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) …

The oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in photosynthesis: a tale of two shunts

Y Xu, SC Schmiege, TD Sharkey - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
CO2 release in the light (RL) and its presumed source, oxidative pentose phosphate
pathways, were found to be insensitive to CO2 concentration. The oxidative pentose …

Dietary fructose feeds hepatic lipogenesis via microbiota-derived acetate

S Zhao, C Jang, J Liu, K Uehara, M Gilbert, L Izzo… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Consumption of fructose has risen markedly in recent decades owing to the use of sucrose
and high-fructose corn syrup in beverages and processed foods, and this has contributed to …

Interrogating in vivo T-cell metabolism in mice using stable isotope labeling metabolomics and rapid cell sorting

RD Sheldon, EH Ma, LM DeCamp, KS Williams… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
T cells are integral players in the adaptive immune system that readily adapt their
metabolism to meet their energetic and biosynthetic needs. A major hurdle to understand …

Daylength variation affects growth, photosynthesis, leaf metabolism, partitioning, and metabolic fluxes

Y Xu, AA Koroma, SE Weise, X Fu, TD Sharkey… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Daylength, a seasonal and latitudinal variable, exerts a substantial impact on plant growth.
However, the relationship between daylength and growth is nonproportional, suggesting the …

Lysine catabolism reprograms tumour immunity through histone crotonylation

H Yuan, X Wu, Q Wu, A Chatoff, E Megill, J Gao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells rewire metabolism to favour the generation of specialized metabolites that
support tumour growth and reshape the tumour microenvironment,. Lysine functions as a …

Acetyl-CoA metabolism supports multistep pancreatic tumorigenesis

A Carrer, S Trefely, S Zhao, SL Campbell, RJ Norgard… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has a poor prognosis, and new strategies for
prevention and treatment are urgently needed. We previously reported that histone H4 …

Acetylcarnitine shuttling links mitochondrial metabolism to histone acetylation and lipogenesis

LT Izzo, S Trefely, C Demetriadou, JM Drummond… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The metabolite acetyl-CoA is necessary for both lipid synthesis in the cytosol and histone
acetylation in the nucleus. The two canonical precursors to acetyl-CoA in the nuclear …

Alcohol metabolism contributes to brain histone acetylation

P Mews, G Egervari, R Nativio, S Sidoli, G Donahue… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that epigenetic regulation is dependent on metabolic state,
and implicates specific metabolic factors in neural functions that drive behaviour. In neurons …

Metabolic rewiring of macrophages by CpG potentiates clearance of cancer cells and overcomes tumor-expressed CD47− mediated 'don't-eat-me'signal

M Liu, RS O'Connor, S Trefely, K Graham… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Macrophages enforce antitumor immunity by engulfing and killing tumor cells. Although
these functions are determined by a balance of stimulatory and inhibitory signals, the role of …