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ArticleScience advances2026

Vitronectin metabolically programs profibrotic macrophages in 3D cultures and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Sean W Cutter, Gang Liu, Eleanor Saunders, Bailey Cardwell, Vinzenz Hofferek, Thomas Soerianto, Kaitlyn Ritchie, Erin N S McGowan, Tien K Nguyen, Ivan K H Poon and 8 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Sean W CutterCentre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease Research, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0009-0009-7379-8029
Gang LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0489-2638
Eleanor SaundersDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Bailey CardwellDepartment of Immunology, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4686-4210
Vinzenz HofferekDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Thomas SoeriantoDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0009-0005-0452-7074
Kaitlyn RitchieDepartment of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.
Erin N S McGowanDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Tien K NguyenDepartment of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5224-2157
Ivan K H PoonDepartment of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9119-7173
Malcolm J McConvilleDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7107-7887
Benjamin J MarslandDepartment of Immunology, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
Glen P WestallDepartment of Immunology, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3711-068X
Mark D HulettDepartment of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2072-5968
Nicholas P ReynoldsDepartment of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4360-1335
Mark D WrightDepartment of Immunology, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2177-5214
Philip M HansbroCentre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, Camperdown, New South Wales 2050, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4741-3035
Katrina J BingerCentre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease Research, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1139-3308

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages are key drivers of inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, and their activation is shaped by interactions in their tissue microenvironment. However, dissecting the processes that drive immunopathology has proved challenging, as traditional two-dimensional (2D) culture methods fail to capture the complex molecular environment that macrophages inhabit in vivo. To address this, we generated a 3D in vitro model to better mimic the in vivo biophysical microenvironment. We show that the extracellular matrix protein vitronectin promotes a previously unknown profibrotic macrophage phenotype in 3D that is characterized by increased expression of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD

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Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMacrophagesVitronectinAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesDisease Models, AnimalHumansMetabolic ReprogrammingMiceVitronectin

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PMID42455923
PMCPMC13371895

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