PMID- 33343357 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240330 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Metabolic Reprogramming-A New Era How to Prevent and Treat Graft Versus Host Disease After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Has Begun. PG - 588449 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2020.588449 [doi] LID - 588449 AB - Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the solitary therapeutic therapy for many types of hematological cancers. The benefits of this procedure are challenged by graft vs. host disease (GVHD), causing significant morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in the metabolomics field have revolutionized our understanding of complex human diseases, clinical diagnostics and allow to trace the de novo biosynthesis of metabolites. There is growing evidence for metabolomics playing a role in different aspects of GVHD, and therefore metabolomic reprogramming presents a novel tool for this disease. Pre-transplant cytokine profiles and metabolic status of allogeneic transplant recipients is shown to be linked with a threat of acute GVHD. Immune reactions underlying the pathophysiology of GVHD involve higher proliferation and migration of immune cells to the target site, requiring shifts in energy supply and demand. Metabolic changes and reduced availability of oxygen result in tissue and cellular hypoxia which is extensive enough to trigger transcriptional and translational changes. T cells, major players in acute GVHD pathophysiology, show increased glucose uptake and glycolytic activity. Effector T (Teff) cells activated during nutrient limiting conditions in vitro or multiplying during GVHD in vivo, depend more on oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and fatty acid oxidation (FAO). Dyslipidemia, such as the increase of medium and long chain fatty and polyunsaturated acids in plasma of GVHD patients, has been observed. Sphingolipids associate with inflammatory conditions and cancer. Chronic GVHD (cGVHD) patients show reduced branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and increased sulfur-containing metabolites post HSCT. Microbiota-derived metabolites such as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands, bile acids, plasmalogens and short chain fatty acids vary significantly and affect allogeneic immune responses during acute GVHD. Considering the multitude of possibilities, how altered metabolomics are involved in GVHD biology, multi-timepoints related and multivariable biomarker panels for prognosticating and understanding GVHD are needed. In this review, we will discuss the recent work addressing metabolomics reprogramming to control GVHD in detail. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Kumari, Palaniyandi and Hildebrandt. FAU - Kumari, Reena AU - Kumari R AD - Division of Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States. FAU - Palaniyandi, Senthilnathan AU - Palaniyandi S AD - Division of Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States. FAU - Hildebrandt, Gerhard C AU - Hildebrandt GC AD - Division of Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20201106 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC7748087 OTO - NOTNLM OT - allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation OT - glycolysis OT - graft versus host disease OT - krebs cycle OT - t cells EDAT- 2020/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/22 06:01 PMCR- 2020/11/06 CRDT- 2020/12/21 06:04 PHST- 2020/07/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/21 06:04 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 588449 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2020.588449 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2020 Nov 6;11:588449. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.588449. eCollection 2020.