MTOR regulates metabolic adaptation of APCs in the lung and controls the outcome of allergic inflammation

Charles Sinclair, Gayathri Bommakanti, Luiz Gardinassi, Jens Loebbermann, Matthew Joseph Johnson, Paul Hakimpour, Thomas Hagan, Lydia Benitez, Andrei Todor, Deepa Machiah, Timothy Oriss, Anuradha Ray, Steven Bosinger, Rajesh Ravindran, Shuzhao Li, Bali Pulendran

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Abstract

Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) occupy diverse anatomical tissues, but their tissuerestricted homeostasis remains poorly understood. Here, working with mouse models of inflammation, we found that mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR)-dependent metabolic adaptation was required at discrete locations. mTOR was dispensable for dendritic cell (DC) homeostasis in secondary lymphoid tissues but necessary to regulate cellular metabolism and accumulation of CD103+ DCs and alveolar macrophages in lung. Moreover, while numbers of mTOR-deficient lung CD11b+ DCs were not changed, they were metabolically reprogrammed to skew allergic inflammation from eosinophilic T helper cell 2 (TH2) to neutrophilic TH17 polarity. The mechanism for this change was independent of translational control but dependent on inflammatory DCs, which produced interleukin-23 and increased fatty acid oxidation. mTOR therefore mediates metabolic adaptation of APCs in distinct tissues, influencing the immunological character of allergic inflammation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1014-1021
Number of pages8
JournalScience
Volume357
Issue number6355
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 8 2017

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