Computational properties of mitochondria in T cell activation and fate

Uzhachenko, Roman V.; Shanker, Anil; Dupont, Geneviève

doi:10.1098/rsob.160192

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“…Whether the association of leptin, CYP1B1 and AhR ligands is correlated in adult obesity, in association with a decreased CD8+ T cell and NK cell cytotoxicity, as some data could suggest [209], will be important to determine. (21) Work on T cell function indicates an important role for mitochondria calcium regulation [210], with mitochondrial calcium uptake (MICU)1 and MICU2, rather than mitochondrial metabolic activity per se, proposed as significant regulators of immune cell function [211]. Recent data show melatonin to prevent cellular pathology via MICU regulation [212], indicating that variations in pineal and local melatonin production will modulate the MICU influence on mitochondria-determined immune cell function.…”

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Tumour Microenvironment: Roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, O-GlcNAcylation, Acetyl-CoA and Melatonergic Pathway in Regulating Dynamic Metabolic Interactions across Cell Types—Tumour Microenvironment and Metabolism

Anderson¹

2020

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This article reviews the dynamic interactions of the tumour microenvironment, highlighting the roles of acetyl-CoA and melatonergic pathway regulation in determining the interactions between oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and glycolysis across the array of cells forming the tumour microenvironment. Many of the factors associated with tumour progression and immune resistance, such as yin yang (YY)1 and glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)3β, regulate acetyl-CoA and the melatonergic pathway, thereby having significant impacts on the dynamic interactions of the different types of cells present in the tumour microenvironment. The association of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) with immune suppression in the tumour microenvironment may be mediated by the AhR-induced cytochrome P450 (CYP)1b1-driven ‘backward’ conversion of melatonin to its immediate precursor N-acetylserotonin (NAS). NAS within tumours and released from tumour microenvironment cells activates the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) receptor, TrkB, thereby increasing the survival and proliferation of cancer stem-like cells. Acetyl-CoA is a crucial co-substrate for initiation of the melatonergic pathway, as well as co-ordinating the interactions of OXPHOS and glycolysis in all cells of the tumour microenvironment. This provides a model of the tumour microenvironment that emphasises the roles of acetyl-CoA and the melatonergic pathway in shaping the dynamic intercellular metabolic interactions of the various cells within the tumour microenvironment. The potentiation of YY1 and GSK3β by O-GlcNAcylation will drive changes in metabolism in tumours and tumour microenvironment cells in association with their regulation of the melatonergic pathway. The emphasis on metabolic interactions across cell types in the tumour microenvironment provides novel future research and treatment directions.

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Tumour Microenvironment: Roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, O-GlcNAcylation, Acetyl-CoA and Melatonergic Pathway in Regulating Dynamic Metabolic Interactions across Cell Types—Tumour Microenvironment and Metabolism

Anderson¹

2020

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“…Therapies that prevent immune cell apoptosis could significantly reduce the mortality rate of sepsis ( Oberholzer et al, 2001 ). Mitochondria dysfunction plays a key role in promoting apoptosis in T cells ( Liesa and Shirihai, 2016 ; Uzhachenko et al, 2016 ), and inhibition of the mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway is essential for the development and maintenance of the immune system ( Chikka et al, 2016 ). Moreover, mitochondrial dysfunction and decreased expression of mitochondrial proteins occur during sepsis.…”

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Hydroxysafflor Yellow A Attenuates the Apoptosis of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Lymphocytes in a Murine Model of Sepsis

Wang

Gui

et al. 2017

Front. Pharmacol.

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Sepsis is generally considered as a severe condition of inflammation that leads to lymphocyte apoptosis and multiple organ dysfunction. Hydroxysafflor yellow A (HSYA) exerts anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects in infectious diseases. However, the therapeutic effect of HSYA on polymicrobial sepsis remains unknown. This study was undertaken to investigate the therapeutic effects and the mechanisms of action of HSYA on immunosuppression in a murine model of sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). NIH mice were randomly divided into four groups: control group, sham group, CLP group, and CLP+HSYA group. HSYA (120 mg/kg) was intravenously injected into experimental mice at 12 h before CLP, concurrent with CLP and 12 h after CLP. The levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines, the apoptosis of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes, and protein expression of cytochrome C (Cytc), Bax, Bcl-2, cleaved caspase-9, and cleaved caspase-3 were examined. Plasma levels of IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-alpha as well as the apoptosis of CD4+ T lymphocytes were increased compared with sham group. These changes were accompanied by increases of pro-apoptotic proteins including Cytc, Bax, cleaved caspase-9, and cleaved caspase-3 and decreases of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 in CD4+ T lymphocytes from mice undergoing CLP. In contrast, we fail to observe significant effect of HSYA on the apoptosis of CD8+ T lymphocytes in CLP-treated group. Of note, HSYA treatment reversed all above changes observed in CD4+ T lymphocytes, and significantly increased the ratio of CD4+:CD8+ T lymphocytes in CLP-treated mice. In conclusion, HSYA was an effective therapeutic agent in ameliorating sepsis-induced apoptosis of CD4+ T lymphocytes probably through its anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects.

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“…Signal localisation, and amplitude and frequency modulation have been widely explored (3)(4)(5), however, mechanisms for information encoding in the cumulative signal (i.e. area under the curve (AUC), proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, or duty cycle (DC)) have also been proposed (6)(7)(8). Determining which method of information encoding is relevant to a specific signalling pathway requires determining what type of signal encoding the system is capable of, and whether the downstream effector of the signal is capable of temporal signal integration, high or low pass filtering, or threshold filtering.…”

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Ca2+ Release via IP3 Receptors Shapes the Cardiac Ca2+ Transient for Hypertrophic Signaling

Hunt

Tilūnaitė

Bass

et al. 2020

Biophysical Journal

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Calcium (Ca 2+ ) plays a central role in mediating both contractile function and hypertrophic signalling in ventricular cardiomyocytes. L-type Ca 2+ channels trigger release of Ca 2+ from ryanodine receptors (RyRs) for cellular contraction, while signalling downstream of Gq coupled receptors stimulates Ca 2+ release via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP 3 Rs), engaging hypertrophic signalling pathways. Modulation of the amplitude, duration, and duty cycle of the cytosolic Ca 2+ contraction signal, and spatial localisation, have all been proposed to encode this hypertrophic signal. Given current knowledge of IP 3 Rs, we develop a model describing the effect of functional interaction (cross-talk) between RyR and IP 3 R channels on the Ca 2+ transient, and examine the sensitivity of the Ca 2+ transient shape to properties of IP 3 R activation. A key result of our study is that IP 3 R activation increases Ca 2+ transient duration for a broad range of IP 3 R properties, but the effect of IP 3 R activation on Ca 2+ transient amplitude is dependent on IP 3 concentration. Furthermore we demonstrate that IP 3 -mediated Ca 2+ release in the cytosol increases the duty cycle of the Ca 2+ transient, the fraction of the cycle for which [Ca 2+ ] is elevated, across a broad range of parameter values and IP 3 concentrations. When coupled to a model of downstream transcription factor (NFAT) activation, we demonstrate that there is a high correspondence between the Ca 2+ transient duty cycle and the proportion of activated NFAT in the nucleus. These findings suggest increased cytosolic Ca 2+ duty cycle as a plausible mechanism for IP 3 -dependent hypertrophic signalling via Ca 2+ -sensitive transcription factors such as NFAT in ventricular cardiomyocytes. SIGNIFICANCE Many studies have identified a role for IP 3 R-mediated Ca 2+ signalling in cardiac hypertrophy, however the mechanism by which this signal is communicated within the cardiomyocyte remains unclear. We present a mathematical model of functional interactions between RyR and IP 3 R channels. We show that IP 3 -mediated Ca 2+ release is capable of providing a modest increase to the duty cycle of the calcium signal, which has been shown experimentally to lead to NFAT activation, and hence hypertrophic signalling. Through a parameter sensitivity analysis we demonstrate that the duty cycle is increased with IP 3 over a broad parameter regime, indicating that this mechanism is robust, and we show that an increase in Ca 2+ duty cycle increases nuclear NFAT activation. These findings suggest a plausible mechanism for IP3R-dependent hypertrophic signalling in cardiomyocytes. INTRODUCTIONCalcium is a universal second messenger that plays a role in controlling many cellular processes across a wide variety of cell types; ranging from fertilisation, cell contraction, and cell growth, to cell death (1, 2). Precisely how Ca 2+ fulfills each of these † These authors contributed equally to the supervision of this work.

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Computational properties of mitochondria in T cell activation and fate

Cited by 5 publications

References 168 publications

Tumour Microenvironment: Roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, O-GlcNAcylation, Acetyl-CoA and Melatonergic Pathway in Regulating Dynamic Metabolic Interactions across Cell Types—Tumour Microenvironment and Metabolism

Tumour Microenvironment: Roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, O-GlcNAcylation, Acetyl-CoA and Melatonergic Pathway in Regulating Dynamic Metabolic Interactions across Cell Types—Tumour Microenvironment and Metabolism

Hydroxysafflor Yellow A Attenuates the Apoptosis of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Lymphocytes in a Murine Model of Sepsis

Ca2+ Release via IP3 Receptors Shapes the Cardiac Ca2+ Transient for Hypertrophic Signaling

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