Brucella induced upregulation of NO promote macrophages glycolysis through the NF-κB/G6PD pathway


Cao S. Guo J. Zhu D. Sun Z. Liu L. Zhang Y. Maratbek S. Wang Z. Zhang J. Li W. Ding J. Deng X. Zhang H.
5 December 2024Elsevier B.V.

International Immunopharmacology
2024#142

Increased glycolytic metabolism recently emerged as an essential process driving host defense against Brucella, but little is known about how this process is regulated during infection. We have identified a critical role for nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factor regulation in glycolytic switching during Brucella infection for the first time. Chromatin immunoprecipitation with next-generation sequencing for NF-κB and DNA Pull-Down revealed two novel NF-κB-binding sites in the enhancer region of the Nitric oxide (NO)production-response regulator gene glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), which is important for the switch to glycolysis during a Brucella infection. These findings demonstrate that Brucella drives metabolic reprogramming by inhibiting host oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and enhancing its glycolysis via the NF-κB-G6PD-NO-pathway. These studies provide a theoretical basis for investigating drugs or vaccines to control Brucella colonization and induction of undulant by manipulating host metabolic patterns.

Brucella , G6PD , Glycolysis , Nitric oxide

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State International Joint Research Center for Animal Health Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
College of Veterinary, National Agricultural University of Kazakhstan, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan
Xinjiang Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Urumqi, China

State International Joint Research Center for Animal Health Breeding
College of Veterinary
Xinjiang Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control

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