PMID- 33900381 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211122 LR - 20211122 IS - 1470-8728 (Electronic) IS - 0264-6021 (Linking) VI - 478 IP - 10 DP - 2021 May 28 TI - FATP4 inactivation in cultured macrophages attenuates M1- and ER stress-induced cytokine release via a metabolic shift towards triacylglycerides. PG - 1861-1877 LID - 10.1042/BCJ20210155 [doi] AB - Fatty acid transport protein 4 (FATP4) belongs to a family of acyl-CoA synthetases which activate long-chain fatty acids into acyl-CoAs subsequently used in specific metabolic pathways. Patients with FATP4 mutations and Fatp4-null mice show thick desquamating skin and other complications, however, FATP4 role on macrophage functions has not been studied. We here determined whether the levels of macrophage glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids including ceramides, triacylglycerides, and cytokine release could be altered by FATP4 inactivation. Two in vitro experimental systems were studied: FATP4 knockdown in THP-1-derived macrophages undergoing M1 (LPS + IFNgamma) or M2 (IL-4) activation and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from macrophage-specific Fatp4-knockout (Fatp4M-/-) mice undergoing tunicamycin (TM)-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress. FATP4-deficient macrophages showed a metabolic shift towards triacylglycerides and were protected from M1- or TM-induced release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and cellular injury. Fatp4M-/- BMDMs showed specificity in attenuating TM-induced activation of inositol-requiring enzyme1alpha, but not other unfolded protein response pathways. Under basal conditions, FATP4/Fatp4 deficiency decreased the levels of ceramides and induced an up-regulation of mannose receptor CD206 expression. The deficiency led to an attenuation of IL-8 release in THP-1 cells as well as TNF-alpha and IL-12 release in BMDMs. Thus, FATP4 functions as an acyl-CoA synthetase in macrophages and its inactivation suppresses the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines by shifting fatty acids towards the synthesis of specific lipids. CI - (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society. FAU - Zhang, Yuling AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Wu, Ning AU - Wu N AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Gan-Schreier, Hongying AU - Gan-Schreier H AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Xu, Feng AU - Xu F AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Tuma-Kellner, Sabine AU - Tuma-Kellner S AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Staffer, Simone AU - Staffer S AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Seessle, Jessica AU - Seessle J AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Merle, Uta AU - Merle U AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Chamulitrat, Walee AU - Chamulitrat W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5999-7664 AD - Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Biochem J JT - The Biochemical journal JID - 2984726R RN - 0 (Acyl Coenzyme A) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Fatty Acid Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Slc27a4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) SB - IM MH - Acyl Coenzyme A/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/*metabolism MH - *Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress MH - Fatty Acid Transport Proteins/*physiology MH - Macrophages/*immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Myeloid Cells/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Triglycerides/*metabolism MH - *Unfolded Protein Response OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER stress OT - ceramides OT - fatty acid transport protein 4 OT - lipidomics OT - polarized macrophages OT - triacylglycerides EDAT- 2021/04/27 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/23 06:00 CRDT- 2021/04/26 12:22 PHST- 2021/03/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/26 12:22 [entrez] AID - 228461 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BCJ20210155 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem J. 2021 May 28;478(10):1861-1877. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20210155.