HDAC7 is an immunometabolic switch triaging danger signals for engagement of antimicrobial versus inflammatory responses in macrophages

Kaustav Das Gupta, Divya Ramnath, Jessica B. von Pein, James E.B. Curson, Yizhuo Wang, Rishika Abrol, Asha Kakkanat, Shayli Varasteh Moradi, Kimberley S. Gunther, Ambika M.V. Murthy, Claudia J. Stocks, Ronan Kapetanovic, Robert C. Reid, Abishek Iyer, Zoe C. Ilka, William M. Nauseef, Manuel Plan, Lin Luo, Jennifer L. Stow, Kate SchroderDenuja Karunakaran, Kirill Alexandrov, Melanie R. Shakespear, Mark A. Schembri, David P. Fairlie, Matthew J. Sweet

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Abstract

The immune system must be able to respond to a myriad of different threats, each requiring a distinct type of response. Here, we demonstrate that the cytoplasmic lysine deacetylase HDAC7 in macrophages is a metabolic switch that triages danger signals to enable the most appropriate immune response. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and soluble signals indicating distal or far-away danger trigger HDAC7-dependent glycolysis and proinflammatory IL-1β production. In contrast, HDAC7 initiates the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) for NADPH and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in response to the more proximal threat of nearby bacteria, as exemplified by studies on uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). HDAC7-mediated PPP engagement via 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) generates NADPH for antimicrobial ROS production, as well as D-ribulose-5-phosphate (RL5P) that both synergizes with ROS for UPEC killing and suppresses selective inflammatory responses. This dual functionality of the HDAC7-6PGD-RL5P axis prioritizes responses to proximal threats. Our findings thus reveal that the PPP metabolite RL5P has both antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities and that engagement of enzymes in catabolic versus anabolic metabolic pathways triages responses to different types of danger for generation of inflammatory versus antimicrobial responses, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2212813120
Number of pages12
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume120
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • immunometabolism
  • inflammation
  • macrophages
  • pentose phosphate pathway
  • uropathogenic Escherichia coli

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