Metabolic mechanisms in physiological and pathological cardiac hypertrophy: new paradigms and challenges

J Ritterhoff, R Tian - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Cardiac metabolism is vital for heart function. Given that cardiac contraction requires a
continuous supply of ATP in large quantities, the role of fuel metabolism in the heart has …

Carbon source availability drives nutrient utilization in CD8+ T cells

I Kaymak, KM Luda, LR Duimstra, EH Ma, J Longo… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
How environmental nutrient availability impacts T cell metabolism and function remains
poorly understood. Here, we report that the presence of physiologic carbon sources (PCSs) …

Metabolic flux between organs measured by arteriovenous metabolite gradients

H Bae, K Lam, C Jang - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian organs convert dietary nutrients into circulating metabolites and share them to
maintain whole-body metabolic homeostasis. While the concentrations of circulating …

Comparison of fecal and blood metabolome reveals inconsistent associations of the gut microbiota with cardiometabolic diseases

K Deng, J Xu, L Shen, H Zhao, W Gou, F Xu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood metabolome is commonly used in human studies to explore the associations of gut
microbiota-derived metabolites with cardiometabolic diseases. Here, in a cohort of 1007 …

A sustainable approach to universal metabolic cancer diagnosis

R Wang, S Yang, M Wang, Y Zhou, X Li, W Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Over a billion people across the world experience a high rate of missed disease diagnosis,
an issue that highlights the need for diagnostic tools showing increased accuracy and …

Arteriovenous metabolomics in pigs reveals CFTR regulation of metabolism in multiple organs

H Bae, BR Kim, S Jung, J Le, D van der Heide… - The Journal of clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene cause
cystic fibrosis (CF), a multiorgan disease that is characterized by diverse metabolic defects …

Integrated landscape of cardiac metabolism in end-stage human nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

E Flam, C Jang, D Murashige, Y Yang… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2022 - nature.com
Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of mortality. Failing hearts undergo profound metabolic
changes, but a comprehensive evaluation in humans is lacking. We integrate plasma and …

Glutamine addiction promotes glucose oxidation in triple-negative breast cancer

LE Quek, M van Geldermalsen, YF Guan, K Wahi… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Glutamine is a conditionally essential nutrient for many cancer cells, but it remains unclear
how consuming glutamine in excess of growth requirements confers greater fitness to …

BCAA-nitrogen flux in brown fat controls metabolic health independent of thermogenesis

ARP Verkerke, D Wang, N Yoshida, ZH Taxin, X Shi… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is best known for thermogenesis. Rodent studies demonstrated
that enhanced BAT thermogenesis is tightly associated with increased energy expenditure …

Trigonelline is an NAD+ precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia

M Membrez, E Migliavacca, S Christen, K Yaku… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction and low nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) levels are
hallmarks of skeletal muscle ageing and sarcopenia,–, but it is unclear whether these …