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. 2020 Nov 12;14(2):282–295. doi: 10.1038/s41385-020-00356-5

Table 1.

Specific metabolic alterations in AMs during chronic lung diseasea.

Disease Metabolic change Functional change Ref.
Asthma ↑ HO-1 ROS production 83
↑ ROS Lung injury, TNF-α, IL-1β production 80,82
↑ 15-LOX 5-HETE and leukotrienes 239
↑ Leukotriene B4/E4 Bronchial constriction, AHR 8587
↑ Prostaglandin E2 ↓ AM phagocytosis 78
↑ FAO gene expression (CPT) ↑ FAO metabolism 84
↑ Glycolysis function PKM2 HIF1a dependent gene expression
↑ Arg1, ↓ NOS2 Ornithine and proline 89,90
COPD ↑ ROS, ↑ mtROS, ↑ Superoxide Oxidative stress 108110
↓ mtROS after challenge Impaired bacterial clearance 108
↓ Glutamyl cysteine ligase Loss of GSH synthesis 111
↑ iNOS NO production 117
↓ Mt membrane potential Impaired phagocytosis 114
↑ Iron sequestration ROS generation 113
↑ HIF1α ↑ Glycolysis 119
↓ Compensatory glycolysis Unmet energetic demand 7

↓ Coupling efficiency, ↓ OXPHOS

↑ Proton leak

Dysfunctional metabolism and macrophage phenotype 7
↑ A2BR ↑ Adenosine metabolism 118
CF ↑ Arginase Impaired phagocytosis & efferocytosis 132
↑ ROS release, ↓ GSH Oxidative stress 136,137
↓ Superoxide, ↓ NOX phos. ↓ Oxidative burst 141
↓ Lipoxin A4 ↓ Anti-inflammatory potential 147
↑ Acod11 Persistent P. Aeruginosa infection 143
↓ CFTR-PTEN complex ROS production, succinate release 144
↑ Iron ↑ ROS production 138
↑ IRE-a pathway Increased glycolysis & Mt. function 149
IPF ↑ ROS Oxidative stress 175
↑ Secreted Rac1 NOX, superoxide, mTOR activation 178,179
↑ iNOS NO and OONO- production 181,182
↓ HO-1 Loss of oxidative response 240
↑ Iron uptake Oxidative stress & ROS 184,185
↓ % of CD71+ AM Accumulation of transferrin 186
↑ AKT Activation of HIF1α 241
↑ GLUT-1, ↑ Glucose uptake NADPH production, superoxide 166168
↑ Glycolysis, glycolysis genes M2-like AM profile 166
↑ FAO 166
↑ MCU, ↑ Calcium, ↑ PGC-1α FAO reprogramming, mtROS
TB ↑ ROS/RNS production Bacterial killing 208
↑ HIF1a Aerobic glycolysis, IFN-γ host defence 210
Warburg shift, ↑ glycolysis genes ↑ IL-1β and bacterial killing 211,215
↑ Host MiR-21 ↓ Glycolytic response, ↑ bacterial survival 215
↑ Host MiR-33 ↓ autophagy, FAO, ↓ host defence 224
↓ Hydrogen sulphide ↑ Glycolysis & PPP 214
↑ fumarate Bactericidal 216
↑ itaconate Antimicrobial, modulates host response 217
Heparin ↓ Hepcidin Decreased iron availability to bacilli 206
↑ Iron, superoxide, lipid perox. Ferroptosis, bacterial spread 220
↑ FAO, ↑ Lipid accumulation ↑Host response, ↓ Bacterial burden 223,242
PPAR-α activation FAO, autophagy & host defence 222
↑ IDO, ↑ tryptophan ↓ host defence 225
↑ Glutaminolysis ↑ cytokine profile 243
↑ Arg1 NO production 244
↑ NAD+, creatine, GSH Host defence 245

aUpward arrow represents increased expression, downward arrow represents decreased expression.