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ArticleCell reports2024

Both enantiomers of β-aminoisobutyric acid BAIBA regulate Fgf23 via MRGPRD receptor by activating distinct signaling pathways in osteocytes.

Eijiro Sakamoto, Yukiko Kitase, Alexander J Fitt, Zewu Zhu, Kamal Awad, Marco Brotto, Kenneth E White, Steven S Welc, Clemens Bergwitz, Lynda F Bonewald

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Eijiro SakamotoDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology, & Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Yukiko KitaseDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology, & Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Electronic address: kitasey@iu.edu.
Alexander J FittDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology, & Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Zewu ZhuSection of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
Kamal AwadBone-Muscle Research Center, College of Nursing & Health Innovation, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA.
Marco BrottoBone-Muscle Research Center, College of Nursing & Health Innovation, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA.
Kenneth E WhiteIndiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Steven S WelcDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology, & Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Clemens BergwitzSection of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
Lynda F BonewaldDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology, & Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Electronic address: lbonewal@iu.edu.

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Transgenic and Mechanical Loading CoreP01AG039355 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI BONEWALD, LYNDA F · 2012 to 2024
$19.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIA NIH HHS P01 AG039355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With exercise, muscle and bone produce factors with beneficial effects on brain, fat, and other organs. Exercise in mice increased fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), urine phosphate, and the muscle metabolite L-β-aminoisobutyric acid (L-BAIBA), suggesting that L-BAIBA may play a role in phosphate metabolism. Here, we show that L-BAIBA increases in serum with exercise and elevates Fgf23 in osteocytes. The D enantiomer, described to be elevated with exercise in humans, can also induce Fgf23 but through a delayed, indirect process via sclerostin. The two enantiomers both signal through the same receptor, Mas-related G-protein-coupled receptor type D, but activate distinct signaling pathways; L-BAIBA increases Fgf23 through Gαs/cAMP/PKA/CBP/β-catenin and Gαq/PKC/CREB, whereas D-BAIBA increases Fgf23 indirectly through sclerostin via Gαi/NF-κB. In vivo, both enantiomers increased Fgf23 in bone in parallel with elevated urinary phosphate excretion. Thus, exercise-induced increases in BAIBA and FGF23 work together to maintain phosphate homeostasis.

Indexed as

Aminoisobutyric AcidsFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsOsteocytesSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhysical Conditioning, AnimalReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledStereoisomerism3-aminoisobutyric acidAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAminoisobutyric AcidsFGF23 protein, humanFgf23 protein, mouseFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSost protein, mouseBAIBACP: MetabolismCP: Molecular biologyenantiomerexerciseFGF23Gα subunitMas-related G-protein-coupled receptor type DMRGPRDosteocytephosphate metabolismβ-aminoisobutyric acid

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PMID38935499
PMCPMC11350516

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