Nature metabolismPub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01071-2
Subhash C. Pandey, Emir Malovic
{"title":"Gut–liver highway of ALDH2 in drinking","authors":"Subhash C. Pandey, Emir Malovic","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01071-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01071-2","url":null,"abstract":"In this issue of Nature Metabolism, Fu et al. show that genetic deletion of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) simultaneously in the gut and liver synergistically regulates acetaldehyde (AcH) levels and alcohol consumption.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141430513","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 : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01063-2
Yaojie Fu, Bryan Mackowiak, Yu-Hong Lin, Luca Maccioni, Taylor Lehner, Hongna Pan, Yukun Guan, Grzegorz Godlewski, Hongkun Lu, Cheng Chen, Shoupeng Wei, Dechun Feng, Janos Paloczi, Huiping Zhou, Pal Pacher, Li Zhang, George Kunos, Bin Gao
{"title":"Coordinated action of a gut–liver pathway drives alcohol detoxification and consumption","authors":"Yaojie Fu, Bryan Mackowiak, Yu-Hong Lin, Luca Maccioni, Taylor Lehner, Hongna Pan, Yukun Guan, Grzegorz Godlewski, Hongkun Lu, Cheng Chen, Shoupeng Wei, Dechun Feng, Janos Paloczi, Huiping Zhou, Pal Pacher, Li Zhang, George Kunos, Bin Gao","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01063-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01063-2","url":null,"abstract":"Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects millions of people worldwide, causing extensive morbidity and mortality with limited pharmacological treatments. The liver is considered as the principal site for the detoxification of ethanol metabolite, acetaldehyde (AcH), by aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) and as a target for AUD treatment, however, our recent data indicate that the liver only plays a partial role in clearing systemic AcH. Here we show that a liver–gut axis, rather than liver alone, synergistically drives systemic AcH clearance and voluntary alcohol drinking. Mechanistically, we find that after ethanol intake, a substantial proportion of AcH generated in the liver is excreted via the bile into the gastrointestinal tract where AcH is further metabolized by gut ALDH2. Modulating bile flow significantly affects serum AcH level and drinking behaviour. Thus, combined targeting of liver and gut ALDH2, and manipulation of bile flow and secretion are potential therapeutic strategies to treat AUD. Fu, Mackowiak et al. show that cooperative action of the liver and the gut, rather than the liver alone, drives acetaldehyde clearance after alcohol consumption and modulates drinking behaviour.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141430387","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 : 2024-06-19DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01065-0
Lucas Massier, Niculina Musat, Michael Stumvoll, Valentina Tremaroli, Rima Chakaroun, Peter Kovacs
{"title":"Tissue-resident bacteria in metabolic diseases: emerging evidence and challenges","authors":"Lucas Massier, Niculina Musat, Michael Stumvoll, Valentina Tremaroli, Rima Chakaroun, Peter Kovacs","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01065-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01065-0","url":null,"abstract":"Although the impact of the gut microbiome on health and disease is well established, there is controversy regarding the presence of microorganisms such as bacteria and their products in organs and tissues. However, recent contamination-aware findings of tissue-resident microbial signatures provide accumulating evidence in support of bacterial translocation in cardiometabolic disease. The latter provides a distinct paradigm for the link between microbial colonizers of mucosal surfaces and host metabolism. In this Perspective, we re-evaluate the concept of tissue-resident bacteria including their role in metabolic low-grade tissue and systemic inflammation. We examine the limitations and challenges associated with studying low bacterial biomass samples and propose experimental and analytical strategies to overcome these issues. Our Perspective aims to encourage further investigation of the mechanisms linking tissue-resident bacteria to host metabolism and their potentially actionable health implications for prevention and treatment. In this Perspective, the role of tissue-resident bacteria in metabolic diseases is discussed and the experimental challenges that this emerging field is facing are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141425269","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 : 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01066-z
Hyun Min Lee, Nefertiti Muhammad, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Feng Cai, Jiawei Mu, Yun-Sok Ha, Guoshen Cao, Chamey Suchors, Kenneth Joves, Constantinos Chronis, Kailong Li, Gregory S. Ducker, Kellen Olszewski, Ling Cai, Derek B. Allison, Sara E. Bachert, William R. Ewing, Harvey Wong, Hyosun Seo, Isaac Y. Kim, Brandon Faubert, James Kim, Jiyeon Kim
{"title":"Concurrent loss of LKB1 and KEAP1 enhances SHMT-mediated antioxidant defence in KRAS-mutant lung cancer","authors":"Hyun Min Lee, Nefertiti Muhammad, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Feng Cai, Jiawei Mu, Yun-Sok Ha, Guoshen Cao, Chamey Suchors, Kenneth Joves, Constantinos Chronis, Kailong Li, Gregory S. Ducker, Kellen Olszewski, Ling Cai, Derek B. Allison, Sara E. Bachert, William R. Ewing, Harvey Wong, Hyosun Seo, Isaac Y. Kim, Brandon Faubert, James Kim, Jiyeon Kim","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01066-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01066-z","url":null,"abstract":"Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with concurrent mutations in KRAS and the tumour suppressor LKB1 (KL NSCLC) is refractory to most therapies and has one of the worst predicted outcomes. Here we describe a KL-induced metabolic vulnerability associated with serine–glycine-one-carbon (SGOC) metabolism. Using RNA-seq and metabolomics data from human NSCLC, we uncovered that LKB1 loss enhanced SGOC metabolism via serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT). LKB1 loss, in collaboration with KEAP1 loss, activated SHMT through inactivation of the salt-induced kinase (SIK)–NRF2 axis and satisfied the increased demand for one-carbon units necessary for antioxidant defence. Chemical and genetic SHMT suppression increased cellular sensitivity to oxidative stress and cell death. Further, the SHMT inhibitor enhanced the in vivo therapeutic efficacy of paclitaxel (first-line NSCLC therapy inducing oxidative stress) in KEAP1-mutant KL tumours. The data reveal how this highly aggressive molecular subtype of NSCLC fulfills their metabolic requirements and provides insight into therapeutic strategies. Lee et al. identify SHMT and one-carbon metabolism as a metabolic vulnerability conferred by LKB1 and KEAP1 loss in KRAS-mutant lung cancer.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141319849","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 : 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01059-y
Samuel A. Barritt, Sarah E. DuBois-Coyne, Christian C. Dibble
{"title":"Coenzyme A biosynthesis: mechanisms of regulation, function and disease","authors":"Samuel A. Barritt, Sarah E. DuBois-Coyne, Christian C. Dibble","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01059-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01059-y","url":null,"abstract":"The tricarboxylic acid cycle, nutrient oxidation, histone acetylation and synthesis of lipids, glycans and haem all require the cofactor coenzyme A (CoA). Although the sources and regulation of the acyl groups carried by CoA for these processes are heavily studied, a key underlying question is less often considered: how is production of CoA itself controlled? Here, we discuss the many cellular roles of CoA and the regulatory mechanisms that govern its biosynthesis from cysteine, ATP and the essential nutrient pantothenate (vitamin B5), or from salvaged precursors in mammals. Metabolite feedback and signalling mechanisms involving acetyl-CoA, other acyl-CoAs, acyl-carnitines, MYC, p53, PPARα, PINK1 and insulin- and growth factor-stimulated PI3K–AKT signalling regulate the vitamin B5 transporter SLC5A6/SMVT and CoA biosynthesis enzymes PANK1, PANK2, PANK3, PANK4 and COASY. We also discuss methods for measuring CoA-related metabolites, compounds that target CoA biosynthesis and diseases caused by mutations in pathway enzymes including types of cataracts, cardiomyopathy and neurodegeneration (PKAN and COPAN). This Review summarizes the fundamental aspects related to coenzyme A synthesis and its implications as a central molecule in metabolism.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141315733","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 : 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01061-4
Hüsün S. Kizilkaya, Kimmie V. Sørensen, Jakob S. Madsen, Peter Lindquist, Jonathan D. Douros, Jette Bork-Jensen, Alessandro Berghella, Peter A. Gerlach, Lærke S. Gasbjerg, Jacek Mokrosiński, Stephanie A. Mowery, Patrick J. Knerr, Brian Finan, Jonathan E. Campbell, David A. D’Alessio, Diego Perez-Tilve, Felix Faas, Signe Mathiasen, Jørgen Rungby, Henrik T. Sørensen, Allan Vaag, Jens S. Nielsen, Jens-Christian Holm, Jeannet Lauenborg, Peter Damm, Oluf Pedersen, Allan Linneberg, Bolette Hartmann, Jens J. Holst, Torben Hansen, Shane C. Wright, Volker M. Lauschke, Niels Grarup, Alexander S. Hauser, Mette M. Rosenkilde
{"title":"Characterization of genetic variants of GIPR reveals a contribution of β-arrestin to metabolic phenotypes","authors":"Hüsün S. Kizilkaya, Kimmie V. Sørensen, Jakob S. Madsen, Peter Lindquist, Jonathan D. Douros, Jette Bork-Jensen, Alessandro Berghella, Peter A. Gerlach, Lærke S. Gasbjerg, Jacek Mokrosiński, Stephanie A. Mowery, Patrick J. Knerr, Brian Finan, Jonathan E. Campbell, David A. D’Alessio, Diego Perez-Tilve, Felix Faas, Signe Mathiasen, Jørgen Rungby, Henrik T. Sørensen, Allan Vaag, Jens S. Nielsen, Jens-Christian Holm, Jeannet Lauenborg, Peter Damm, Oluf Pedersen, Allan Linneberg, Bolette Hartmann, Jens J. Holst, Torben Hansen, Shane C. Wright, Volker M. Lauschke, Niels Grarup, Alexander S. Hauser, Mette M. Rosenkilde","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01061-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01061-4","url":null,"abstract":"Incretin-based therapies are highly successful in combatting obesity and type 2 diabetes1. Yet both activation and inhibition of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor (GIPR) in combination with glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor (GLP-1R) activation have resulted in similar clinical outcomes, as demonstrated by the GIPR–GLP-1R co-agonist tirzepatide2 and AMG-133 (ref. 3) combining GIPR antagonism with GLP-1R agonism. This underlines the importance of a better understanding of the GIP system. Here we show the necessity of β-arrestin recruitment for GIPR function, by combining in vitro pharmacological characterization of 47 GIPR variants with burden testing of clinical phenotypes and in vivo studies. Burden testing of variants with distinct ligand-binding capacity, Gs activation (cyclic adenosine monophosphate production) and β-arrestin 2 recruitment and internalization shows that unlike variants solely impaired in Gs signalling, variants impaired in both Gs and β-arrestin 2 recruitment contribute to lower adiposity-related traits. Endosomal Gs-mediated signalling of the variants shows a β-arrestin dependency and genetic ablation of β-arrestin 2 impairs cyclic adenosine monophosphate production and decreases GIP efficacy on glucose control in male mice. This study highlights a crucial impact of β-arrestins in regulating GIPR signalling and overall preservation of biological activity that may facilitate new developments in therapeutic targeting of the GIPR system. Molecular pharmacological characterization and association testing of human GIPR genetic variants with follow-up analysis in mice shows that β-arrestins regulate GIPR signalling and thereby strongly contribute to metabolic outcomes.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-024-01061-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141315587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2024-06-12DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01043-6
Michele Vacca, Ioannis Kamzolas, Lea Mørch Harder, Fiona Oakley, Christian Trautwein, Maximilian Hatting, Trenton Ross, Barbara Bernardo, Anouk Oldenburger, Sara Toftegaard Hjuler, Iwona Ksiazek, Daniel Lindén, Detlef Schuppan, Sergio Rodriguez-Cuenca, Maria Manuela Tonini, Tamara R. Castañeda, Aimo Kannt, Cecília M. P. Rodrigues, Simon Cockell, Olivier Govaere, Ann K. Daly, Michael Allison, Kristian Honnens de Lichtenberg, Yong Ook Kim, Anna Lindblom, Stephanie Oldham, Anne-Christine Andréasson, Franklin Schlerman, Jonathon Marioneaux, Arun Sanyal, Marta B. Afonso, Ramy Younes, Yuichiro Amano, Scott L. Friedman, Shuang Wang, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Eric Simon, Valérie Paradis, Alastair Burt, Ioanna Maria Grypari, Susan Davies, Ann Driessen, Hiroaki Yashiro, Susanne Pors, Maja Worm Andersen, Michael Feigh, Carla Yunis, Pierre Bedossa, Michelle Stewart, Heather L. Cater, Sara Wells, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Quentin M. Anstee, The LITMUS Investigators, Dina Tiniakos, James W. Perfield, Evangelia Petsalaki, Peter Davidsen, Antonio Vidal-Puig
{"title":"An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)","authors":"Michele Vacca, Ioannis Kamzolas, Lea Mørch Harder, Fiona Oakley, Christian Trautwein, Maximilian Hatting, Trenton Ross, Barbara Bernardo, Anouk Oldenburger, Sara Toftegaard Hjuler, Iwona Ksiazek, Daniel Lindén, Detlef Schuppan, Sergio Rodriguez-Cuenca, Maria Manuela Tonini, Tamara R. Castañeda, Aimo Kannt, Cecília M. P. Rodrigues, Simon Cockell, Olivier Govaere, Ann K. Daly, Michael Allison, Kristian Honnens de Lichtenberg, Yong Ook Kim, Anna Lindblom, Stephanie Oldham, Anne-Christine Andréasson, Franklin Schlerman, Jonathon Marioneaux, Arun Sanyal, Marta B. Afonso, Ramy Younes, Yuichiro Amano, Scott L. Friedman, Shuang Wang, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Eric Simon, Valérie Paradis, Alastair Burt, Ioanna Maria Grypari, Susan Davies, Ann Driessen, Hiroaki Yashiro, Susanne Pors, Maja Worm Andersen, Michael Feigh, Carla Yunis, Pierre Bedossa, Michelle Stewart, Heather L. Cater, Sara Wells, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Quentin M. Anstee, The LITMUS Investigators, Dina Tiniakos, James W. Perfield, Evangelia Petsalaki, Peter Davidsen, Antonio Vidal-Puig","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01043-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01043-6","url":null,"abstract":"Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, encompasses steatosis and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), leading to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Preclinical MASLD research is mainly performed in rodents; however, the model that best recapitulates human disease is yet to be defined. We conducted a wide-ranging retrospective review (metabolic phenotype, liver histopathology, transcriptome benchmarked against humans) of murine models (mostly male) and ranked them using an unbiased MASLD ‘human proximity score’ to define their metabolic relevance and ability to induce MASH-fibrosis. Here, we show that Western diets align closely with human MASH; high cholesterol content, extended study duration and/or genetic manipulation of disease-promoting pathways are required to intensify liver damage and accelerate significant (F2+) fibrosis development. Choline-deficient models rapidly induce MASH-fibrosis while showing relatively poor translatability. Our ranking of commonly used MASLD models, based on their proximity to human MASLD, helps with the selection of appropriate in vivo models to accelerate preclinical research. The LITMUS consortium provides a resource of rodent MASLD models benchmarked against metabolic, histologic and transcriptomic features that are relevant for human MASLD. The work is useful for selecting relevant rodent models for studying this common disease.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-024-01043-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature metabolismPub Date : 2024-06-12DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01052-5
Russell P. Goodman
{"title":"No single perfect mouse model of MASH","authors":"Russell P. Goodman","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01052-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01052-5","url":null,"abstract":"A centralized metabolic, histologic and transcriptomic evaluation of nearly 40 different murine models of MASH provides a crucial resource for choosing relevant preclinical mouse models for a common liver disease.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309078","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 : 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01060-5
Lisha Qiu Jin Lim, Lital Adler, Emma Hajaj, Leandro R. Soria, Rotem Ben-Tov Perry, Naama Darzi, Ruchama Brody, Noa Furth, Michal Lichtenstein, Elizabeta Bab-Dinitz, Ziv Porat, Tevie Melman, Alexander Brandis, Sergey Malitsky, Maxim Itkin, Yael Aylon, Shifra Ben-Dor, Irit Orr, Amir Pri-Or, Rony Seger, Yoav Shaul, Eytan Ruppin, Moshe Oren, Minervo Perez, Jordan Meier, Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Efrat Shema, Igor Ulitsky, Ayelet Erez
{"title":"ASS1 metabolically contributes to the nuclear and cytosolic p53-mediated DNA damage response","authors":"Lisha Qiu Jin Lim, Lital Adler, Emma Hajaj, Leandro R. Soria, Rotem Ben-Tov Perry, Naama Darzi, Ruchama Brody, Noa Furth, Michal Lichtenstein, Elizabeta Bab-Dinitz, Ziv Porat, Tevie Melman, Alexander Brandis, Sergey Malitsky, Maxim Itkin, Yael Aylon, Shifra Ben-Dor, Irit Orr, Amir Pri-Or, Rony Seger, Yoav Shaul, Eytan Ruppin, Moshe Oren, Minervo Perez, Jordan Meier, Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Efrat Shema, Igor Ulitsky, Ayelet Erez","doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-01060-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s42255-024-01060-5","url":null,"abstract":"Downregulation of the urea cycle enzyme argininosuccinate synthase (ASS1) in multiple tumors is associated with a poor prognosis partly because of the metabolic diversion of cytosolic aspartate for pyrimidine synthesis, supporting proliferation and mutagenesis owing to nucleotide imbalance. Here, we find that prolonged loss of ASS1 promotes DNA damage in colon cancer cells and fibroblasts from subjects with citrullinemia type I. Following acute induction of DNA damage with doxorubicin, ASS1 expression is elevated in the cytosol and the nucleus with at least a partial dependency on p53; ASS1 metabolically restrains cell cycle progression in the cytosol by restricting nucleotide synthesis. In the nucleus, ASS1 and ASL generate fumarate for the succination of SMARCC1, destabilizing the chromatin-remodeling complex SMARCC1–SNF5 to decrease gene transcription, specifically in a subset of the p53-regulated cell cycle genes. Thus, following DNA damage, ASS1 is part of the p53 network that pauses cell cycle progression, enabling genome maintenance and survival. Loss of ASS1 contributes to DNA damage and promotes cell cycle progression, likely contributing to cancer mutagenesis and, hence, adaptability potential. Lim, Adler et al. show that the urea cycle enzyme ASS1 can function in the nucleus to supply fumarate necessary to drive DNA damage responses.","PeriodicalId":19038,"journal":{"name":"Nature metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-024-01060-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141298939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}