Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1038/s42255-025-01215-y
Xiang Zhang, Harry Cheuk-Hay Lau, Suki Ha, Chuanfa Liu, Cong Liang, Hye Won Lee, Queena Wing-Yin Ng, Yi Zhao, Fenfen Ji, Yunfei Zhou, Yasi Pan, Yang Song, Yating Zhang, Jennie Ching Yin Lo, Alvin Ho Kwan Cheung, Jianfeng Wu, Xiaoxing Li, Hongzhi Xu, Chi Chun Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Jun Yu
{"title":"Author Correction: Intestinal TM6SF2 protects against metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis through the gut-liver axis.","authors":"Xiang Zhang, Harry Cheuk-Hay Lau, Suki Ha, Chuanfa Liu, Cong Liang, Hye Won Lee, Queena Wing-Yin Ng, Yi Zhao, Fenfen Ji, Yunfei Zhou, Yasi Pan, Yang Song, Yating Zhang, Jennie Ching Yin Lo, Alvin Ho Kwan Cheung, Jianfeng Wu, Xiaoxing Li, Hongzhi Xu, Chi Chun Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Jun Yu","doi":"10.1038/s42255-025-01215-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01215-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aldolase A: the broker of glycolysis","authors":"Luiza Martins Nascentes Melo, Feyza Cansiz, Alpaslan Tasdogan","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01202-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01202-9","url":null,"abstract":"Aldolase A is one of the glycolytic enzymes that regulate cancer cell proliferation. A new study identifies aldolase A as a critical node that, when inhibited in cancer cells, turns glycolysis into an ATP-consuming process. Targeting aldolase A to induce imbalanced glycolysis could overcome the intrinsic metabolic plasticity of cancer cells.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01201-w
Marteinn T. Snaebjornsson, Philipp Poeller, Daria Komkova, Florian Röhrig, Lisa Schlicker, Alina M. Winkelkotte, Adriano B. Chaves-Filho, Kamal M. Al-Shami, Carolina Dehesa Caballero, Ioanna Koltsaki, Felix C. E. Vogel, Roberto Carlos Frias-Soler, Ramona Rudalska, Jessica D. Schwarz, Elmar Wolf, Daniel Dauch, Ralf Steuer, Almut Schulze
{"title":"Targeting aldolase A in hepatocellular carcinoma leads to imbalanced glycolysis and energy stress due to uncontrolled FBP accumulation","authors":"Marteinn T. Snaebjornsson, Philipp Poeller, Daria Komkova, Florian Röhrig, Lisa Schlicker, Alina M. Winkelkotte, Adriano B. Chaves-Filho, Kamal M. Al-Shami, Carolina Dehesa Caballero, Ioanna Koltsaki, Felix C. E. Vogel, Roberto Carlos Frias-Soler, Ramona Rudalska, Jessica D. Schwarz, Elmar Wolf, Daniel Dauch, Ralf Steuer, Almut Schulze","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01201-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01201-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Increased glycolytic flux is a hallmark of cancer; however, an increasing body of evidence indicates that glycolytic ATP production may be dispensable in cancer, as metabolic plasticity allows cancer cells to readily adapt to disruption of glycolysis by increasing ATP production via oxidative phosphorylation. Using functional genomic screening, we show here that liver cancer cells show a unique sensitivity toward aldolase A (ALDOA) depletion. Targeting glycolysis by disrupting the catalytic activity of ALDOA led to severe energy stress and cell cycle arrest in murine and human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. With a combination of metabolic flux analysis, metabolomics, stable-isotope tracing and mathematical modelling, we demonstrate that inhibiting ALDOA induced a state of imbalanced glycolysis in which the investment phase outpaced the payoff phase. Targeting ALDOA effectively converted glycolysis from an energy producing into an energy-consuming process. Moreover, we found that depletion of ALDOA extended survival and reduced cancer cell proliferation in an animal model of hepatocellular carcinoma. Thus, our findings indicate that induction of imbalanced glycolysis by targeting ALDOA presents a unique opportunity to overcome the inherent metabolic plasticity of cancer cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01205-6
Karen A. Scott, Yalun Tan, Dominique N. Johnson, Khalid Elsaafien, Caitlin Baumer-Harrison, Rebeca Méndez-Hernández, Matthew K. Kirchner, Sophia A. Eikenberry, Jessica M. Sa, Javier E. Stern, Guillaume de Lartigue, Annette D. de Kloet, Eric G. Krause
{"title":"Mechanosensation of the heart and gut elicits hypometabolism and vigilance in mice","authors":"Karen A. Scott, Yalun Tan, Dominique N. Johnson, Khalid Elsaafien, Caitlin Baumer-Harrison, Rebeca Méndez-Hernández, Matthew K. Kirchner, Sophia A. Eikenberry, Jessica M. Sa, Javier E. Stern, Guillaume de Lartigue, Annette D. de Kloet, Eric G. Krause","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01205-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01205-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Interoception broadly refers to awareness of one’s internal milieu. Although the importance of the body-to-brain communication that underlies interoception is implicit, the vagal afferent signalling and corresponding brain circuits that shape perception of the viscera are not entirely clear. Here, we use mice to parse neural circuits subserving interoception of the heart and gut. We determine that vagal sensory neurons expressing the oxytocin receptor (<i>Oxtr</i>), referred to as NG<sup>Oxtr</sup>, send projections to cardiovascular or gastrointestinal tissues and exhibit molecular and structural features indicative of mechanosensation. Chemogenetic excitation of NG<sup>Oxtr</sup> decreases food and water consumption, and remarkably, produces a torpor-like phenotype characterized by reductions in cardiac output, body temperature and energy expenditure. Chemogenetic excitation of NG<sup>Oxtr</sup> also creates patterns of brain activity associated with augmented hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity and behavioural indices of vigilance. Recurrent excitation of NG<sup>Oxtr</sup> suppresses food intake and lowers body mass, indicating that mechanosensation of the heart and gut can exert enduring effects on energy balance. These findings suggest that the sensation of vascular stretch and gastrointestinal distention may have profound effects on whole-body metabolism and, possibly, mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142987295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01208-3
{"title":"Mechanosensitive neurons innervating the gut and heart control metabolic and emotional state","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01208-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01208-3","url":null,"abstract":"Body-to-brain communication profoundly affects physiology and behaviour. Sensory neurons that express oxytocin receptors relay mechanical stretch of the gut and heart to the brain. Surprisingly, simultaneous firing of these neurons reliably elicits a hypometabolic state that resembles torpor. These observations could have implications ranging from cardiometabolic therapeutics to space travel.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142987292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01206-5
Yurong Zhao, Xinxin Chai, Junxuan Peng, Yi Zhu, Rong Dong, Junwei He, Linghao Xia, Sishuo Liu, Jingzhou Chen, Zhengping Xu, Chi Luo, Jinghao Sheng
{"title":"Proline exacerbates hepatic gluconeogenesis via paraspeckle-dependent mRNA retention","authors":"Yurong Zhao, Xinxin Chai, Junxuan Peng, Yi Zhu, Rong Dong, Junwei He, Linghao Xia, Sishuo Liu, Jingzhou Chen, Zhengping Xu, Chi Luo, Jinghao Sheng","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01206-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01206-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a global health issue characterized by abnormal blood glucose levels and is often associated with excessive hepatic gluconeogenesis. Increased circulating non-essential amino acids (NEAAs) are consistently observed in individuals with T2D; however, the specific contribution of each amino acid to T2D pathogenesis remains less understood. Here, we report an unexpected role of the NEAA proline in coordinating hepatic glucose metabolism by modulating paraspeckle, a nuclear structure scaffolded by the long non-coding RNA Neat1. Mechanistically, proline diminished paraspeckles in hepatocytes, liberating the retained mRNA species into cytoplasm for translation, including the mRNAs of <i>Ppargc1a</i> and <i>Foxo1</i>, contributing to enhanced gluconeogenesis and hyperglycaemia. We further demonstrated that the proline–paraspeckle–mRNA retention axis existed in diabetic liver samples, and intervening in this axis via paraspeckle restoration substantially alleviated hyperglycaemia in both female and male diabetic mouse models. Collectively, our results not only delineated a previously unappreciated proline-instigated, paraspeckle-dependent mRNA-retention mechanism regulating gluconeogenesis, but also spotlighted proline and paraspeckle as potential targets for managing hyperglycaemia.</p>","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"74 2 Pt 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142986009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01200-x
Jonathan R. Brestoff, Keshav K. Singh, Katia Aquilano, Lance B. Becker, Michael V. Berridge, Eric Boilard, Andrés Caicedo, Clair Crewe, José Antonio Enríquez, Jianqing Gao, Åsa B. Gustafsson, Kazuhide Hayakawa, Maroun Khoury, Yun-Sil Lee, Daniele Lettieri-Barbato, Patricia Luz-Crawford, Heidi M. McBride, James D. McCully, Ritsuko Nakai, Jiri Neuzil, Martin Picard, Alexander G. Rabchevsky, Anne-Marie Rodriguez, Shiladitya Sengupta, Alexander J. Sercel, Toshio Suda, Michael A. Teitell, Alain R. Thierry, Rong Tian, Melanie Walker, Minghao Zheng
{"title":"Recommendations for mitochondria transfer and transplantation nomenclature and characterization","authors":"Jonathan R. Brestoff, Keshav K. Singh, Katia Aquilano, Lance B. Becker, Michael V. Berridge, Eric Boilard, Andrés Caicedo, Clair Crewe, José Antonio Enríquez, Jianqing Gao, Åsa B. Gustafsson, Kazuhide Hayakawa, Maroun Khoury, Yun-Sil Lee, Daniele Lettieri-Barbato, Patricia Luz-Crawford, Heidi M. McBride, James D. McCully, Ritsuko Nakai, Jiri Neuzil, Martin Picard, Alexander G. Rabchevsky, Anne-Marie Rodriguez, Shiladitya Sengupta, Alexander J. Sercel, Toshio Suda, Michael A. Teitell, Alain R. Thierry, Rong Tian, Melanie Walker, Minghao Zheng","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01200-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01200-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intercellular mitochondria transfer is an evolutionarily conserved process in which one cell delivers some of their mitochondria to another cell in the absence of cell division. This process has diverse functions depending on the cell types involved and physiological or disease context. Although mitochondria transfer was first shown to provide metabolic support to acceptor cells, recent studies have revealed diverse functions of mitochondria transfer, including, but not limited to, the maintenance of mitochondria quality of the donor cell and the regulation of tissue homeostasis and remodelling. Many mitochondria-transfer mechanisms have been described using a variety of names, generating confusion about mitochondria transfer biology. Furthermore, several therapeutic approaches involving mitochondria-transfer biology have emerged, including mitochondria transplantation and cellular engineering using isolated mitochondria. In this Consensus Statement, we define relevant terminology and propose a nomenclature framework to describe mitochondria transfer and transplantation as a foundation for further development by the community as this dynamic field of research continues to evolve.</p>","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142986010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01194-6
Mingxin Yang, Arashdeep Singh, Alan de Araujo, Molly McDougle, Hillary Ellis, Léa Décarie-Spain, Scott E. Kanoski, Guillaume de Lartigue
{"title":"Separate orexigenic hippocampal ensembles shape dietary choice by enhancing contextual memory and motivation","authors":"Mingxin Yang, Arashdeep Singh, Alan de Araujo, Molly McDougle, Hillary Ellis, Léa Décarie-Spain, Scott E. Kanoski, Guillaume de Lartigue","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01194-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01194-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The hippocampus (HPC) has emerged as a critical player in the control of food intake, beyond its well-known role in memory. While previous studies have primarily associated the HPC with food intake inhibition, recent research suggests a role in appetitive processes. Here we identified spatially distinct neuronal populations within the dorsal HPC (dHPC) that respond to either fats or sugars, potent natural reinforcers that contribute to obesity development. Using activity-dependent genetic capture of nutrient-responsive dHPC neurons, we demonstrate a causal role of both populations in promoting nutrient-specific intake through different mechanisms. Sugar-responsive neurons encoded spatial memory for sugar location, whereas fat-responsive neurons selectively enhanced the preference and motivation for fat intake. Importantly, stimulation of either nutrient-responsive dHPC neurons increased food intake, while ablation differentially impacted obesogenic diet consumption and prevented diet-induced weight gain. Collectively, these findings uncover previously unknown orexigenic circuits underlying macronutrient-specific consumption and provide a foundation for developing potential obesity treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142981354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01180-y
Pierre Trifilieff, Guillaume Ferreira
{"title":"Feeding the hippocampus … with specific nutrients","authors":"Pierre Trifilieff, Guillaume Ferreira","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01180-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01180-y","url":null,"abstract":"The hippocampus is well known to control cognitive processes, but increasing evidence emphasizes its central role in the regulation of feeding behaviour. Yang et al. unravel segregated hippocampal populations responding to either sugar or fat that participate in memory and motivational control of food intake.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142981353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01196-4
Janine Tutas, Marianna Tolve, Ebru Özer-Yildiz, Lotte Ickert, Ines Klein, Quinn Silverman, Filip Liebsch, Frederik Dethloff, Patrick Giavalisco, Heike Endepols, Theodoros Georgomanolis, Bernd Neumaier, Alexander Drzezga, Guenter Schwarz, Bernard Thorens, Graziana Gatto, Christian Frezza, Natalia L. Kononenko
{"title":"Autophagy regulator ATG5 preserves cerebellar function by safeguarding its glycolytic activity","authors":"Janine Tutas, Marianna Tolve, Ebru Özer-Yildiz, Lotte Ickert, Ines Klein, Quinn Silverman, Filip Liebsch, Frederik Dethloff, Patrick Giavalisco, Heike Endepols, Theodoros Georgomanolis, Bernd Neumaier, Alexander Drzezga, Guenter Schwarz, Bernard Thorens, Graziana Gatto, Christian Frezza, Natalia L. Kononenko","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01196-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01196-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dysfunctions in autophagy, a cellular mechanism for breaking down components within lysosomes, often lead to neurodegeneration. The specific mechanisms underlying neuronal vulnerability due to autophagy dysfunction remain elusive. Here we show that autophagy contributes to cerebellar Purkinje cell (PC) survival by safeguarding their glycolytic activity. Outside the conventional housekeeping role, autophagy is also involved in the ATG5-mediated regulation of glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) levels during cerebellar maturation. Autophagy-deficient PCs exhibit GLUT2 accumulation on the plasma membrane, along with increased glucose uptake and alterations in glycolysis. We identify lysophosphatidic acid and serine as glycolytic intermediates that trigger PC death and demonstrate that the deletion of GLUT2 in ATG5-deficient mice mitigates PC neurodegeneration and rescues their ataxic gait. Taken together, this work reveals a mechanism for regulating GLUT2 levels in neurons and provides insights into the neuroprotective role of autophagy by controlling glucose homeostasis in the brain.</p>","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142981355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}