Circulating branched chain amino acids and cardiometabolic disease

KS Fine, JT Wilkins, KT Sawicki - Journal of the American Heart …, 2024 - ahajournals.org
Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are essential for protein homeostasis, energy
balance, and signaling pathways. Changes in BCAA homeostasis have emerged as pivotal …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiometabolic characteristics of people with metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity

MC Petersen, GI Smith, HH Palacios, SS Farabi… - Cell metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
There is considerable heterogeneity in the cardiometabolic abnormalities associated with
obesity. We evaluated multi-organ system metabolic function in 20 adults with metabolically …

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 …

The role of branched-chain amino acids and their downstream metabolites in mediating insulin resistance

AM Abdualkader, QG Karwi… - … of Pharmacy & …, 2024 - frontierspartnerships.org
Elevated levels of circulating branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and their associated
metabolites have been strongly linked to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Despite …

BCAAs acutely drive glucose dysregulation and insulin resistance: role of AgRP neurons

H Shah, RB Gannaban, ZF Haque, F Dehghani… - Nutrition & …, 2024 - nature.com
Background High-protein diets are often enriched with branched-chain amino acids
(BCAAs) known to enhance protein synthesis and provide numerous physiological benefits …

Differences in branched-chain amino acid to tyrosine ratio (BTR) among etiologies of chronic liver disease progression compared to healthy adults.

M Mino, A Sano, E Kakazu, H Matsubara… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) to tyrosine (Tyr) ratio (BTR) test is
used to evaluate the progression of chronic liver disease (CLD). However, the differences …

The BCKDK inhibitor BT2 is a chemical uncoupler that lowers mitochondrial ROS production and de novo lipogenesis

A Acevedo, AE Jones, BT Danna, R Turner… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - jbc.org
Elevated levels of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) and branched-chain α-ketoacids
are associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disease, but the molecular mechanisms …

Towards metabolomic-based precision approaches for classifying and treating heart failure

VS Hahn, S Selvaraj, K Sharma, SH Shah - Basic to Translational Science, 2024 - jacc.org
Both heart failure and cardiometabolic disease are on the rise, and abnormal cardiac and
peripheral metabolism are central to the syndrome of heart failure. Advances in metabolomic …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated metabolomics and proteomics revealed astragaloside IV inhibiting Pdxk-mediated vitamin B6 metabolism based on liquid chromatography-tandem …

S Qiu, S Guo, Z Wang, Y Cai, D **e, W Sun… - Journal of Functional …, 2025 - Elsevier
Metabolic abnormalities lead to the dysfunction of metabolic pathways and metabolite
accumulation or deficiency which is well-recognized hallmarks of diseases. Unique …

Protein and amino acids in obesity: friends or foes?

Y Boirie, A Pinel, C Guillet - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Interventions using dietary protein in obesity may be useful, especially during energy
restriction but also in sarcopenic obesity. Furthermore, metabolic profiles that encompass …