scholarly journals Low-dose 2-deoxy glucose stabilises tolerogenic dendritic cells and generates potent in vivo immunosuppressive effects

Author(s):  
M. Christofi ◽  
S. Le Sommer ◽  
C. Mölzer ◽  
I. P. Klaska ◽  
L. Kuffova ◽  
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Abstract Cell therapies for autoimmune diseases using tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDC) have been promisingly explored. A major stumbling block has been generating stable tolDC, with low risk of converting to mature immunogenic DC (mDC), exacerbating disease. mDC induction involves a metabolic shift to lactate production from oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and β-oxidation, the homeostatic energy source for resting DC. Inhibition of glycolysis through the administration of 2-deoxy glucose (2-DG) has been shown to prevent autoimmune disease experimentally but is not clinically feasible. We show here that treatment of mouse bone marrow-derived tolDC ex vivo with low-dose 2-DG (2.5 mM) (2-DGtolDC) induces a stable tolerogenic phenotype demonstrated by their failure to engage lactate production when challenged with mycobacterial antigen (Mtb). ~ 15% of 2-DGtolDC express low levels of MHC class II and 30% express CD86, while they are negative for CD40. 2-DGtolDC also express increased immune checkpoint molecules PDL-1 and SIRP-1α. Antigen-specific T cell proliferation is reduced in response to 2-DGtolDC in vitro. Mtb-stimulated 2-DGtolDC do not engage aerobic glycolysis but respond to challenge via increased OXPHOS. They also have decreased levels of p65 phosphorylation, with increased phosphorylation of the non-canonical p100 pathway. A stable tolDC phenotype is associated with sustained SIRP-1α phosphorylation and p85-AKT and PI3K signalling inhibition. Further, 2-DGtolDC preferentially secrete IL-10 rather than IL-12 upon Mtb-stimulation. Importantly, a single subcutaneous administration of 2-DGtolDC prevented experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) in vivo. Inhibiting glycolysis of autologous tolDC prior to transfer may be a useful approach to providing stable tolDC therapy for autoimmune/immune-mediated diseases.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shonagh Russell ◽  
Liping Xu ◽  
Yoonseok Kam ◽  
Dominique Abrahams ◽  
Bryce Ordway ◽  
...  

Aggressive cancers commonly ferment glucose to lactic acid at high rates, even in the presence of oxygen. This is known as aerobic glycolysis, or the “Warburg Effect”. It is widely assumed that this is a consequence of the upregulation of glycolytic enzymes. Oncogenic drivers can increase the expression of most proteins in the glycolytic pathway, including the terminal step of exporting H+ equivalents from the cytoplasm. Proton exporters maintain an alkaline cytoplasmic pH, which can enhance all glycolytic enzyme activities, even in the absence of oncogene-related expression changes. Based on this observation, we hypothesized that increased uptake and fermentative metabolism of glucose could be driven by the expulsion of H+ equivalents from the cell. To test this hypothesis, we stably transfected lowly-glycolytic MCF-7, U2-OS, and glycolytic HEK293 cells to express proton exporting systems: either PMA1 (yeast H+-ATPase) or CAIX (carbonic anhydrase 9). The expression of either exporter in vitro enhanced aerobic glycolysis as measured by glucose consumption, lactate production, and extracellular acidification rate. This resulted in an increased intracellular pH, and metabolomic analyses indicated that this was associated with an increased flux of all glycolytic enzymes upstream of pyruvate kinase. These cells also demonstrated increased migratory and invasive phenotypes in vitro, and these were recapitulated in vivo by more aggressive behavior, whereby the acid-producing cells formed higher grade tumors with higher rates of metastases. Neutralizing tumor acidity with oral buffers reduced the metastatic burden. Therefore, cancer cells with increased H+ export increase intracellular alkalization, even without oncogenic driver mutations, and this is sufficient to alter cancer metabolism towards a Warburg phenotype.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunxin Zhang ◽  
Kexin Shen ◽  
Hanyi Zha ◽  
Wentao Zhang ◽  
Haishan Zhang

Abstract BackgroundCircular RNA-BTG3 associated nuclear protein (circ-BANP) was identifified to involve in cell proliferation of colorectal cancer (CRC). The aerobic glycolysis is a key metabolism mediating cancer progression. However, the role of circ-BANP on aerobic glycolysis in CRC remains unknown. MethodsThe expression of circ-BANP, microRNA (miR)-874-3p, and mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1) mNRA was detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Cell viability and invasion were measured by cell counting kit-8 assay or transwell assay. Glucose consumption and lactate production were assessed by a glucose and lactate assay kit. XF Extracellular Flux Analyzer was used to determine extracellular acidifification rate (ECAR). Western blot was used to analyze the levels of hexokinase-2 (HK2), pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), MAPK1, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), Cyclin D1, N-cadherin, E-cadherin, hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), glucose transport protein 1(GLUT1), and c-Myc. The interaction between miR-874-3p and circ-BANP or MAPK1 was confifirmed by dual luciferase reporter assay. In vivo experiments were conducted through the murine xenograft model. ResultsCirc-BANP was up-regulated in CRC tissues and cell lines. Circ-BANP knockdown suppressed CRC cell proliferation, invasion and aerobic glycolysis in vitro as well as inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Circ-BANP was a sponge of miR-874-3p and performed anti-tumor effffects by binding to miR-874-3p in CRC cells. Subsequently, we confifirmed MAPK1 was a target of miR-874-3p and circ-BANP indirectly regulated MAPK1 expression by sponging miR-874-3p. After that, we found MAPK1 overexpression partially reversed circ-BANP deletion-mediated inhibition on cell carcinogenesis and aerobic glycolysis in CRC. ConclusionCirc-BANP accelerated cell carcinogenesis and aerobic glycolysis by regulating MAPK1 through miR- 874-3p in CRC, suggesting a promising therapeutic strategy for CRC treatment.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 565-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongqiang Wang ◽  
Rui Zhou ◽  
Li Sun ◽  
Jianling Xia ◽  
Xuchun Yang ◽  
...  

Aerobic glycolysis plays an important role in cancer progression. New target genes regulating cancer aerobic glycolysis must be explored to improve patient prognosis. Mitochondrial topoisomerase I (TOP1MT) deficiency suppresses glucose oxidative metabolism but enhances glycolysis in normal cells. Here, we examined the role of TOP1MT in gastric cancer (GC) and attempted to determine the underlying mechanism. Using in vitro and in vivo experiments and analyzing the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with GC, we found that TOP1MT expression was lower in GC samples than in adjacent nonmalignant tissues. TOP1MT knockdown significantly promoted GC migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, TOP1MT silencing increased glucose consumption, lactate production, glucose transporter 1 expression and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in GC. Additionally, regulation of glucose metabolism induced by TOP1MT was significantly associated with lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) expression. A retrospective analysis of clinical data from 295 patients with GC demonstrated that low TOP1MT expression was associated with lymph node metastasis, recurrence and high mortality rates. TOP1MT deficiency enhanced glucose aerobic glycolysis by stimulating LDHA to promote GC progression.


2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1105-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gokhan Demir ◽  
Hans Otto Klein ◽  
Nukhet Tuzuner
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2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weixing Dai ◽  
Xianke Meng ◽  
Shaobo Mo ◽  
Wenqiang Xiang ◽  
Ye Xu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Low expression of FOXE1, a member of Forkhead box (FOX) transcription factor family that plays vital roles in cancers, contributes to poor prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Materials and methods The effects of FOXE1 on the growth of colon cancer cells and the expression of glycolytic enzymes were investigated in vitro and in vivo. Molecular biological experiments were used to reveal the underlying mechanisms of altered aerobic glycolysis. CRC tissue specimens were used to determine the clinical association of ectopic metabolism caused by dysregulated FOXE1. Results FOXE1 is highly expressed in normal colon tissues compared with cancer tissues and low expression of FOXE1 is significantly associated with poor prognosis of CRC patients. Silencing FOXE1 in CRC cell lines dramatically enhanced cell proliferation and colony formation and promoted glucose consumption and lactate production, while enforced expression of FOXE1 manifested the opposite effects. Mechanistically, FOXE1 bound directly to the promoter region of HK2 and negatively regulated its transcription. Furthermore, the expression of FOXE1 in CRC tissues was negatively correlated with that of HK2. Conclusion FOXE1 functions as a critical tumor suppressor in regulating tumor growth and glycolysis via suppressing HK2 in CRC.


Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritprajak ◽  
Kaewraemruaen ◽  
Hirankarn

Tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDCs) are central players in the initiation and maintenance of immune tolerance and subsequent prevention of autoimmunity. Recent advances in treatment of autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have focused on inducing specific tolerance to avoid long-term use of immunosuppressive drugs. Therefore, DC-targeted therapies to either suppress DC immunogenicity or to promote DC tolerogenicity are of high interest. This review describes details of the typical characteristics of in vivo and ex vivo tolDC, which will help to select a protocol that can generate tolDC with high functional quality for clinical treatment of autoimmune disease in individual patients. In addition, we discuss the recent studies uncovering metabolic pathways and their interrelation intertwined with DC tolerogenicity. This review also highlights the clinical implications of tolDC-based therapy for SLE treatment, examines the current clinical therapeutics in patients with SLE, which can generate tolDC in vivo, and further discusses on possibility and limitation on each strategy. This synthesis provides new perspectives on development of novel therapeutic approaches for SLE and other autoimmune diseases.


2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 413-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth C. Bagley ◽  
Sayed F. Abdelwahab ◽  
Robert G. Tuskan ◽  
George K. Lewis

ABSTRACT Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) is a potent mitogen for fibroblasts and osteoblastic cells. PMT activates phospholipase C-β through Gqα, and the activation of this pathway is responsible for its mitogenic activity. Here, we investigated the effects of PMT on human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDC) in vitro and show a novel activity for PMT. In this regard, PMT activates MDDC to mature in a dose-dependent manner through the activation of phospholipase C and subsequent mobilization of calcium. This activation was accompanied by enhanced stimulation of naïve alloreactive T cells and dominant inhibition of interleukin-12 production in the presence of saturating concentrations of lipopolysaccharide. Surprisingly, although PMT mimics the activating effects of cholera toxin on human MDDC and mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells, we found that PMT is not a mucosal adjuvant and that it suppresses the adjuvant effects of cholera toxin in mice. Together, these results indicate discordant effects for PMT in vitro compared to those in vivo.


2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1317-1323 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Anderson ◽  
Gary E. Grajales-Reyes ◽  
Ansuman T. Satpathy ◽  
Carlos E. Vasquez Hueichucura ◽  
Theresa L. Murphy ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 103 (7) ◽  
pp. 2668-2676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz León ◽  
Gloria Martínez del Hoyo ◽  
Verónica Parrillas ◽  
Héctor Hernández Vargas ◽  
Paloma Sánchez-Mateos ◽  
...  

Abstract The monocyte capacity to differentiate into dendritic cells (DCs) was originally demonstrated by human in vitro DC differentiation assays that have subsequently become the essential methodologic approach for the production of DCs to be used in DC-mediated cancer immunotherapy protocols. In addition, in vitro DC generation from monocytes is a powerful tool to study DC differentiation and maturation. However, whether DC differentiation from monocytes occurs in vivo remains controversial, and the physiologic counterparts of in vitro monocyte-derived DCs are unknown. In addition, information on murine monocytes and monocyte-derived DCs is scarce. Here we show that mouse bone marrow monocytes can be differentiated in vitro into DCs using similar conditions as those defined in humans, including in vitro cultures with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 4 and reverse transendothelial migration assays. Importantly, we demonstrate that after in vivo transfer monocytes generate CD8- and CD8+ DCs in the spleen, but differentiate into macrophages on migration to the thoracic cavity. In conclusion, we support the hypothesis that monocytes generate DCs not only on entry into the lymph and migration to the lymph nodes as proposed, but also on extravasation from blood and homing to the spleen, suggesting that monocytes represent immediate precursors of lymphoid organ DCs. (Blood. 2004;103:2668-2676)


2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken-Zaburo Oshima ◽  
Kazuhito Asano ◽  
Ken-Ichi Kanai ◽  
Miyuki Suzuki ◽  
Harumi Suzaki

There is established concept that dendritic cells (DCs) play essential roles in the development of allergic immune responses. However, the influence of receptor antagonists on DC functions is not well defined. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of epinastine hydrochloride (EP), the most notable histamine receptor antagonists in Japan, onDermatophagoides farinae (Der f)-pulsed mouse bone marrow-derived DCs in vitro and in vivo. EP at more than 25 ng/mL could significantly inhibit the production of IL-6, TNF- and IL-10 fromDer f-pulsed DCs, which was increased byDer fchallenge in vitro. On the other hand, EP increased the ability ofDer f-pulsed DCs to produce IL-12. Intranasal instillation ofDer f-pulsed DCs resulted in nasal eosinophilia associated with a significant increase in IL-5 levels in nasal lavage fluids.Der f-pulsed and EP-treated DCs significantly inhibited nasal eosinophila and reduced IL-5. These results indicate that EP inhibits the development of Th2 immune responses through the modulation of DC functions and results in favorable modification of clinical status of allergic diseases.


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