Project description:Natural killer (NK) cells are forced to cope with different oxygen environments even under resting conditions. The adaptation to low oxygen is regulated by oxygen-sensitive transcription factors, the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). The function of HIFs for NK cell activation and metabolic rewiring remains controversial. Activated NK cells are predominantly glycolytic, but the metabolic programs that ensure the maintenance of resting NK cells are enigmatic. By combining in situ metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses in resting murine NK cells, our study defines HIF-1a as a regulator of tryptophan metabolism and cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) levels. The HIF-1a/NAD+ axis prevents ROS production during oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) and thereby blocks DNA damage and NK cell apoptosis under steadystate conditions. In contrast, in activated NK cells under hypoxia, HIF-1a is required for glycolysis, and forced HIF-1a expression boosts glycolysis and NK cell performance in vitro and in vivo. Our data highlight two distinct pathways by which HIF-1a interferes with NK cell metabolism. While HIF-1a-driven glycolysis is essential for NK cell activation, resting NK cell homeostasis relies on HIF-1a-dependent tryptophan/NAD+ metabolism. Linked cross omic data sets:RNA-seq data associated with this study are available in ArrayExpress (BioStudies): accession <a href='https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/arrayexpress/studies/E-MTAB-12082' rel='noopener noreferrer' target='_blank'>E-MTAB-12082</a>.

2023-06-01 | MTBLS6863 | MetaboLights

Mus musculus

Project description:Expression data of Rag2-deficient Ets1++ and Rag2-deficient Ets1-- mature NK cells and WT bone marrow progenitors

| PRJNA159415 | ENA

Mus musculus

Project description:Expression data in WT and Satb1-/- ES cells

| PRJNA123627 | ENA

Eumyc and WT NK cells

Project description:Eumyc and WT NK cells

| PRJNA498004 | ENA

Mus musculus

Project description:Expression data of mesenchymal cells from mouse liver