A central role for STAT5 in the transcriptional programing of T helper cell metabolism

Authors: Alejandro V. Villarino, Arian DJ Laurence, Fred P. Davis, Luis Nivelo, Stephen R. Brooks, Hong-Wei Sun, Kan Jiang, Behdad Afzali, Daniela Frasca, Lothar Hennighausen, Yuka Kanno, John J. O’Shea

Published: 2022-11-25

DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl9467

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Abstract

Activated lymphocytes adapt their metabolism to meet the energetic and biosynthetic demands imposed by rapid growth and proliferation. Common gamma chain (cγ) family cytokines are central to these processes, but the role of downstream signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5) signaling, which is engaged by all cγ members, is poorly understood. Using genome-, transcriptome-, and metabolome-wide analyses, we demonstrate that STAT5 is a master regulator of energy and amino acid metabolism in CD4