PMID- 34454372 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211021 LR - 20221003 IS - 1878-5905 (Electronic) IS - 0142-9612 (Print) IS - 0142-9612 (Linking) VI - 277 DP - 2021 Oct TI - Inhibition of glycolysis in the presence of antigen generates suppressive antigen-specific responses and restrains rheumatoid arthritis in mice. PG - 121079 LID - S0142-9612(21)00435-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121079 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) rely on glycolysis for their energy needs to induce pro-inflammatory antigen-specific immune responses. Therefore, inhibiting DC glycolysis, while presenting the self-antigen, may prevent pro-inflammatory antigen-specific immune responses. Previously we demonstrated that microparticles with alpha-ketoglutarate (aKG) in the polymer backbone (paKG MPs) were able to generate anti-inflammatory DCs by sustained delivery of the aKG metabolite, and by modulating energy metabolism of DCs. Herein, we demonstrate that paKG MPs-based delivery of a glycolytic inhibitor, PFK15, using paKG MPs induces anti-inflammatory DCs (CD86(Lo)MHCII(+)) by down-regulating glycolysis, CD86, tnf and IL-6 genes, while upregulating oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and mitochondrial genes. Furthermore, paKG MPs delivering PFK15 and a self-antigen, collagen type II (bc2), in vivo, in a collagen-induced autoimmune arthritis (CIA) mouse model, normalized paw inflammation and arthritis score, by generating antigen-specific immune responses. Specifically, these formulations were able to reduce activation of DCs in draining lymph nodes and impressively generated proliferating bc2-specific anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells in joint-associated popliteal lymph nodes. These data strongly suggest that sustained glycolytic inhibition of DCs in the presence of an antigen can induce antigen-specific immunosuppressive responses, therefore, generating a technology that can be applicable for treating autoimmune diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Mangal, Joslyn L AU - Mangal JL AD - Biological Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA. FAU - Inamdar, Sahil AU - Inamdar S AD - Chemical Engineering, School for the Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA. FAU - Le, Tien AU - Le T AD - Chemical Engineering, School for the Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA. FAU - Shi, Xiaojian AU - Shi X AD - College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 85281, USA. FAU - Curtis, Marion AU - Curtis M AD - Mayo Clinic, Department of Immunology, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA. FAU - Gu, Haiwei AU - Gu H AD - College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 85281, USA. FAU - Acharya, Abhinav P AU - Acharya AP AD - Biological Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA; Chemical Engineering, School for the Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA; Materials Science and Engineering, School for the Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA; Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Virotherapy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA; Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological and Health System Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA. Electronic address: abhi.acharya@asu.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 AI155907/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR078343/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20210820 PL - Netherlands TA - Biomaterials JT - Biomaterials JID - 8100316 RN - 0 (PFK15) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Quinolines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Arthritis, Experimental MH - *Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy MH - Dendritic Cells MH - Glycolysis MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred DBA MH - Pyridines MH - Quinolines PMC - PMC8478855 MID - NIHMS1735958 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autoimmune diseases OT - Biomaterials OT - Drug delivery OT - Immunoengineering OT - Immunometabolism COIS- Competing interests: Abhinav P. Acharya is affiliated with a start-up company, Immunometabolix, LLC. There are no other conflicts to declare. Declaration of interests The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Abhinav P. Acharya reports financial support was provided by National Institutes of Health. Abhinav P. Acharya has patent pending with Immunometabolix, LLC. N/A EDAT- 2021/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/04 06:00 PMCR- 2022/10/01 CRDT- 2021/08/28 20:25 PHST- 2021/05/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/28 20:25 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0142-9612(21)00435-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121079 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomaterials. 2021 Oct;277:121079. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121079. Epub 2021 Aug 20.