Cell metabolismPub Date : 2026-10-06DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.016
Nicola Guess
{"title":"Metabolic advantages of a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet in in patients with metabolically unhealthy obesity","authors":"Nicola Guess","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.016","url":null,"abstract":"Whether dietary macronutrient content has metabolic benefits beyond weight loss is unknown. In this issue, a carefully controlled trial demonstrates that a higher-protein, lower-carbohydrate dietary pattern improves hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism in people with prediabetes and steatosis compared to a lower-protein, high-carbohydrate diet, even though all groups lost 10% of body weight.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"37 1","pages":"1941-1942"},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090134","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 : 2026-10-06DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.004
Haiguang Wang,Andrew Hakeem,Xavier S. Revelo
{"title":"Glutamine metabolism keeps pathogenic hepatic CD4+ T cells in check","authors":"Haiguang Wang,Andrew Hakeem,Xavier S. Revelo","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"Sawada et al. show that glutamine metabolism through glutaminolysis restrains O-GlcNAcylation and pathogenic inflammatory cytokine production by hepatic CD4+ T cells during MASLD. Glutamine supplementation restores hepatic glutamine availability and limits liver injury, and these findings reveal a tissue-specific metabolic checkpoint that restrains inflammatory T cell function during steatohepatitis.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"3 1","pages":"1943-1945"},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090135","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 : 2026-10-06DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.021
Caglar Berkel
{"title":"Oleic acid might induce necroptosis of CD4+ T cells, in addition to its induction of pyroptosis","authors":"Caglar Berkel","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"2 1","pages":"1931-1932"},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090136","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 : 2026-10-06DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.006
Adrianna Dabrowska,Davide Ruggero
{"title":"You are what you eat and translate: Feeding the code to fight cancer and viruses","authors":"Adrianna Dabrowska,Davide Ruggero","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"How nutrients shape gene expression has remained a fundamental question. Wu et al.1 show that extracellular arginine directly remodels the tRNA-codon axis, controlling codon-dependent translation of major histocompatibility complex class I mRNA independently of canonical amino acid stress signaling. This nutrient-sensing mechanism regulates immunity in colorectal cancer and viral infection while revealing new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"11 1","pages":"1949-1951"},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090132","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 : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.10.003
Jitendra Kumar,Yoshinori Takashima,Jose Morales,Brandon Wong,Lina Werner,Isabel N. Goronzy,Selene Rubino,Robert T. Trousdale,Gerald J. Berry,Jörg J. Goronzy,Cornelia M. Weyand
{"title":"Lipid droplet-induced T cell death sustains autoimmune tissue inflammation","authors":"Jitendra Kumar,Yoshinori Takashima,Jose Morales,Brandon Wong,Lina Werner,Isabel N. Goronzy,Selene Rubino,Robert T. Trousdale,Gerald J. Berry,Jörg J. Goronzy,Cornelia M. Weyand","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149150683","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}
{"title":"Microbial aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenase degrades metformin to limit therapeutic response in type 2 diabetes","authors":"Yue Zhao,Chen Peng,Ying Xia,Tiejun Dong,Juan Xu,Xiaodong Shan,Xiang Zhong,Jingchuan Xue,Ziqian Bing,Pengfei Li,Jingyu Han,Yunzhong Nie,Kelei He,Yu Cao,Tingting Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"Metformin is a first-line therapy for type 2 diabetes, yet therapeutic responses vary widely. Whether gut microbes directly inactivate metformin and limit its efficacy remains unclear. Here, we identify a gut microbial aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenase, AdhE, from Eubacterium species enriched in individuals with a low response to metformin. AdhE converts metformin to pharmacologically inactive products, lowering intestinal and systemic drug exposure. Genetic deletion of AdhE or phage-mediated depletion of AdhE-producing Eubacterium hallii MD1 restores metformin exposure and glycemic control in mice. An artificial intelligence-guided structure-based screen identifies the dietary phytochemical daidzein as a microbial AdhE inhibitor that blocks metformin degradation and improves metformin responsiveness. These findings establish gut microbial drug inactivation as a modifiable determinant of therapeutic response and provide a framework for microbial enzyme-guided strategies to improve established therapies.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070994","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 : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.019
Fotios Karagiannis,Maria Rafailia Theodorou,Fabian Nikolka,Maria Doverman,Dhruvi Shah,Chantal Wientjens,Timothy R. McCulloch,Ronja Kardinal,David Colon,Jelena Zurkovic,Jiangyan Yu,Julia Anna Noras,Patricia Weiss,Roman Rombo,Tim Sparwasser,Zeinab Abdullah,Felix Meissner,Christoph Thiele,Jan Hasenauer,Dagmar Wachten,Karsten Hiller,Christoph Wilhelm
{"title":"Adipose ILC2s depend on acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 to maintain metabolic health","authors":"Fotios Karagiannis,Maria Rafailia Theodorou,Fabian Nikolka,Maria Doverman,Dhruvi Shah,Chantal Wientjens,Timothy R. McCulloch,Ronja Kardinal,David Colon,Jelena Zurkovic,Jiangyan Yu,Julia Anna Noras,Patricia Weiss,Roman Rombo,Tim Sparwasser,Zeinab Abdullah,Felix Meissner,Christoph Thiele,Jan Hasenauer,Dagmar Wachten,Karsten Hiller,Christoph Wilhelm","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.019","url":null,"abstract":"Adipose group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are essential to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Obesity severely impairs the number and function of ILC2s, resulting in the progression of metabolic inflammation. How ILC2s are perturbed in obesity remains unknown. Here, we find that high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity in mice increases fatty acid oxidation, leading to suppression of acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) carboxylase 1 (ACC1) in adipose ILC2s. ACC1 is essential for maintaining the citrate shuttle, NAD+/NADH balance, and cellular metabolism. Mimicking the effects of HFD, ACC1 deletion impairs differentiation, maintenance, and function of ILC2s. This results in adipose tissue hypertrophy and inflammation at steady state, predisposing mice to the development of diabetes. Supplementing with the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside rescues ACC1 deficiency, restoring ILC2 function and adipose tissue homeostasis. These findings establish ACC1 as a critical regulator of adipose ILC2 maintenance and function and provide a rationale for the adverse effects of ACC inhibition in obesity.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019673","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}
{"title":"Lactate couples metabolic state to necroptosis across pathological and physiological conditions","authors":"Naijin Zhang,Xinyue Huang,Saien Lu,Yuanming Zou,Guozhe Sun,Wei Zhang,Huijun Lu,Limin Wang,Xinxin Lu,Zhaobo Zhang,Cheng Cheng,Shilong You,He Zhang,Ying Zhang,Pengbo Wang,Pan Zhou,Juan Luo,Yuyi Chen,Feng Wu,Jiayan Guo,Anqi Ning,Yushan Guo,Liu Cao,Liming Sun,Yingxian Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.022","url":null,"abstract":"How fluctuations in central metabolites are transduced into cell-death decisions remains poorly understood. Here we show that lactate directly promotes necroptosis through lactylation of receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) at lysine 63 (K63). Large-scale screening identified LDH inhibition as a suppressor of mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase (MLKL)-dependent necroptosis, implicating intracellular lactate as a pivotal modulator. PCAF-mediated K63 lactylation enhances RIPK3 kinase activity and stabilizes the RIPK3-MLKL complex, driving membrane disruption. K63R mutation or PCAF loss potently suppresses necroptosis. This pathway operates in both pathological and physiological contexts: K63R knockin mice and LDH/PCAF inhibition protect against injury in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion and influenza A infection, whereas exercise-induced lactate engages the identical cascade to drive myofiber necroptosis, activating muscle stem cells and enhancing athletic performance. These findings reveal RIPK3-K63 lactylation as a pivotal mechanism linking lactate fluctuations to cell-death outcomes across disease and physiology.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019668","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 : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.020
Julia Zinngrebe,Konstantin M.J. Sparrer,Pamela Fischer-Posovszky
{"title":"Adipocytes: Hidden forces of the immune system?","authors":"Julia Zinngrebe,Konstantin M.J. Sparrer,Pamela Fischer-Posovszky","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.08.020","url":null,"abstract":"While adipocytes are majorly recognized for their role in energy homeostasis, they recently emerged as regulators of immune functions and defenders against pathogens. This poses the question of whether these lipid-laden cells constitute a currently underappreciated but integral component of our immune defenses. Here, we discuss recent evidence that adipocytes may indeed exert classical immune functions, including pathogen recognition and elimination, production of antimicrobial peptides, metabolic adaptation during infection, and antigen presentation. Positioned near portals of pathogen entry, adipocytes dynamically contribute to barrier integrity and host defense, underscoring their role as an integral and active component of the immune system.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019704","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}