G-CSF reshapes the cytosolic PCNA scaffold and modulates glycolysis in neutrophils

ABSTRACT: The balance between neutrophil survival and apoptosis must be tightly regulated to avoid exaggerated inflammatory responses. Cytosolic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is involved in neutrophil survival and function, where it acts as a scaffold and associates with proteins involved in NADPH oxidase activation, cytoskeletal dynamics and metabolism. While the PCNA interactome has been characterized in neutrophils under homeostatic conditions, less is known about neutrophil PCNA in pathophysiological contexts. G-CSF is a cytokine produced in response to inflammatory stimuli, that regulates many aspects of neutrophil biology. Here we used neutrophils from G-CSF-treated haemopoietic stem cell donors (GD) as a model to understand the role of PCNA during inflammation. Proteomic analysis of the neutrophil cytosol revealed significant differences between GD and healthy donors (HD). PCNA was one of the most upregulated proteins in GD and the PCNA interactome was significantly different in GD compared to HD. Importantly, while PCNA associated with almost all enzymes involved in glycolysis in HD, these associations were decreased in GD. Functionally, neutrophils from GD had a significant increase in glycolysis compared to HD. Using p21 competitor peptides, we showed that PCNA negatively regulates neutrophil glycolysis in HD, but had no effect on GD neutrophils. These data demonstrate that G-CSF alters the PCNA scaffold, affecting interactions with key glycolytic enzymes and thus regulates glycolysis, the main energy pathway utilized by neutrophils. Taken together, we show PCNA is a key protein involved in neutrophil survival and glycolysis and may be instrumental in the reprogramming that neutrophils undergo in inflammatory or tumoral settings.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Neutrophil, Blood

SUBMITTER: Virginie Salnot  

LAB HEAD: Véronique Witko-Sarsat

PROVIDER: PXD043496 | Pride | 2024-02-15

REPOSITORIES: Pride