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Glutarate tunes T cell fate

Nature Metabolism volume 5, pages 1649–1651 (2023)Cite this article

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In this issue of Nature Metabolism, a study shows that glutarate increases memory T cells as well as T cell cytotoxicity and reduces tumour growth. During T cell activation, glutarate levels and glutarylation increase. Glutarate inhibits α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases, and glutarylation reduces pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity and enhances glycolysis.

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Fig. 1: Scheme depicting how glutarate and the enantiomers of 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) affect T cell phenotypes, α-KG-dependent dioxygenases and energy metabolism.

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  1. DKTK Metabolic Crosstalk in Cancer, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Francisco Yanqui-Rivera & Christiane A. Opitz

  2. Faculty of Bioscience, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Francisco Yanqui-Rivera

  3. Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany

    Christiane A. Opitz

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Yanqui-Rivera, F., Opitz, C.A. Glutarate tunes T cell fate. Nat Metab 5, 1649–1651 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-023-00878-9

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