Carbon source availability drives nutrient utilization in CD8+ T cells
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How environmental nutrient availability impacts T cell metabolism and function remains poorly understood. Here, we report that the presence of physiologic carbon sources (PCSs) in cell culture medium broadly impacts glucose utilization by CD8+ T cells, independent of transcriptional changes in metabolic reprogramming. The presence of PCSs reduced glucose contribution to the TCA cycle and increased effector function of CD8+ T cells, with lactate directly fueling the TCA cycle. In fact, CD8+ T cells responding to Listeria infection preferentially consumed lactate over glucose as a TCA cycle substrate in vitro, with lactate enhancing T cell bioenergetic and biosynthetic capacity. Inhibiting lactate-dependent metabolism in CD8+ T cells by silencing lactate dehydrogenase A (Ldha) impaired both T cell metabolic homeostasis and proliferative expansion in vivo. Together, our data indicate that carbon source availability shapes T cell glucose metabolism and identifies lactate as a bioenergetic and biosynthetic fuel for CD8+ effector T cells.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Cell Metabolism |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 9 |
Pages (from-to) | 1298-1311 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISSN | 1550-4131 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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- (13)C tracing, immunometabolism, lactate, metabolic programming, metabolomics, T cells, TCA cycle
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