Butyrate in energy metabolism: there is still more to learn

L Zhang, C Liu, Q Jiang, Y Yin - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Butyrate, a main product of gut microbial fermentation, has been recognized as an important
mediator of gut microbiota regulation in whole body energy homeostasis. However, the …

Metabolic regulation of kisspeptin—the link between energy balance and reproduction

VM Navarro - Nature reviews endocrinology, 2020 - nature.com
Hypothalamic kisspeptin neurons serve as the nodal regulatory centre of reproductive
function. These neurons are subjected to a plethora of regulatory factors that ultimately affect …

Mitochondria and epigenetics–crosstalk in homeostasis and stress

O Matilainen, PM Quirós, J Auwerx - Trends in cell biology, 2017 - cell.com
Through epigenetic mechanisms cells integrate environmental stimuli to fine-tune gene
expression levels. Mitochondrial function is essential to provide the intermediate metabolites …

[HTML][HTML] CXCL14, a brown adipokine that mediates brown-fat-to-macrophage communication in thermogenic adaptation

R Cereijo, A Gavaldà-Navarro, M Cairó… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
The beneficial effects of brown adipose tissue (BAT) are attributed to its capacity to oxidize
metabolites and produce heat, but recent data suggest that secretory properties of BAT may …

Mfn2 is critical for brown adipose tissue thermogenic function

M Boutant, SS Kulkarni, M Joffraud, J Ratajczak… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Mitochondrial fusion and fission events, collectively known as mitochondrial dynamics, act
as quality control mechanisms to ensure mitochondrial function and fine‐tune cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Brown and beige adipose tissues in health and disease

L Rui - Comprehensive Physiology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brown and beige adipocytes arise from distinct developmental origins. Brown adipose tissue
(BAT) develops embryonically from precursors that also give to skeletal muscle. Beige fat …

Epigenetic regulation of energy metabolism in obesity

W Gao, JL Liu, X Lu, Q Yang - Journal of molecular cell biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally. Although modern adoption of a
sedentary lifestyle coupled with energy-dense nutrition is considered to be the main cause …

Mitochondrial retrograde signaling in mammals is mediated by the transcriptional cofactor GPS2 via direct mitochondria-to-nucleus translocation

MD Cardamone, B Tanasa, CT Cederquist, J Huang… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
As most of the mitochondrial proteome is encoded in the nucleus, mitochondrial functions
critically depend on nuclear gene expression and bidirectional mito-nuclear communication …

LSD1 mediates microbial metabolite butyrate-induced thermogenesis in brown and white adipose tissue

D Wang, CD Liu, HF Li, ML Tian, JQ Pan, G Shu… - Metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The gut microbiota regulates thermogenesis to benefit metabolic homeostasis at
least partially via its metabolite butyrate, and the underlying mechanisms of this regulation …

KDM4 inhibition targets breast cancer stem–like cells

E Metzger, SS Stepputtis, J Strietz, BT Preca, S Urban… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Traditional treatments for breast cancer fail to address therapy-resistant cancer stem–like
cells that have been characterized by changes in epigenetic regulators such as the lysine …