Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Nat Immunol. 2024 Mar;25(3):552-561. doi: 10.1038/s41590-023-01738-0. Epub 2024 Jan 23.
The steady flow of lactic acid (LA) from tumor cells to the extracellular space via the monocarboxylate transporter symport system suppresses antitumor T cell immunity. However, LA is a natural energy metabolite that can be oxidized in the mitochondria and could potentially stimulate T cells. Here we show that the lactate-lowering mood stabilizer lithium carbonate (LC) can inhibit LA-mediated CD8 T cell immunosuppression. Cytoplasmic LA increased the pumping of protons into lysosomes. LC interfered with vacuolar ATPase to block lysosomal acidification and rescue lysosomal diacylglycerol-PKCθ signaling to facilitate monocarboxylate transporter 1 localization to mitochondrial membranes, thus transporting LA into the mitochondria as an energy source for CD8 T cells. These findings indicate that targeting LA metabolism using LC could support cancer immunotherapy.
乳酸(LA)通过单羧酸转运体协同转运系统从肿瘤细胞稳定地流向细胞外间隙,抑制抗肿瘤 T 细胞免疫。然而,LA 是一种天然的能量代谢物,可以在线粒体中被氧化,并且可能刺激 T 细胞。在这里,我们表明,降低乳酸的心境稳定剂碳酸锂(LC)可以抑制 LA 介导的 CD8 T 细胞免疫抑制。细胞质中的 LA 增加了质子向溶酶体的泵入。LC 干扰液泡型 ATP 酶以阻断溶酶体酸化并挽救溶酶体二酰基甘油-PKCθ 信号,从而促进单羧酸转运蛋白 1 定位于线粒体膜,从而将 LA 作为 CD8 T 细胞的能量来源转运到线粒体中。这些发现表明,使用 LC 靶向 LA 代谢可以支持癌症免疫治疗。
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