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Environmental Arginine Controls Multinuclear Giant Cell Metabolism and Formation

ABSTRACT: Multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) are implicated in many diseases including schistosomiasis, sarcoidosis and arthritis. Formation of MGCs is energy intensive to enforce membrane fusion and cytoplasmic expansion. Here we used receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand (RANKL) induced osteoclastogenesis to model MGC formation. We found amino acid (AA) scarcity controls MGC formation and reveal specific requirements for extracellular arginine in RANKL cellular programming. Indeed, systemic arginine restriction improved outcome in multiple murine arthritis models, by inducing preosteoclast metabolic quiescence, associated with a dysregulated tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and diverted metabolic fluxes from central metabolic pathways independent of mTORC1 activity or global transcriptional and translational inhibition. A conserved metabolic mechanism occurred in IL-4 induced MGCs. Strikingly, we demonstrate that restriction of multiple AAs triggered metabolic adaptation and blocked MGC formation and each was rescued by their downstream metabolites. These data establish how environmental nutrients control the metabolic fate of polykaryons and suggest metabolic ways to manipulate MGC-associated pathologies and bone remodeling.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)

SUBMITTER: Mario Oroshi

LAB HEAD: Gernot Schabbauer

PROVIDER: PXD012405 | Pride | 2019-12-17

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Environmental arginine controls multinuclear giant cell metabolism and formation.

Brunner Julia S JS Vulliard Loan L Hofmann Melanie M Kieler Markus M Lercher Alexander A Vogel Andrea A Russier Marion M Brüggenthies Johanna B JB Kerndl Martina M Saferding Victoria V Niederreiter Birgit B Junza Alexandra A Frauenstein Annika A Scholtysek Carina C Mikami Yohei Y Klavins Kristaps K Krönke Gerhard G Bergthaler Andreas A O'Shea John J JJ Weichhart Thomas T Meissner Felix F Smolen Josef S JS Cheng Paul P Yanes Oscar O Menche Jörg J Murray Peter J PJ Sharif Omar O Blüml Stephan S Schabbauer Gernot G

Nature communications 20200122 1

Multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) are implicated in many diseases including schistosomiasis, sarcoidosis and arthritis. MGC generation is energy intensive to enforce membrane fusion and cytoplasmic expansion. Using receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand (RANKL) induced osteoclastogenesis to model MGC formation, here we report RANKL cellular programming requires extracellular arginine. Systemic arginine restriction improves outcome in multiple murine arthritis models and its removal ...[more]

PMID: 31969567

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Environmental Arginine Controls Multinuclear Giant Cell Metabolism and Formation

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Environmental arginine controls multinuclear giant cell metabolism and formation.

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