Macrophages are metabolically heterogeneous within the tumor microenvironment

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Macrophages are often prominently present in the tumor microenvironment, where distinct macrophage populations can differentially affect tumor progression. Although metabolism influences macrophage function, studies on the metabolic characteristics of ex vivo tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) subsets are rather limited. Using transcriptomic and metabolic analyses, we now reveal that pro-inflammatory major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-IIhi TAMs display a hampered tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, while reparative MHC-IIlo TAMs show higher oxidative and glycolytic metabolism. Although both TAM subsets rapidly exchange lactate in high-lactate conditions, only MHC-IIlo TAMs use lactate as an additional carbon source. Accordingly, lactate supports the oxidative metabolism in MHC-IIlo TAMs, while it decreases the metabolic activity of MHC-IIhi TAMs. Lactate subtly affects the transcriptome of MHC-IIlo TAMs, increases L-arginine metabolism, and enhances the T cell suppressive capacity of these TAMs. Overall, our data uncover the metabolic intricacies of distinct TAM subsets and identify lactate as a carbon source and metabolic and functional regulator of TAMs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 37(2021), 13 vom: 28. Dez., Seite 110171

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Geeraerts, Xenia [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Garcia, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Hartmann, Felix J [VerfasserIn]
de Goede, Kyra E [VerfasserIn]
Martens, Liesbet [VerfasserIn]
Elkrim, Yvon [VerfasserIn]
Debraekeleer, Ayla [VerfasserIn]
Stijlemans, Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Vandekeere, Anke [VerfasserIn]
Rinaldi, Gianmarco [VerfasserIn]
De Rycke, Riet [VerfasserIn]
Planque, Mélanie [VerfasserIn]
Broekaert, Dorien [VerfasserIn]
Meinster, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Clappaert, Emile [VerfasserIn]
Bardet, Pauline [VerfasserIn]
Murgaski, Aleksandar [VerfasserIn]
Gysemans, Conny [VerfasserIn]
Nana, Frank Aboubakar [VerfasserIn]
Saeys, Yvan [VerfasserIn]
Bendall, Sean C [VerfasserIn]
Laoui, Damya [VerfasserIn]
Van den Bossche, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Fendt, Sarah-Maria [VerfasserIn]
Van Ginderachter, Jo A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immunometabolism
Immunosuppression
Journal Article
Lactate
Lactates
Macrophage metabolism
Metabolomics
Non-small-cell lung carcinoma
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Single-cell metabolic profiling
TCA cycle break
Tumor microenvironment
Tumor-associated macrophages

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Date Completed 15.02.2022

Date Revised 15.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110171

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335012329