Drosophila macrophages switch to aerobic glycolysis to mount effective antibacterial defense
- University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Indiana University, United States
Abstract
Macrophage-mediated phagocytosis and cytokine production represent the front lines of resistance to bacterial invaders. A key feature of this pro-inflammatory response in mammals is the complex remodeling of cellular metabolism towards aerobic glycolysis. Although, the function of bactericidal macrophages is highly conserved, the metabolic remodeling of insect macrophages remains poorly understood. Here we used the adult fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to investigate the metabolic changes that occur in macrophages during the acute and resolution phases of Streptococcus-induced sepsis. Our studies revealed that orthologs of the Hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) and Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) are required for macrophage activation, their bactericidal function, and resistance to infection, thus documenting conservation of this cellular response between insect and mammals. Further, we show that macrophages employing aerobic glycolysis induce changes in systemic metabolism that are necessary to meet the biosynthetic and energetic demands of their function and resistance to bacterial infection.
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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. Source data have been provided for Figures 2 and 4 in the Supplement.
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Grantová Agentura České Republiky (Project 17-16406S)
- Tomáš Doležal
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35 MIRA 1R35GM119557)
- Jason M Tennessen
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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- Utpal Banerjee, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Version history
- Received: July 25, 2019
- Accepted: October 12, 2019
- Accepted Manuscript published: October 14, 2019 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: November 20, 2019 (version 2)
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© 2019, Krejčová et al.
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Drosophila macrophages switch to aerobic glycolysis to mount effective antibacterial defense
eLife 8:e50414.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50414
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