2024
Small molecules targeting selective PCK1 and PGC-1α lysine acetylation cause anti-diabetic action through increased lactate oxidation
Mutlu B, Sharabi K, Sohn J, Yuan B, Latorre-Muro P, Qin X, Yook J, Lin H, Yu D, Camporez J, Kajimura S, Shulman G, Hui S, Kamenecka T, Griffin P, Puigserver P. Small molecules targeting selective PCK1 and PGC-1α lysine acetylation cause anti-diabetic action through increased lactate oxidation. Cell Chemical Biology 2024, 31: 1772-1786.e5. PMID: 39341205, PMCID: PMC11500315, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1Lysine acetylationTricarboxylic acidAnti-diabetic effectsAnaplerotic reactionsGluconeogenic reactionsLiver-specific expressionGluconeogenic metabolitesLactate oxidationSmall moleculesAnti-diabetic actionSuppressed gluconeogenesisHepatic glucose productionPGC-1aAcetylationOxaloacetateGluconeogenesisObese miceGlucose productionIncreased glucoseGlucose oxidationSubstrate oxidationOxidationGlucoseMutants
2018
Metabolic Inflexibility Revisited—Muscle Substrate Oxidation Is Mechanistically Dissociated from Muscle Insulin Resistance in Rats
SONG J, PERRY R, MUNK A, ZHANG Y, ZHANG D, SHULMAN G. Metabolic Inflexibility Revisited—Muscle Substrate Oxidation Is Mechanistically Dissociated from Muscle Insulin Resistance in Rats. Diabetes 2018, 67 DOI: 10.2337/db18-240-lb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsulin-resistant ratsMuscle insulin resistanceHigh-fat dietResistant ratsInsulin resistanceNormal ratsSoleus muscleLipid-induced muscle insulin resistanceSkeletal muscle insulin resistancePeripheral glucose metabolismHyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clampPathogenesis of obesityMuscle insulin sensitivityGlucose oxidationMuscle glucose transportAcute infusionPyruvate dehydrogenase fluxSubstrate oxidationFat dietMuscle glucoseInsulin sensitivityAcute modulationGlucose metabolismFat oxidationTissue-specific indices
1999
Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR
Shen J, Petersen K, Behar K, Brown P, Nixon T, Mason G, Petroff O, Shulman G, Shulman R, Rothman D. Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 8235-8240. PMID: 10393978, PMCID: PMC22218, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.14.8235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutamate/glutamine cycleGlutamine cycleCerebral cortexMin/Rat cerebral cortexVivo 13C NMR spectraGlucose oxidation ratesHuman brainGlucose oxidationGlutamatergic activityRat modelTricarboxylic acid cycle rateParietal lobeHuman cortexCortexTime courseBrainGlutamine synthesisMajor metabolic fluxCycle rateTricarboxylic acid cycleHigh levelsInfusionRatsAcid cycle