Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.015
Suchira Gallage, Adnan Ali, Jose Efren Barragan Avila, Nogayhan Seymen, Pierluigi Ramadori, Vera Joerke, Laimdota Zizmare, David Aicher, Indresh K. Gopalsamy, Winnie Fong, Jan Kosla, Enrico Focaccia, Xin Li, Suhail Yousuf, Tjeerd Sijmonsma, Mohammad Rahbari, Katharina S. Kommoss, Adrian Billeter, Sandra Prokosch, Ulrike Rothermel, Mathias Heikenwalder
{"title":"A 5:2 intermittent fasting regimen ameliorates NASH and fibrosis and blunts HCC development via hepatic PPARα and PCK1","authors":"Suchira Gallage, Adnan Ali, Jose Efren Barragan Avila, Nogayhan Seymen, Pierluigi Ramadori, Vera Joerke, Laimdota Zizmare, David Aicher, Indresh K. Gopalsamy, Winnie Fong, Jan Kosla, Enrico Focaccia, Xin Li, Suhail Yousuf, Tjeerd Sijmonsma, Mohammad Rahbari, Katharina S. Kommoss, Adrian Billeter, Sandra Prokosch, Ulrike Rothermel, Mathias Heikenwalder","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The role and molecular mechanisms of intermittent fasting (IF) in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and its transition to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are unknown. Here, we identified that an IF 5:2 regimen prevents NASH development as well as ameliorates established NASH and fibrosis without affecting total calorie intake. Furthermore, the IF 5:2 regimen blunted NASH-HCC transition when applied therapeutically. The timing, length, and number of fasting cycles as well as the type of NASH diet were critical parameters determining the benefits of fasting. Combined proteome, transcriptome, and metabolome analyses identified that peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) and glucocorticoid-signaling-induced PCK1 act co-operatively as hepatic executors of the fasting response. In line with this, PPARα targets and PCK1 were reduced in human NASH. Notably, only fasting initiated during the active phase of mice robustly induced glucocorticoid signaling and free-fatty-acid-induced PPARα signaling. However, hepatocyte-specific glucocorticoid receptor deletion only partially abrogated the hepatic fasting response. In contrast, the combined knockdown of <em>Ppara</em> and <em>Pck1 in vivo</em> abolished the beneficial outcomes of fasting against inflammation and fibrosis. Moreover, overexpression of <em>Pck1</em> alone or together with <em>Ppara in vivo</em> lowered hepatic triglycerides and steatosis. Our data support the notion that the IF 5:2 regimen is a promising intervention against NASH and subsequent liver cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.011
Helaina Von Bank, Judith Simcox
{"title":"Branching out beyond canonical brown adipocyte function","authors":"Helaina Von Bank, Judith Simcox","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Brown adipose tissue has long been functionally characterized as an organ that regulates thermogenesis, body weight set point, and glucose homeostasis. In the May 9, 2024, issue of <em>Cell</em>, Verkerke et al. discover a novel function for brown adipose tissue in processing branched-chain amino acids into antioxidant metabolites that enter the circulation and regulate insulin signaling in the liver.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.009
Shane J.F. Cronin
{"title":"Dysregulated BH4 metabolism facilitates immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer","authors":"Shane J.F. Cronin","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive, malignant, and lethal cancers, displaying strong resistance to immunotherapy. In this issue of <em>Cell Metabolism</em>, a study by Liu et al. identifies tetrahydrobiopterin metabolic dysregulation as a key driver for the immunosuppressive PDAC environment in mouse and human.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.008
Mone Zaidi, Samir Zaidi, Tony Yuen
{"title":"Understanding osteokine biology","authors":"Mone Zaidi, Samir Zaidi, Tony Yuen","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bone is an endocrine organ that participates in whole-body homeostasis. The biology of bone-derived osteokines, however, remains unclear. Liang et al. integrate experimental and computational methods to discover new osteokines, establish their cell of origin and target site, and study their role in aging and during mechanical stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.006
Tao Bo, Ling Gao, Zhenyu Yao, Shanshan Shao, Xuemin Wang, Christopher G. Proud, Jiajun Zhao
{"title":"Hepatic selective insulin resistance at the intersection of insulin signaling and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease","authors":"Tao Bo, Ling Gao, Zhenyu Yao, Shanshan Shao, Xuemin Wang, Christopher G. Proud, Jiajun Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Insulin resistance (IR) is a major pathogenic factor in the progression of MASLD. In the liver, insulin suppresses gluconeogenesis and enhances <em>de novo</em> lipogenesis (DNL). During IR, there is a defect in insulin-mediated suppression of gluconeogenesis, but an unrestrained increase in hepatic lipogenesis persists. The mechanism of increased hepatic steatosis in IR is unclear and remains controversial. The key discrepancy is whether insulin retains its ability to directly regulate hepatic lipogenesis. Blocking insulin/IRS/AKT signaling reduces liver lipid deposition in IR, suggesting insulin can still regulate lipid metabolism; hepatic glucose metabolism that bypasses insulin’s action may contribute to lipogenesis; and due to peripheral IR, other tissues are likely to impact liver lipid deposition. We here review the current understanding of insulin’s action in governing different aspects of hepatic lipid metabolism under normal and IR states, with the purpose of highlighting the essential issues that remain unsettled.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.013
Tim F. Dorweiler, Arjun Singh, Aditya Ganju, Todd A. Lydic, Louis C. Glazer, Richard N. Kolesnick, Julia V. Busik
{"title":"Diabetic retinopathy is a ceramidopathy reversible by anti-ceramide immunotherapy","authors":"Tim F. Dorweiler, Arjun Singh, Aditya Ganju, Todd A. Lydic, Louis C. Glazer, Richard N. Kolesnick, Julia V. Busik","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Diabetic retinopathy is a microvascular disease that causes blindness. Using acid sphingomyelinase knockout mice, we reported that ceramide generation is critical for diabetic retinopathy development. Here, in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, we identify vitreous ceramide imbalance with pathologic long-chain C16-ceramides increasing and protective very long-chain C26-ceramides decreasing. C16-ceramides generate pro-inflammatory/pro-apoptotic ceramide-rich platforms on endothelial surfaces. To geo-localize ceramide-rich platforms, we invented a three-dimensional confocal assay and showed that retinopathy-producing cytokines TNFα and IL-1β induce ceramide-rich platform formation on retinal endothelial cells within seconds, with volumes increasing 2-logs, yielding apoptotic death. Anti-ceramide antibodies abolish these events. Furthermore, intravitreal and systemic anti-ceramide antibodies protect from diabetic retinopathy in standardized rodent ischemia reperfusion and streptozotocin models. These data support (1) retinal endothelial ceramide as a diabetic retinopathy treatment target, (2) early-stage therapy of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy to prevent progression, and (3) systemic diabetic retinopathy treatment; and they characterize diabetic retinopathy as a “ceramidopathy” reversible by anti-ceramide immunotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.004
Dan Wang, Jing Cai, Qilin Pei, Zedong Yan, Feng Zhu, Zhe Zhao, Ruobing Liu, Xiangyang Guo, Tao Sun, Juan Liu, Yulan Tian, Hongbo Liu, Xi Shao, Jinghui Huang, Xiaoxia Hao, Qi Chang, Zhuojing Luo, Da Jing
{"title":"Gut microbial alterations in arginine metabolism determine bone mechanical adaptation","authors":"Dan Wang, Jing Cai, Qilin Pei, Zedong Yan, Feng Zhu, Zhe Zhao, Ruobing Liu, Xiangyang Guo, Tao Sun, Juan Liu, Yulan Tian, Hongbo Liu, Xi Shao, Jinghui Huang, Xiaoxia Hao, Qi Chang, Zhuojing Luo, Da Jing","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although mechanical loading is essential for maintaining bone health and combating osteoporosis, its practical application is limited to a large extent by the high variability in bone mechanoresponsiveness. Here, we found that gut microbial depletion promoted a significant reduction in skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading. Among experimental mice, we observed differences between those with high and low responses to exercise with respect to the gut microbial composition, in which the differential abundance of <em>Lachnospiraceae</em> contributed to the differences in bone mechanoresponsiveness. Microbial production of L-citrulline and its conversion into L-arginine were identified as key regulators of bone mechanoadaptation, and administration of these metabolites enhanced bone mechanoresponsiveness in normal, aged, and ovariectomized mice. Mechanistically, L-arginine-mediated enhancement of bone mechanoadaptation was primarily attributable to the activation of a nitric-oxide-calcium positive feedback loop in osteocytes. This study identifies a promising anti-osteoporotic strategy for maximizing mechanical loading-induced skeletal benefits via the microbiota-metabolite axis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.007
Qiang Cai, Yihao Tian, Quazi T.H. Shubhra
{"title":"Targeting metabolic circuitry to supercharge CD8+ T cell antitumor responses","authors":"Qiang Cai, Yihao Tian, Quazi T.H. Shubhra","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tumors compromise T cell functionality through various mechanisms, including the induction of a nutrient-scarce microenvironment, leading to lipid accumulation and metabolic reprogramming. Hunt et al. elucidate acetyl-CoA carboxylase’s crucial role in regulating lipid metabolism in CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells, uncovering a novel metabolic strategy to potentiate antitumor immune responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140845985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.014
Qingwen Qian, Mark Li, Zeyuan Zhang, Shannon W. Davis, Kamal Rahmouni, Andrew W. Norris, Huojun Cao, Wen-Xing Ding, Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Ling Yang
{"title":"Obesity disrupts the pituitary-hepatic UPR communication leading to NAFLD progression","authors":"Qingwen Qian, Mark Li, Zeyuan Zhang, Shannon W. Davis, Kamal Rahmouni, Andrew W. Norris, Huojun Cao, Wen-Xing Ding, Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Ling Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Obesity alters levels of pituitary hormones that govern hepatic immune-metabolic homeostasis, dysregulation of which leads to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the impact of obesity on intra-pituitary homeostasis is largely unknown. Here, we uncovered a blunted unfolded protein response (UPR) but elevated inflammatory signatures in pituitary glands of obese mice and humans. Furthermore, we found that obesity inflames the pituitary gland, leading to impaired pituitary inositol-requiring enzyme 1α (IRE1α)-X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1) UPR branch, which is essential for protecting against pituitary endocrine defects and NAFLD progression. Intriguingly, pituitary IRE1-deletion resulted in hypothyroidism and suppressed the thyroid hormone receptor B (THRB)-mediated activation of <em>Xbp1</em> in the liver. Conversely, activation of the hepatic THRB-XBP1 axis improved NAFLD in mice with pituitary UPR defect. Our study provides the first evidence and mechanism of obesity-induced intra-pituitary cellular defects and the pathophysiological role of pituitary-liver UPR communication in NAFLD progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell metabolismPub Date : 2024-05-03DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.012
Zhijuan Hu, Liang Yang, Maolei Zhang, Haite Tang, Yile Huang, Yujie Su, Yingzhe Ding, Chong Li, Mengfei Wang, Yunhao Zhou, Qing Zhang, Liman Guo, Yue Wu, Qianqian Wang, Ning Liu, Haoran Kang, Yi Wu, Deyang Yao, Yukun Li, Zifeng Ruan, Xingguo Liu
{"title":"A novel protein CYTB-187AA encoded by the mitochondrial gene CYTB modulates mammalian early development","authors":"Zhijuan Hu, Liang Yang, Maolei Zhang, Haite Tang, Yile Huang, Yujie Su, Yingzhe Ding, Chong Li, Mengfei Wang, Yunhao Zhou, Qing Zhang, Liman Guo, Yue Wu, Qianqian Wang, Ning Liu, Haoran Kang, Yi Wu, Deyang Yao, Yukun Li, Zifeng Ruan, Xingguo Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The mitochondrial genome transcribes 13 mRNAs coding for well-known proteins essential for oxidative phosphorylation. We demonstrate here that cytochrome <em>b</em> (<em>CYTB</em>), the only mitochondrial-DNA-encoded transcript among complex III, also encodes an unrecognized 187-amino-acid-long protein, CYTB-187AA, using the standard genetic code of cytosolic ribosomes rather than the mitochondrial genetic code. After validating the existence of this mtDNA-encoded protein arising from cytosolic translation (mPACT) using mass spectrometry and antibodies, we show that CYTB-187AA is mainly localized in the mitochondrial matrix and promotes the pluripotent state in primed-to-naive transition by interacting with solute carrier family 25 member 3 (SLC25A3) to modulate ATP production. We further generated a transgenic knockin mouse model of CYTB-187AA silencing and found that reduction of CYTB-187AA impairs females’ fertility by decreasing the number of ovarian follicles. For the first time, we uncovered the novel mPACT pattern of a mitochondrial mRNA and demonstrated the physiological function of this 14<sup>th</sup> protein encoded by mtDNA.</p>","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140821239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}