Mitochondrial Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns and Metabolism in the Regulation of Innate Immunity

The innate immune system, as the host’s first line of defense against intruders, plays a critical role in recognizing, identifying, and reacting to a wide range of microbial intruders. There is increasing evidence that mitochondrial stress is a major initiator of innate immune responses. When mitochondria’s integrity is disrupted or dysfunction occurs, the mitochondria’s contents are released into the cytosol. These contents, like reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial DNA, and double-stranded RNA, among others, act as damage-related molecular patterns (DAMPs) that can bind to multiple innate immune sensors, particularly pattern recognition receptors, thereby leading to inflammation. To avoid the production of DAMPs, in addition to safeguarding organelles integrity and functionality, mitochondria may activate mitophagy or apoptosis. Moreover, mitochondrial components and specific metabolic regulations modify properties of innate immune cells. These include macrophages, dendritic cells, innate lymphoid cells, and so on, in steady state or in stimulation that are involved in processes ranging from the tricarboxylic acid cycle to oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid metabolism. Here we provide a brief summary of mitochondrial DAMPs’ initiated and potentiated inflammatory response in the innate immune system. We also provide insights into how the state of activation, differentiation, and functional polarization of innate immune cells can be influenced by alteration to the metabolic pathways in mitochondria.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Mitochondrial Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns and Metabolism in the Regulation of Innate Immunity ; volume:15 ; number:1 ; year:2023 ; pages:665-679 ; extent:15
Journal of innate immunity ; 15, Heft 1 (2023), 665-679 (gesamt 15)

Urheber
Lyu, Yanmin
Wang, Tianyu
Huang, Shuhong
Zhang, Zhaoqiang

DOI
10.1159/000533602
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024010323563412191617
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15.08.2025, 07:29 MESZ

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  • Lyu, Yanmin
  • Wang, Tianyu
  • Huang, Shuhong
  • Zhang, Zhaoqiang

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