Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Regulates Nuclear Gene Expression in Macrophages Exposed to Prostaglandin E2

David E. Sanin, Mai Matsushita, Ramon I. Klein Geltink, Katarzyna M. Grzes, Nikki van Teijlingen Bakker, Mauro Corrado, Agnieszka M. Kabat, Michael D. Buck, Jing Qiu, Simon J. Lawless, Alanna M. Cameron, Matteo Villa, Francesc Baixauli, Annette E. Patterson, Fabian Hässler, Jonathan D. Curtis, Christina M. O'Neill, David O'Sullivan, Duojiao Wu, Gerhard MittlerStanley Ching Cheng Huang, Erika L. Pearce, Edward J. Pearce

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Abstract

Metabolic engagement is intrinsic to immune cell function. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has been shown to modulate macrophage activation, yet how PGE2 might affect metabolism is unclear. Here, we show that PGE2 caused mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm) to dissipate in interleukin-4-activated (M(IL-4)) macrophages. Effects on Δψm were a consequence of PGE2-initiated transcriptional regulation of genes, particularly Got1, in the malate-aspartate shuttle (MAS). Reduced Δψm caused alterations in the expression of 126 voltage-regulated genes (VRGs), including those encoding resistin-like molecule α (RELMα), a key marker of M(IL-4) cells, and genes that regulate the cell cycle. The transcription factor ETS variant 1 (ETV1) played a role in the regulation of 38% of the VRGs. These results reveal ETV1 as a Δψm-sensitive transcription factor and Δψm as a mediator of mitochondrial-directed nuclear gene expression. Metabolism regulates macrophage activation. Sanin et al. demonstrate that in IL-4-activated macrophages, PGE2 induces changes in the expression of malate-aspartate shuttle genes, which in turn leads to changes in mitochondrial membrane potential and triggers alterations in chromatin accessibility and ETV1-dependent changes in expression of a gene set that includes Retnla.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1021-1033.e6
JournalImmunity
Volume49
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 18 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ETS variant 1
  • ETV1
  • IL-4
  • PGE2
  • RELMα
  • immunometabolism
  • interleukin-4
  • macrophage
  • malate-aspartate shuttle
  • mitochondria
  • mitochondrial membrane potential
  • proliferation
  • prostaglandin E2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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