Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Metabolism As Hallmarks for Innate Immune Cell Activation and Function
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cells Review Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Metabolism as Hallmarks for Innate Immune Cell Activation and Function 1, 1, 1,2, Haoxin Zhao y, Lydia N. Raines y and Stanley Ching-Cheng Huang * 1 Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; [email protected] (H.Z.); [email protected] (L.N.R.) 2 Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +1-216-368-3909 These authors have contributed equally. y Received: 10 February 2020; Accepted: 26 February 2020; Published: 27 February 2020 Abstract: Immune activation is now understood to be fundamentally linked to intrinsic and/or extrinsic metabolic processes which are essential for immune cells to survive, proliferate, and perform their effector functions. Moreover, disruption or dysregulation of these pathways can result in detrimental outcomes and underly a number of pathologies in both communicable and non-communicable diseases. In this review, we discuss how the metabolism of carbohydrates and amino acids in particular can modulate innate immunity and how perturbations in these pathways can result in failure of these immune cells to properly function or induce unfavorable phenotypes. Keywords: innate immunity; carbohydrates; amino acids; immunometabolism 1. Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Metabolism The field of immunometabolism has grown significantly over the past several decades, perhaps driven by the realization that cellular metabolism is fundamental to the activation and effector function of all cells within the body. While early links between immunity and metabolism were uncovered in the late 1900s, it was not until the early 2000s when it was observed that macrophages within the adipose tissue of obese mice exhibited an upregulation of inflammatory gene expression that this association was fully appreciated [1,2]. Since then, detailed reports into the activation and effector function of these adipose tissue-associated macrophages have paved the way to insights into how cellular metabolism affects other immune cell subtypes as well as how these signaling cascades influence global changes in these cells. Here, we discuss how carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism shape phenotypic outcomes in innate immune cells. 1.1. Carbohydrate Metabolism Perhaps the most well-known metabolic pathway is glycolysis. Glycolysis begins with the acquisition of glucose through glucose transporters (e.g., GLUT1) (Figure1). Upon entering the cell, glucose is catalytically broken down in the cytosol via an ATP-dependent hexokinase reaction into the first product of the glycolytic pathway glucose-6-phosphate (G6P). G6P is further metabolized to the eventual final glycolytic product pyruvate, resulting in a net gain of 2 ATP [3,4]. In parallel to glycolysis, G6P can also enter the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) in the cytosol, where G6P is converted into ribose for RNA synthesis, NADPH production and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. This pathway is also necessary to reduce glutathione (GSH), an antioxidant and ROS Cells 2020, 9, 562; doi:10.3390/cells9030562 www.mdpi.com/journal/cells Cells 2020, 9, 562 2 of 22 Cells 2020, 9, 562 2 of 22 scavenger that is crucial to protect pro-inflammatory immune cells from incurring damage from increasedscavenger ROS that production is crucial to [5 ].protect In the pro oxidative-inflammatory phase, immune G6P is cells converted from incurring to ribulose-5-phosphate damage from by 6-phosphogluconateincreased ROS production dehydrogenase [5]. In the oxidative (PGD) phase, for NADPH G6P is converted production, to ribulose which-5- isphosphate not only by used by NADPH6-phosphogluconate oxidase (NOX) dehydrogenase to generate (PGD) ROS for [6], NADPH but is alsoproduction, utilized which for fatty is not acid only biosynthesis used by in NADPH oxidase (NOX) to generate ROS [6], but is also utilized for fatty acid biosynthesis in the the prostaglandin production, plasma membrane synthesis, and phagocytic function in phagocytic prostaglandin production, plasma membrane synthesis, and phagocytic function in phagocytic cells cells [7,8]. Furthermore, the generation of ribose-5-phosphate serves as a precursor for nucleotides [7,8]. Furthermore, the generation of ribose-5-phosphate serves as a precursor for nucleotides and and amino acids, which have roles in many other biosynthetic functions that will be described below. amino acids, which have roles in many other biosynthetic functions that will be described below. 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Similarly, succinate entering the responses [9,10]. Similarly, succinate entering the cytosol can be used as a cue to inhibit the activity of cytosol can be used as a cue to inhibit the activity of HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase (PHD) and aid HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase (PHD) and aid HIF-1α-stabilization. This in turn, increases expression of HIF-1α-stabilization. This in turn, increases expression of glycolytic machinery during inflammation glycolytic[11,12]. machinery Thus, TCA duringcycle is inflammationone point of disparity [11,12]. amongst Thus, TCA pro- cycleinflammation is one point and an ofti disparity-inflammation amongst pro-inflammationin immune cells and which anti-inflammation will be discussed inin immunedetail below. cells which will be discussed in detail below. FigureFigure 1. Overview 1. Overview of majorof major carbohydrate carbohydrate metabolicmetabolic pathways. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are are highlighted highlighted in in red withred with the majorthe major contributions contributions of of the the respective respective pathwayspathways described described in in the the brackets. brackets. ETC, ETC, electron electron transporttransport chain; chain; F-1-P, F- fructose-1-phosphate;1-P, fructose-1-phosphate; F-1,6-BP, F-1,6- fructoseBP, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate; 1,6-bisphosphate; FAD, FAD, flavin flavin adenine dinucleotide;adenine dinucleotide; FAS, fatty acidFAS,synthase; fatty acid s FAO,ynthase fatty; FAO, acid fatty oxidation; acid oxidation; GLS, glutaminase; GLS, glutaminase GLUT1,; GLUT1, glucose transporterglucose 1;transporter NAD, nicotinamide 1; NAD, adenine nicotinamide dinucleotide; adenine OXPHOS, dinucleotide; oxidative OXPHOS, phosphorylation; oxidative PPP, pentosephosphorylation; phosphate pathway; PPP, pentose SGLT1, phosphate sodium /glucosepathway; con-transporter SGLT1, sodium/glucose 1; SLC1A5, con neutral-transporter amino 1; acid SLC1A5, neutral amino acid transporter family 1 member 5; SLC2A5, neutral amino acid transporter transporter family 1 member 5; SLC2A5, neutral amino acid transporter family 2 member 5; TCA, tricarboxylic acid cycle or Krebs cycle; UDPG, uridine diphosphate-glucose. Cells 2020, 9, 562 3 of 22 TCA cycle generates the reducing equivalents NADH and FADH2 which are essential to support the activity of mitochondrial respiratory chain, also known as the electron transport chain (ETC). The ETC is composed of four large multiprotein complexes (complex I to IV), and two diffusible electron carriers (cytochrome C and ubiquinone) in the inner membrane of mitochondrion. It is known that Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation via tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) translocation to the mitochondria interacts with evolutionarily conserved signaling intermediate in the Toll pathway (ECSIT) to promote mitochondrial ROS (mtROS) production and the recruitment of the mitochondria to phagosomes [13]. The complexes of the ETC except for complex II (or Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)) are able to form supercomplexes in the mitochondrial inner membrane which limit excessive mtROS formation from the respiratory chain [14]. The oxidation of succinate