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Regulatory T Cell Migration Is Dependent on Glucokinase-Mediated Glycolysis.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Kishore, Madhav 
Cheung, Kenneth CP 
Fu, Hongmei 
Bonacina, Fabrizia 
Wang, Guosu 

Abstract

Migration of activated regulatory T (Treg) cells to inflamed tissue is crucial for their immune-modulatory function. While metabolic reprogramming during Treg cell differentiation has been extensively studied, the bioenergetics of Treg cell trafficking remains undefined. We have investigated the metabolic demands of migrating Treg cells in vitro and in vivo. We show that glycolysis was instrumental for their migration and was initiated by pro-migratory stimuli via a PI3K-mTORC2-mediated pathway culminating in induction of the enzyme glucokinase (GCK). Subsequently, GCK promoted cytoskeletal rearrangements by associating with actin. Treg cells lacking this pathway were functionally suppressive but failed to migrate to skin allografts and inhibit rejection. Similarly, human carriers of a loss-of-function GCK regulatory protein gene-leading to increased GCK activity-had reduced numbers of circulating Treg cells. These cells displayed enhanced migratory activity but similar suppressive function, while conventional T cells were unaffected. Thus, GCK-dependent glycolysis regulates Treg cell migration.

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Keywords

CD28, CTLA-4, glycolysis, mTOR, metabolism, migration, regulatory T cells, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Animals, CD28 Antigens, CTLA-4 Antigen, Cells, Cultured, Glucokinase, Glycolysis, Humans, Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1, Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2, Mice, Mice, Inbred Strains, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory

Journal Title

Immunity

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Journal ISSN

1074-7613
1097-4180

Volume Title

47

Publisher

Elsevier BV