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ReviewMetabolites2025

Amino Acid Metabolism in Liver Mitochondria: From Homeostasis to Disease.

Ranya Erdal, Kıvanç Birsoy, Gokhan Unlu

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Review in Metabolites, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ranya ErdalLaboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6933-1658
Kıvanç BirsoyLaboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Gokhan UnluLaboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2704-2724

Funding

Single-Cell & Computational Biology CoreU54CA261701 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Sohail F. Tavazoie · 2021 to 2026
$9.1M
The role of mitochondrial glutathione homeostasis in tumor formationR01CA273233 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Kivanc Birsoy · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
Deciphering the role of mitochondrial metabolism in liver cancerK99CA286722 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI UNLU, GOKHAN · 2024 to 2025
$284k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA286722NCI NIH HHS R01 CA273233NCI NIH HHS U54 CA261701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic mitochondria play critical roles in sustaining systemic nutrient balance, nitrogen detoxification, and cellular bioenergetics. These functions depend on tightly regulated mitochondrial processes, including amino acid catabolism, ammonia clearance via the urea cycle, and transport through specialized solute carriers. Genetic disruptions in these pathways underlie a range of inborn errors of metabolism, often resulting in systemic toxicity and neurological dysfunction. Here, we review the physiological functions of hepatic mitochondrial amino acid metabolism, with a focus on subcellular compartmentalization, disease mechanisms, and therapeutic strategies. We discuss how emerging genetic and metabolic interventions-including dietary modulation, cofactor replacement, and gene therapy-are reshaping treatment of liver-based metabolic disorders. Understanding these pathways offers mechanistic insights into metabolic homeostasis and reveals actionable vulnerabilities in metabolic disease and cancer.

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amino acidscancerinborn errors of metabolismlivermetabolismmitochondria

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PMID40710547
PMCPMC12300550

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