Mai Matsushita, Jonathan Muri, Ivan Berest, Fengqi Li, Huan Liu, Basak Corak, Nicola Zamboni, Joerg Buescher, Alaa Othman, Mauro Corrado, Jovana Cupovic, Sabine Werner, Werner Kovacs, Manfred Kopf
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Abstract
Tissue-resident macrophages (TRMs) populate throughout various tissues, and their homeostatic metabolism is heavily influenced by these microenvironments. Peroxisomes are organelles that contribute to lipid metabolism. However, the involvement of these organelles in the bioenergetics of TRMs remains undetermined. We conducted a developmental screen of TRMs using a conditional peroxisomal biogenesis factor 5 (Pex5) knockout mouse model that lacks functional peroxisomes in all immune cell subsets. Pulmonary alveolar macrophages (AMs) appeared as the only subset of TRMs that required functional peroxisomes for their development. Pex5 deficiency resulted in reduced AM survival due to increased sensitivity to lipotoxicity, in line with an excess accumulation of ceramides. The absence of peroxisomes had a significant effect on overall mitochondrial fitness and altered their metabolic program, allowing them to engage in glycolysis in addition to oxidative phosphorylation. Our results revealed that AMs have a unique metabolic regulation, where peroxisomes play a central role in their homeostatic development and maintenance.
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