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ArticleCell reports2021

Ketogenesis impact on liver metabolism revealed by proteomics of lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation.

Kevin B Koronowski, Carolina M Greco, He Huang, Jin-Kwang Kim, Jennifer L Fribourgh, Priya Crosby, Lavina Mathur, Xuelian Ren, Carrie L Partch, Cholsoon Jang and 3 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Kevin B KoronowskiCenter for Epigenetics and Metabolism, U1233 INSERM, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. Electronic address: kkoronow@hs.uci.edu.
Carolina M GrecoCenter for Epigenetics and Metabolism, U1233 INSERM, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. Electronic address: grecoc@hs.uci.edu.
He HuangBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Jin-Kwang KimDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Jennifer L FribourghDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Priya CrosbyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Lavina MathurCenter for Epigenetics and Metabolism, U1233 INSERM, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Xuelian RenShanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Carrie L PartchDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Cholsoon JangCenter for Epigenetics and Metabolism, U1233 INSERM, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Feng QiaoDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Yingming ZhaoBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Paolo Sassone-CorsiCenter for Epigenetics and Metabolism, U1233 INSERM, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Inserm · FRUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of California, Irvine · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

ULTRASTRUCTURE AND CYTOMORPHOLOGY COREP30DK042086 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LIU, CAMBRIAN YANGSHAO · 1990 to 2025
$29.8M
CARCINOGENESIST32CA009054 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI EDINGER, AIMEE L, FRUMAN, DAVID ALEXANDER · 1985 to 2025
$8.6M
Epilepsy Research Training ProgramT32NS045540 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Tallie Z. Baram, Robert F Hunt · 2003 to 2026
$4.9M
Biochemistry of the lysine beta-hydroxybutyrylation pathwayR01DK118266 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI COLE, PHILIP A, ZHAO, YINGMING · 2018 to 2021
$2.1M
SIRT6 and lysine fatty acylation in macrophage inflammationR01DK107868 · NIDDK · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI LIN, HENING, ZHAO, YINGMING · 2016 to 2019
$2.0M
Systems-wide analysis of histone lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation pathwayR01GM115961 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ZHAO, YINGMING · 2016 to 2019
$1.8M
Communicating Clocks: Unraveling the nutritional link between the gut microbiome and liver reprogrammingR21DK114652 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SASSONE-CORSI, PAOLO · 2017 to 2018
$425k
Rewiring the Circadian Clock by FastingR21AG053592 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SASSONE-CORSI, PAOLO · 2017 to 2018
$425k
Dissecting the autonomy of the liver circadian clockF32DK121425 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI KORONOWSKI, KEVIN B · 2019 to 2021
$195k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009054NIA NIH HHS R21 AG053592NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK121425NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK042086NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107868NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118266NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK114652NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115961NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS045540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ketone bodies are bioactive metabolites that function as energy substrates, signaling molecules, and regulators of histone modifications. β-hydroxybutyrate (β-OHB) is utilized in lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation (Kbhb) of histones, and associates with starvation-responsive genes, effectively coupling ketogenic metabolism with gene expression. The emerging diversity of the lysine acylation landscape prompted us to investigate the full proteomic impact of Kbhb. Global protein Kbhb is induced in a tissue-specific manner by a variety of interventions that evoke β-OHB. Mass spectrometry analysis of the β-hydroxybutyrylome in mouse liver revealed 891 sites of Kbhb within 267 proteins enriched for fatty acid, amino acid, detoxification, and one-carbon metabolic pathways. Kbhb inhibits S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase (AHCY), a rate-limiting enzyme of the methionine cycle, in parallel with altered metabolite levels. Our results illuminate the role of Kbhb in hepatic metabolism under ketogenic conditions and demonstrate a functional consequence of this modification on a central metabolic enzyme.

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Proteomics3-Hydroxybutyric AcidAdenosylhomocysteinaseAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell LineHumansKetone BodiesLiverLysineMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, MolecularNAD3-Hydroxybutyric AcidAdenosylhomocysteinaseKetone BodiesLysineNADAHCYketogenesisketogenic dietliver metabolismlysine acylationmethionine cycleS-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolaseβ-hydroxybutyrateβ-hydroxybutyrylation

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PMID34348140
PMCPMC8372761
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