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A helminth enzyme subverts macrophage-mediated immunity by epigenetic targeting of prostaglandin synthesis.
Sci. Immunol. 9:eadl1467 (2024)
The molecular mechanisms by which worm parasites evade host immunity are incompletely understood. In a mouse model of intestinal helminth infection using Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (Hpb), we show that helminthic glutamate dehydrogenase (heGDH) drives parasite chronicity by suppressing macrophage-mediated host defense. Combining RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and targeted lipidomics, we identify prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) as a major immune regulatory mechanism of heGDH. The induction of PGE2 and other immunoregulatory factors, including IL-12 family cytokines and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1, by heGDH required p300-mediated histone acetylation, whereas the enzyme's catalytic activity suppressed the synthesis of type 2-promoting leukotrienes by macrophages via 2-hydroxyglutarate. By contrast, the induction of immunoregulatory factors involved the heGDH N terminus by potentially mediating interactions with cellular targets (CD64 and GPNMB) identified by proteomics. Type 2 cytokines counteracted suppressive effects of heGDH on host defense, indicating that type 2 immunity can limit helminth-driven immune evasion. Thus, helminths harness a ubiquitous metabolic enzyme to epigenetically target type 2 macrophage activation and establish chronicity.
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Ccp4 Suite; Cells; Inflammation; Polarization; Activation; Expression; Phenotype; Proteome; Type-1; Focus
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englisch
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2024
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2024
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2470-9468
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2470-9468
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Band: 9,
Heft: 102,
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Washington, DC
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Peer reviewed
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30202 - Environmental Health
30203 - Molecular Targets and Therapies
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
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Allergy
Enabling and Novel Technologies
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G-554600-001
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A-630700-001
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Swedish Research Council
Swiss National Science Foundation
Helmholtz Young Investigator grant by the Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
German Research Foundation
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2024-12-10