A non-canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle underlies cellular identity

PK Arnold, BT Jackson, KI Paras, JS Brunner, ML Hart… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a central hub of cellular metabolism, oxidizing nutrients
to generate reducing equivalents for energy production and critical metabolites for …

Distinct modes of mitochondrial metabolism uncouple T cell differentiation and function

W Bailis, JA Shyer, J Zhao, JCG Canaveras… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Activated CD4 T cells proliferate rapidly and remodel epigenetically before exiting the cell
cycle and engaging acquired effector functions. Metabolic reprogramming from the naive …

Inhibition of mTOR induces a paused pluripotent state

A Bulut-Karslioglu, S Biechele, H Jin, TA Macrae… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Cultured pluripotent stem cells are a cornerstone of regenerative medicine owing to their
ability to give rise to all cell types of the body. Although pluripotent stem cells can be …

Regulation and function of the mammalian tricarboxylic acid cycle

PK Arnold, LWS Finley - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, otherwise known as the Krebs cycle, is a central
metabolic pathway that performs the essential function of oxidizing nutrients to support …

TCA cycle signalling and the evolution of eukaryotes

DG Ryan, C Frezza, LAJ O'Neill - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
A major question remaining in the field of evolutionary biology is how prokaryotic organisms
made the leap to complex eukaryotic life. The prevailing theory depicts the origin of …

Co-evolution of transcriptional and post-translational cell-cycle regulation

LJ Jensen, TS Jensen, U de Lichtenberg, S Brunak… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
DNA microarray studies have shown that hundreds of genes are transcribed periodically
during the mitotic cell cycle of humans, budding yeast,, fission yeast,, and the plant …

High CO2 levels drive the TCA cycle backwards towards autotrophy

L Steffens, E Pettinato, TM Steiner, A Mall, S König… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
It has recently been shown that in anaerobic microorganisms the tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
cycle, including the seemingly irreversible citrate synthase reaction, can be reversed and …

Mitochondrial TCA cycle metabolites control physiology and disease

I Martínez-Reyes, NS Chandel - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondria are signaling organelles that regulate a wide variety of cellular functions and
can dictate cell fate. Multiple mechanisms contribute to communicate mitochondrial fitness to …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation enables heart regeneration in adult mice

X Li, F Wu, S Günther, M Looso, C Kuenne, T Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Postnatal maturation of cardiomyocytes is characterized by a metabolic switch from
glycolysis to fatty acid oxidation, chromatin reconfiguration and exit from the cell cycle …

Onset of differentiation is post-transcriptionally controlled in adult neural stem cells

A Baser, M Skabkin, S Kleber, Y Dang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Whether post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression controls differentiation of stem
cells for tissue renewal remains unknown. Quiescent stem cells exhibit a low level of protein …