Pro‐ and Anti‐Inflammatory Macrophages Adjust UCP2 Protein Levels Based on Their Intrinsic Metabolism and Available Metabolites. [[{“value”:”Jila Nasirzade, Felix Sternberg, Andrea Vogel, Roko Sango, Taraneh Beikbaghban, Thomas Kolbe, Thomas Rattei, Thomas Weichhart, Elena E. Pohl”}]]
LPS-stimulated macrophages exhibit high glycolytic flux, with pyruvate preferentially converted to lactate even under normoglycemic conditions, limiting pyruvate availability for the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and reducing oxygen consumption rate (OCR). Glucose deprivation increases OCR; however, an innate hypoxic state is associated with low UCP2 levels in this phenotype. In contrast, under normal glucose conditions, … Read more