Cell metabolismPub Date : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.05.007
Jessica Furtado,Marc Schneeberger
{"title":"When lactate speaks: Rewiring astrocyte-neuron metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease","authors":"Jessica Furtado,Marc Schneeberger","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.05.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"Metabolic dysfunction is a defining but poorly understood feature of Alzheimer’s disease. Du et al. show that a brain-penetrant GLP-1 receptor agonist rewires astrocyte-neuron metabolic coupling through lactate-driven histone lactylation, linking astrocytic glycolysis to neuronal lipid homeostasis and positioning metabolite signaling as a therapeutic axis in neurodegeneration.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148665748","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 : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.006
Maria J. Gonzalez-Rellan,Daniel J. Drucker
{"title":"Weight-loss-independent actions of GLP-1 medicines","authors":"Maria J. Gonzalez-Rellan,Daniel J. Drucker","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"The unprecedented broad efficacy of GLP-1 medicines reflects mechanisms beyond weight loss. GLP-1R agonism recruits neural and immune circuits, inter-organ communication, and engages local GLP-1Rs to improve cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, musculoskeletal, and organismal health. Defining dose-response relationships for weight-loss-independent mechanisms will facilitate optimization of the therapeutic potential of GLP-1 medicines.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"4 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148665775","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 : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.010
Tune H. Pers,Amber L. Alhadeff,Martin G. Myers Jr.,Alice E. Adriaenssens,Henning Fenselau,Sarah A. Stanley,Virginie Mansuy-Aubert,Ana I. Domingos,Alejandro Caicedo,Beste Mutlu
{"title":"Decoding neural signals to build metabolic therapies","authors":"Tune H. Pers,Amber L. Alhadeff,Martin G. Myers Jr.,Alice E. Adriaenssens,Henning Fenselau,Sarah A. Stanley,Virginie Mansuy-Aubert,Ana I. Domingos,Alejandro Caicedo,Beste Mutlu","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.010","url":null,"abstract":"Ongoing research points to neural circuits as the major targets for the incretin-mimetic drugs that are transforming obesity treatment. In this Voices piece, we asked researchers to discuss their work on how central and peripheral pathways influence energy balance and metabolism, and what next steps are needed to therapeutically target these pathways.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148665662","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 : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.019
Dominique Langin,André C. Carpentier
{"title":"The Hormone Cell Atlas decodes the human endocrine system, one cell at a time","authors":"Dominique Langin,André C. Carpentier","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.019","url":null,"abstract":"Farooqi, Teichmann, and collaborators developed the Hormone Cell Atlas, a 14-million-cell dataset mapping hormone production and sensitivity across 47 human tissues. Their findings expand knowledge on sites of production and receiver cells, opening new avenues in endocrinology and metabolism.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148665747","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 : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.011
Le Jin Sun,Gina M. DeNicola
{"title":"A mitochondrial antioxidant axis fuels iron addiction in colorectal cancer","authors":"Le Jin Sun,Gina M. DeNicola","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.06.011","url":null,"abstract":"Colorectal cancer (CRC) cells accumulate iron to fuel proliferation yet paradoxically resist its toxicity. Jain et al. reveal that heme stabilizes succinate dehydrogenase subunit C, sustaining complex II-dependent coenzyme Q reduction and its redistribution to the plasma membrane, enabling CRC cells to buffer oxidative stress and iron-induced cell death.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148665780","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 : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.005
Pingxin Sun,Ke Feng,Wenlin Li
{"title":"Pulsatile FXR activation for liver diseases","authors":"Pingxin Sun,Ke Feng,Wenlin Li","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"Sustained receptor activation is often prioritized in drug development. Zang and colleagues challenge this paradigm with linafexor, a rapidly cleared farnesoid X receptor agonist that produces pulsatile activation, preserves receptor responsiveness, reduces broad transcriptional disruption, and improves efficacy and safety, highlighting temporal alignment as a design principle for metabolic therapeutics.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"295 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148665781","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 : 2026-07-18DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.009
Daolin Tang, Rui Kang, Kristen M. Livesey, Guido Kroemer, Timothy R. Billiar, Bennett Van Houten, Herbert J. Zeh III, Michael T. Lotze
{"title":"High-Mobility Group Box 1 Is Essential for Mitochondrial Quality Control","authors":"Daolin Tang, Rui Kang, Kristen M. Livesey, Guido Kroemer, Timothy R. Billiar, Bennett Van Houten, Herbert J. Zeh III, Michael T. Lotze","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"241 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148538988","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 : 2026-04-27DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.04.001
Jae-Hun Lee, In-Young Hwang, Hyun Jun Jang, Hyeon-Gu Yeo, Jiwoon Lim, Jinyoung Won, Benedict Reve Delmo, Myungju Kim, Eunji Lee, Woojin Won, Elijah Hwejin Lee, Ki Jung Kim, Tai Young Kim, Jiwoong Jung, Kyung Seob Lim, Chang-Yeop Jeon, Junghyung Park, Minji Kim, Jisun Min, Hyerin Jang, C. Justin Lee
{"title":"Oxidative stress-induced astrocytic collagen biosynthesis drives glial barrier formation and neuronal death in ischemic stroke","authors":"Jae-Hun Lee, In-Young Hwang, Hyun Jun Jang, Hyeon-Gu Yeo, Jiwoon Lim, Jinyoung Won, Benedict Reve Delmo, Myungju Kim, Eunji Lee, Woojin Won, Elijah Hwejin Lee, Ki Jung Kim, Tai Young Kim, Jiwoong Jung, Kyung Seob Lim, Chang-Yeop Jeon, Junghyung Park, Minji Kim, Jisun Min, Hyerin Jang, C. Justin Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"Astrocytes regulate brain metabolism and homeostasis, but how oxidative stress reshapes astrocytic metabolism to drive neuronal damage remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that oxidative stress turns on astrocytic type I collagen (COL1) production via a redox-glycosylation coupling mechanism. Hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) suppresses miR-29 and enhances fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8)-mediated core fucosylation, integrating post-transcriptional and glycosylation-dependent regulation of COL1. Astrocyte-derived COL1 activates integrin signaling and promotes neuronal death. In a photothrombotic stroke model, an H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> surge induces astrogliosis, glycosylation remodeling, and COL1 expression, leading to glial barrier formation, neuronal loss, and neurological deficits. These pathological cascades are mitigated by astrocyte-specific silencing of COL1 or FUT8 or by KDS12025, a peroxidase enhancer that reduces H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> burden. Notably, KDS12025 exerts potent neuroprotection in a non-human primate stroke model. Together, our findings identify an unprecedented astrocytic metabolic pathway linking oxidative stress to glycosylation-driven COL1 production, highlighting the H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> surge, astrocytic COL1, and FUT8 as promising therapeutic targets for recovery after stroke.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751599","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 : 2026-04-22DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.04.007
Anand Kumar Sharma, Radhika Khandelwal, Jelena Zurkovic, Fen Long, Tongtong Wang, Revati S. Dewal, Chunyan Wu, Adhideb Ghosh, Klug Manuel, Alaa Othman, Chandramohan Chitraju, Robert V. Farese Jr., Tobias C. Walther, Miroslav Balaz, Christoph Thiele, Christian Wolfrum
{"title":"DGAT-driven futile lipid cycling has a pronounced, yet concealed, thermogenic function","authors":"Anand Kumar Sharma, Radhika Khandelwal, Jelena Zurkovic, Fen Long, Tongtong Wang, Revati S. Dewal, Chunyan Wu, Adhideb Ghosh, Klug Manuel, Alaa Othman, Chandramohan Chitraju, Robert V. Farese Jr., Tobias C. Walther, Miroslav Balaz, Christoph Thiele, Christian Wolfrum","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2026.04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2026.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147752614","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}