| First Author | Mesquita I | Year | 2020 |
| Journal | Cell Rep | Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 12 | Pages | 4052-4064.e7 |
| PubMed ID | 32209468 | Mgi Jnum | J:288319 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6416708 | Doi | 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.098 |
| Citation | Mesquita I, et al. (2020) The Absence of HIF-1alpha Increases Susceptibility to Leishmania donovani Infection via Activation of BNIP3/mTOR/SREBP-1c Axis. Cell Rep 30(12):4052-4064.e7 |
| abstractText | Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1alpha) is considered a global regulator of cellular metabolism and innate immune cell functions. Intracellular pathogens such as Leishmania have been reported to manipulate host cell metabolism. Herein, we demonstrate that myeloid cells from myeloid-restricted HIF-1alpha-deficient mice and individuals with loss-of-function HIF1A gene polymorphisms are more susceptible to L. donovani infection through increased lipogenesis. Absence of HIF-1alpha leads to a defect in BNIP3 expression, resulting in the activation of mTOR and nuclear translocation of SREBP-1c. We observed the induction of lipogenic gene transcripts, such as FASN, and lipid accumulation in infected HIF-1alpha(-/-) macrophages. L. donovani-infected HIF-1alpha-deficient mice develop hypertriglyceridemia and lipid accumulation in splenic and hepatic myeloid cells. Most importantly, our data demonstrate that manipulating FASN or SREBP-1c using pharmacological inhibitors significantly reduced parasite burden. As such, genetic deficiency of HIF-1alpha is associated with increased lipid accumulation, which results in impaired host-protective anti-leishmanial functions of myeloid cells. |
