Table 2 Targeting lipid metabolism to regulate immune cells for disease treatment

From: Lipid metabolism in homeostasis and disease

Categories

Treatments

Animal models/patients

Diseases

Mechanisms of action

Refs.

FAs

Butyrate

Arthritic mice

RA

AhR+ Breg (+); GC B cell (-)

437

Butyrate

Imiquimod-induced psoriasis mice

Psoriasis

Treg, IL-10 (+); IL-17, IL-6 (-)

439

Propionate

MS patients; EAE mice

MS

Treg (+); Th1, Th17 (-)

48,81

Acetate/Butyrate

NOD mice

T1DM

Treg (+); IL-21, B cell (-)

308

Acetate

Colitis; Arthritis; Asthma mice

Inflammatory responses

Neutrophil, GPR43 (+)

312

Propionate/Butyrate

Rat

Inflammation

Neutrophil, L-selectin, CINC-2αβ (+)

61

Butyrate

DSS-induced murine colitis

IBD

Neutrophil, NET (-)

438

N-3 PUFAs

NOD mice

T1DM

Treg, Th2 (+); Th1, Th17, IFN-γ, IL-17, IL-6, TNF-α (-)

316

Palmitic acid

Obesity mice

Obesity

Macrophage, MD2-TLR4 (+)

84

Oleic acid

MS patients

MS

Foxp+ Treg FAO-oxidative phosphorylation (+)

79

S1PR modulators

FTY720

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in LEW rats; SJL/J mice

MS

CD4+ T cell (-)

443

FTY720

Patients with MS

MS

Th17, RORC2+, IL-17 (-)

443

FTY720

MP4-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

MS

T cell, B cell (-); TLO (+)

444

FTY720

TNBS induced colitis mice

IBD

Th1 (-); Treg, IL-10, TGF-β, CTLA4 (+)

522

FTY720

LDLR-deficient mice

Atherosclerosis

M1, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-12, IFN-γ (-); M2, T cell (+)

158

PPARs agonists

Pioglitazone

Human lupus and control PBMCs

SLE

CD4+ T cell (-)

450

Bezafibrate

C57BL/6 N and BLAB/c mice with tumor

Cancer

FAO, Oxidative phosphorylation, Glycolysis, Cpt1, Bcl2 (+)

454

Statins

Simvastatin

PBMCs from SLE patients

SLE

Th17, IL-17, IL-21, RhoA-ROCK (-)

433

Simvastatin

Relapsing remitting MS; MOG (35-55) induced mice

MS

Th1, Th17, IL-6, IL-12, RANTES, MIP-1β (-)

459

Atorvastatin

Cecum ligation and puncture-induced lung injury mouse model

Sepsis

Neutrophil, ERK/NOX2, NETosis (-)

457

Atorvastatin

Chronic and relapsing EAE

MS

Th2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, TGF-β (+); Th1, IL-2, IL-12, IFN-γ, TNF-α, MHC-II (-)

456

Fluvastatin

EAM was induced in Lewis rats by immunization with myosin

Myocarditis

Th1, IFN-γ, IL-2 (-)

462

Liposome-encapsulated pravastatin

Murine B16F10-melanoma

Cancer

M-CSF, IGF-II, IL-1α, IL-1β, Leptin, IL-6, TNF-α (-); MHC-I (+)

464

Lovastatin, Simvastatin, Mevastatin

PBMC obtained from untreated or IFN beta-1-treated patients with relapsing-remitting MS

MS

MMP9, Th1/Th17 (-)

458

Rosuvastatin, Fluvastatin, Pitavastatin

Cytotoxic CD4 T cells from acute coronary syndrome patients

Acute coronary syndrome

ERK (+); CD69, TRAIL (-)

463

sEH inhibitors

TPPU

LPS-induced inflammation

AD

β amyloid (-); Synaptic integrity (+)

467

TPPU

Lung injury and pulmonary fibrosis mice models

Pulmonary diseases

EET (+); MAPK/NF-κB, P450 oxidases/she (-)

468,469

TPPU

Human subjects with chronic knee pain; Osteoarthritis model

Osteoarthritis

8,9-DHET, 14,15-DHET (-)

470

Wedelolactone

LPS-induced acute lung injury

Acute lung injury

GSK3β, NF-κB, Nrf2 (-)

471

A20

Neuropathic pain in rat model induced by spared nerve injury

Neuropathic pain

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473

  1. “+” represents activation, while “-” represents suppression