A lactate-HIF1-VDR positive feedback loop drives protective SPP1+ macrophage differentiation to inhibit schistosomiasis induced liver fibrosis
Xing, Z.; Yang, P.; Xia, H.; Yin, R.; Le, B.; Zhou, F.; Guo, X.; Fan, X.; He, X.
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Hepatic fibrosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with schistosomiasis without effective therapy. Here we show that vitamin D receptor (VDR) signaling in macrophages is essential for limiting fibrosis, acting through a previously unrecognized metabolic epigenetic circuit. Hepatic macrophages exhibit the highest VDR expression among liver resident cells, and pharmacological VDR activation with paricalcitol selectively expands a protective SPP1+ macrophage subset derived from circulating monocytes. Myeloid specific VDR knockout exacerbates fibrosis and abrogates paricalcitol's hepatoprotective effects, whereas SPP1+ macrophage depletion worsens disease. Mechanistically, VDR activation synergizes with hypoxia and lactate to drive SPP1 expression via glycolytic reprogramming. Moreover, lactate and HIF1alpha cooperatively induce VDR transcription by binding to the Vdr promoter and enhancing histone lactylation, forming a positive feedback loop that amplifies the antifibrotic response. Our findings establish the lactate-HIF1alpha-VDR-SPP1 axis as an endogenous defense mechanism and identify macrophage VDR as a promising therapeutic target for fibrotic liver diseases.
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