MEK1/2-PKM2 Pathway Modulates the Immunometabolic Reprogramming of Proinflammatory Allograft-infiltrating Macrophages During Heart Transplant Rejection.
In: Transplantation, Jg. 108 (2024-05-01), Heft 5, S. 1127-1141
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Background: Emerging evidence has highlighted the role of macrophages in heart transplant rejection (HTR). However, the molecular signals modulating the immunometabolic phenotype of allograft-infiltrating macrophages (AIMs) during HTR remain unknown.
Methods: We analyzed single-cell RNA sequencing data from cardiac graft-infiltrating immunocytes to characterize the activation patterns and metabolic features of AIMs. We used flow cytometry to determine iNOS and PKM2 expression and MEK/ERK signaling activation levels in AIMs. We then generated macrophage-specific Mek1/2 knockout mice to determine the role of the MEK1/2-PKM2 pathway in the proinflammatory phenotype and glycolytic capacity of AIMs during HTR.
Results: Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis showed that AIMs had a significantly elevated proinflammatory and glycolytic phenotype. Flow cytometry analysis verified that iNOS and PKM2 expressions were significantly upregulated in AIMs. Moreover, MEK/ERK signaling was activated in AIMs and positively correlated with proinflammatory and glycolytic signatures. Macrophage-specific Mek1/2 deletion significantly protected chronic cardiac allograft rejection and inhibited the proinflammatory phenotype and glycolytic capacity of AIMs. Mek1/2 ablation also reduced the proinflammatory phenotype and glycolytic capacity of lipopolysaccharides + interferon-γ-stimulated macrophages. Mek1/2 ablation impaired nuclear translocation and PKM2 expression in macrophages. PKM2 overexpression partially restored the proinflammatory phenotype and glycolytic capacity of Mek1/2 -deficient macrophages. Moreover, trametinib, an Food and Drug Administration-approved MEK1/2 inhibitor, ameliorated chronic cardiac allograft rejection.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the MEK1/2-PKM2 pathway is essential for immunometabolic reprogramming of proinflammatory AIMs, implying that it may be a promising therapeutic target in clinical heart transplantation.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
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MEK1/2-PKM2 Pathway Modulates the Immunometabolic Reprogramming of Proinflammatory Allograft-infiltrating Macrophages During Heart Transplant Rejection.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Chen, Z ; Li, Y ; Niu, Y ; Zhang, X ; Yu, J ; Cui, J ; Ran, S ; Wang, S ; Ye, W ; Xia, J ; Wu, J |
Zeitschrift: | Transplantation, Jg. 108 (2024-05-01), Heft 5, S. 1127-1141 |
Veröffentlichung: | Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins., 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1534-6080 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1097/TP.0000000000004899 |
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