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ArticleCell reports2023

Constitutively active autophagy in macrophages dampens inflammation through metabolic and post-transcriptional regulation of cytokine production.

Jinjin Xu, Lingjia Kong, Blayne A Oliver, Bihua Li, Elizabeth A Creasey, Gaelen Guzman, Monica Schenone, Kimberly L Carey, Steven A Carr, Daniel B Graham and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinjin XuBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Lingjia KongBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Blayne A OliverCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Bihua LiBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Elizabeth A CreaseyBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Gaelen GuzmanBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Monica SchenoneBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Kimberly L CareyBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Steven A CarrBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Daniel B GrahamBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Jacques DeguineBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Ramnik J XavierBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: xavier@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu.
Broad Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

RP5: Chemical proteomic discovery of small-molecule probes for autophagy proteinsU19AI142784 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI VIRGIN, HERBERT W · 2019 to 2023
$36.9M
Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Genetic and Pathway Analysis CoreU19AI109725 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI VIRGIN, HERBERT W · 2014 to 2018
$32.7M
ATG16L1 T300A: genetics to biologyR01DK097485 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI XAVIER, RAMNIK J · 2013 to 2021
$4.1M
Lysosome Homeostasis and Microbicidal Mechanisms in Innate ImmunityR01DK117263 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI XAVIER, RAMNIK J · 2018 to 2021
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109725NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI142784NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097485NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK117263
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is an essential cellular process that is deeply integrated with innate immune signaling; however, studies that examine the impact of autophagic modulation in the context of inflammatory conditions are lacking. Here, using mice with a constitutively active variant of the autophagy gene Beclin1, we show that increased autophagy dampens cytokine production during a model of macrophage activation syndrome and in adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) infection. Moreover, loss of functional autophagy through conditional deletion of Beclin1 in myeloid cells significantly enhances innate immunity in these contexts. We further analyzed primary macrophages from these animals with a combination of transcriptomics and proteomics to identify mechanistic targets downstream of autophagy. Our study reveals glutamine/glutathione metabolism and the RNF128/TBK1 axis as independent regulators of inflammation. Altogether, our work highlights increased autophagic flux as a potential approach to reduce inflammation and defines independent mechanistic cascades involved in this control.

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Crohn DiseaseEscherichia coli InfectionsAnimalsAutophagyBeclin-1CytokinesInflammationMacrophagesMiceBeclin-1CytokinesautophagyCP: Immunologyglutamine metabolismglutathione metabolisminfectioninflammationmacrophagesproteogenomicsRNF128TBK1 signaling

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PMID37392388
PMCPMC10503440
OpenAlexW4382776046

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