoenzymes, Signal Transduction

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