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Metabolic reprogramming in memory CD4 T cell responses of old adults.


ABSTRACT: To determine whether aging affects the ability of T cells to undergo metabolic reprogramming upon activation, we compared CD4 T cell responses after polyclonal in vitro stimulation. Compared to younger adults, CD4 memory T cells from healthy older individuals exhibited a higher upregulation of oxidative phosphorylation with increased production of reactive oxygen species and intracellular and secreted ATP. Increased ATP secretion led to increased purinergic signaling and P2X7-dependent increases in cytoplasmic calcium. The increased mitochondrial activity was not due to a difference in activation-induced mitochondrial biogenesis. Expression of carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 was higher, conversely that of fatty acid synthase was reduced in older T cells, resulting in increased fatty acid oxidation, while depleting intracellular lipid stores. The aged CD4 memory T cells therefore maintain a more catabolic state in lipid metabolism, while their ability to upregulate glycolysis upon activation is preserved.

SUBMITTER: Yanes RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6827883 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Metabolic reprogramming in memory CD4 T cell responses of old adults.

Yanes Rolando E RE   Zhang Huimin H   Shen Yi Y   Weyand Cornelia M CM   Goronzy Jorg J JJ  

Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) 20190704


To determine whether aging affects the ability of T cells to undergo metabolic reprogramming upon activation, we compared CD4 T cell responses after polyclonal in vitro stimulation. Compared to younger adults, CD4 memory T cells from healthy older individuals exhibited a higher upregulation of oxidative phosphorylation with increased production of reactive oxygen species and intracellular and secreted ATP. Increased ATP secretion led to increased purinergic signaling and P2X7-dependent increases  ...[more]

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