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ArticleNature protocols2021

Interrogating in vivo T-cell metabolism in mice using stable isotope labeling metabolomics and rapid cell sorting.

Ryan D Sheldon, Eric H Ma, Lisa M DeCamp, Kelsey S Williams, Russell G Jones

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Article in Nature protocols, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan D Sheldon *Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Eric H Ma *Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Lisa M DeCampDepartment of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Kelsey S WilliamsDepartment of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4163-5075
Russell G JonesDepartment of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. russell.jones@vai.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2250-4675
Van Andel Institute · US

Funding

CIHR MOP-142259
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells are integral players in the adaptive immune system that readily adapt their metabolism to meet their energetic and biosynthetic needs. A major hurdle to understand physiologic T-cell metabolism has been the differences between in vitro cell culture conditions and the complex in vivo milieu. To address this, we have developed a protocol that merges traditional immunology infection models with whole-body metabolite infusion and mass-spectrometry-based metabolomic profiling to assess T-cell metabolism in vivo. In this protocol, pathogen-infected mice are infused via the tail vein with an isotopically labeled metabolite (2-6 h), followed by rapid magnetic bead isolation to purify T-cell populations (<1 h) and then stable isotope labeling analysis conducted by mass spectrometry (~1-2 d). This procedure enables researchers to evaluate metabolic substrate utilization into central carbon metabolic pathways (i.e., glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle) by specific T-cell subpopulations in the context of physiological immune responses in vivo.

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Isotope LabelingAnimalsFlow CytometryMetabolomicsMiceT-Lymphocytes

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PMID34349284
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