Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Free fatty-acid transport via CD36 drives β-oxidation-mediated hematopoietic stem cell response to infection

  • Jayna J. Mistry,
  • Charlotte Hellmich,
  • Jamie A. Moore,
  • Aisha Jibril,
  • Iain Macaulay,
  • Mar Moreno-Gonzalez,
  • Federica Di Palma,
  • Naiara Beraza,
  • Kristian M. Bowles,
  • Stuart A. Rushworth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27460-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) rapidly expand upon infection, switching their metabolic profile to increase OXPHOS. Here, the authors show in mouse models that infection promotes uptake of long-chain free fatty acids via CD36, which is required for a protective response.