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ArticleNature metabolism2025

Cellular pan-chain acyl-CoA profiling reveals SLC25A42/SLC25A16 in mitochondrial CoA import and metabolism.

Ran Liu, Zihan Zhang, Aye K Kyaw, Kariona A Grabińska, Hardik Shah, Hongying Shen

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Article in Nature metabolism, 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. Engineered NestinJournal of extracellular vesicles · 2026
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  4. From the cytosol to the inner membrane: biogenesis of the mitochondrial carrier family.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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Ran LiuCellular and Molecular Physiology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Zihan ZhangCellular and Molecular Physiology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Aye K KyawCellular and Molecular Physiology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Kariona A GrabińskaCellular and Molecular Physiology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-2555
Hardik ShahMetabolomics Platform, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8408-5686
Hongying ShenCellular and Molecular Physiology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. hongying.shen@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-7037

Funding

A systems approach to decode mitochondrial metabolite transportR35GM150619 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Hongying Shen · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150619U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM150619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The essential cofactor coenzyme A (CoASH) and its thioester derivatives (acyl-CoAs) have pivotal roles in cellular metabolism. However, the mechanism by which different acyl-CoAs are accurately partitioned into different subcellular compartments to support site-specific reactions, and the physiological impact of such compartmentalization, remain poorly understood. Here, we report an optimized liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based pan-chain acyl-CoA extraction and profiling method that enables a robust detection of 33 cellular and 23 mitochondrial acyl-CoAs from cultured human cells. We reveal that SLC25A16 and SLC25A42 are critical for mitochondrial import of free CoASH. This CoASH import process supports an enriched mitochondrial CoA pool and CoA-dependent pathways in the matrix, including the high-flux TCA cycle and fatty acid oxidation. Despite a small fraction of the mitochondria-localized CoA synthase COASY, de novo CoA biosynthesis is primarily cytosolic and supports cytosolic lipid anabolism. This mitochondrial acyl-CoA compartmentalization enables a spatial regulation of anabolic and energy-related catabolic processes, which promises to shed light on pathophysiology in the inborn errors of CoA metabolism.

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Acyl Coenzyme ACoenzyme AMitochondriaChromatography, LiquidFatty AcidsHumansAcyl Coenzyme ACoenzyme AFatty Acids

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PMCPMC12460162

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