PMID- 36920218 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230419 LR - 20230421 IS - 1522-1504 (Electronic) IS - 1040-0605 (Linking) VI - 324 IP - 5 DP - 2023 May 1 TI - Inhibition of glutaminase 1 activity reverses airway hyperresponsiveness and decreases IL-1beta(+) M1s and IL-17 producing ILC3s in high-fat diet-fed obese mice. PG - L625-L638 LID - 10.1152/ajplung.00181.2022 [doi] AB - In obesity, disturbed glutamine metabolism contributes to enhanced inflammation by inducing alterations in immune cells. As macrophages and innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of obesity-related asthma, we tested our hypothesis that altered glutamine metabolism may link obesity to airway hyperresponsivenss (AHR), a cardinal feature of asthma, focusing on these innate immune cells. Four-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 13 wk in the presence or absence of BPTES [Bis-2-(5-phenylacetamido-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)ethyl sulfide, a selective inhibitor of glutaminase 1 which converts glutamine to glutamate] and their blood, lung, and adipose tissues were analyzed. We then conducted in vitro experiments using bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and mouse alveolar macrophage cell line. Furthermore, we investigated plasma glutamine and glutamate levels in obese and nonobese asthmatics. BPTES treatment prevented HFD-induced AHR and significantly decreased IL-1beta(+) classically activated macrophages (M1s) and type 3 ILCs (ILC3s) which increased in the lungs of HFD-fed obese mice. In in vitro experiments, BPTES treatment or glutamine supplement significantly reduced the proportion of IL-1beta(+)NLRP3(+) M1s in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BMDMs and mouse alveolar macrophage cell line. BPTES treatment also significantly reduced the IL-17 producing ILC3s differentiated from ILCs in naive mouse lung. In addition, plasma glutamate/glutamine ratios were significantly higher in obese asthmatics compared to nonobese asthmatics. Inhibition of glutaminolysis reverses AHR in HFD-induced obese mice and decreases IL-1beta( + )NLRP3(+) M1s and IL-17 producing ILC3s, which suggests altered glutamine metabolism may have a role in the pathogenesis of obesity-related AHR. FAU - Shim, Ji-Su AU - Shim JS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Lee, Hyun-Seung AU - Lee HS AD - Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Kwon, Hyuktae AU - Kwon H AD - Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Kim, Min-Hye AU - Kim MH AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Cho, Young-Joo AU - Cho YJ AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Park, Heung-Woo AU - Park HW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6970-3228 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230315 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology JID - 100901229 RN - 0 (Glutamates) RN - EC 3.5.1.2 (Glutaminase) RN - 0RH81L854J (Glutamine) RN - 0 (Interleukin-17) RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Il17a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Male MH - Mice MH - *Asthma/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects MH - Glutamates MH - Glutaminase MH - Glutamine/pharmacology/metabolism MH - Immunity, Innate MH - Interleukin-17 MH - Lymphocytes MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Obese MH - NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein MH - Obesity/complications MH - *Respiratory Hypersensitivity/metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta OTO - NOTNLM OT - asthma OT - glutamine OT - innate lymphoid cells OT - macrophages OT - obesity EDAT- 2023/03/16 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/17 06:41 CRDT- 2023/03/15 10:06 PHST- 2023/04/17 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/15 10:06 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/ajplung.00181.2022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 May 1;324(5):L625-L638. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00181.2022. Epub 2023 Mar 15.