PMID- 38485579 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240408 LR - 20240408 IS - 1471-5007 (Electronic) IS - 1471-4922 (Print) IS - 1471-4922 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 4 DP - 2024 Apr TI - Itaconate as a potential target for antimalarial therapy. PG - 275-277 LID - S1471-4922(24)00057-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.pt.2024.03.003 [doi] AB - In a recent publication, Ramalho et al. investigated monocyte-derived dendritic cell (MODC) mobilization in response to Plasmodium infection. The authors showed that elevated levels of itaconate in MODCs results in reduced CD8 T cell activation and that the absence of itaconate is associated with enhanced parasite control. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Bernardi, Jonathon P AU - Bernardi JP AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. FAU - Nappi, Taylen J AU - Nappi TJ AD - Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. FAU - Butler, Noah S AU - Butler NS AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: noah-butler@uiowa.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 AI125446/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI127481/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI167058/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI007511/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240313 PL - England TA - Trends Parasitol JT - Trends in parasitology JID - 100966034 RN - 0 (Antimalarials) RN - Q4516562YH (itaconic acid) RN - 0 (Succinates) SB - IM MH - *Antimalarials/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Monocytes/metabolism MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes MH - Dendritic Cells MH - *Succinates PMC - PMC10994723 MID - NIHMS1973054 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PD-L1 OT - itaconate OT - malaria OT - metabolism OT - mitochondria OT - monocyte-derived dendritic cells COIS- Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2024/03/15 00:43 MHDA- 2024/04/08 06:42 PMCR- 2025/04/01 CRDT- 2024/03/14 22:59 PHST- 2024/03/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/03/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2025/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PHST- 2024/04/08 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/15 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/14 22:59 [entrez] AID - S1471-4922(24)00057-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pt.2024.03.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Parasitol. 2024 Apr;40(4):275-277. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.03.003. Epub 2024 Mar 13.