Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Immunol. 2021 May 3;12:654225. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.654225. eCollection 2021.
Natural killer (NK) cells are the predominant innate lymphocytes that provide early defense against infections. In the inflammatory milieu, NK cells modify their metabolism to support high energy demands required for their proliferation, activation, and functional plasticity. This metabolic reprogramming is usually accompanied by the upregulation of nutrient transporter expression on the cell surface, leading to increased nutrient uptake required for intense proliferation. The interleukin-1 family members of inflammatory cytokines are critical in activating NK cells during infection; however, their underlying mechanism in NK cell metabolism is not fully elucidated. Previously, we have shown that IL-18 upregulates the expression of solute carrier transmembrane proteins and thereby induces a robust metabolic boost in NK cells. Unexpectedly, we found that IL-18 signaling is dispensable during viral infection , while the upregulation of nutrient transporters is primarily MyD88-dependent. NK cells from mice displayed significantly reduced surface expression of nutrient receptors and mTOR activity during MCMV infection. We also identified that IL-33, another cytokine employing MyD88 signaling, induces the expression of nutrient transporters but requires a pre-exposure to IL-12. Moreover, signaling through the NK cell activating receptor, Ly49H, can also promote the expression of nutrient transporters. Collectively, our findings revealed multiple pathways that can induce the expression of nutrient transporters on NK cells while highlighting the imperative role of MyD88 in NK cell metabolism during infection.
自然杀伤 (NK) 细胞是主要的先天淋巴细胞,可提供针对感染的早期防御。在炎症环境中,NK 细胞会改变其代谢以支持增殖、激活和功能可塑性所需的高能量需求。这种代谢重编程通常伴随着细胞表面营养转运蛋白表达的上调,从而导致强烈增殖所需的营养摄取增加。炎症细胞因子白细胞介素-1 家族成员在感染期间对激活 NK 细胞至关重要;然而,其在 NK 细胞代谢中的潜在机制尚未完全阐明。以前,我们已经表明,IL-18 上调溶质载体跨膜蛋白的表达,从而在 NK 细胞中诱导强烈的代谢促进作用。出乎意料的是,我们发现 IL-18 信号在病毒感染期间是可有可无的,而营养转运蛋白的上调主要依赖于 MyD88。在 MCMV 感染期间,来自 小鼠的 NK 细胞表现出明显减少的营养受体表面表达和 mTOR 活性。我们还确定,另一种采用 MyD88 信号的细胞因子 IL-33 诱导营养转运蛋白的表达,但需要预先暴露于 IL-12。此外,NK 细胞激活受体 Ly49H 的信号传导也可以促进营养转运蛋白的表达。总之,我们的发现揭示了多种途径可以诱导 NK 细胞表达营养转运蛋白,同时强调了 MyD88 在感染期间 NK 细胞代谢中的重要作用。
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