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Metabolite exchange between mammalian organs quantified in pigs

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Jang, Cholsoon, Hui, Sheng, Zeng, Xianfeng, Cowan, Alexis J., Wang, Lin, Chen, Li, Morscher, Raphael J., Reyes, Jorge +11 more·2019·Cell Metabolism

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Mammalian organs continually exchange metabolites via circulation, but systems-level analysis of this shuttling process is lacking. Here, we compared, in fasted pigs, metabolite concentrations in arterial blood versus draining venous blood from 11 organs. Greater than 90% of metabolites showed arterial-venous differences across at least one organ. Surprisingly, the liver and kidneys released not only glucose but also amino acids, both of which were consumed primarily by the intestine and pancreas. The liver and kidneys exhibited additional unexpected activities: liver preferentially burned unsaturated over more atherogenic saturated fatty acids, whereas the kidneys were unique in burning circulating citrate and net oxidizing lactate to pyruvate, thereby contributing to circulating redox homeostasis. Furthermore, we observed more than 700 other cases of tissue-specific metabolite production or consumption, such as release of nucleotides by the spleen and TCA intermediates by pancreas. These data constitute a high-value resource, providing a quantitative atlas of inter-organ metabolite exchange.

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Jang, C., Hui, S., Zeng, X., Cowan, A. J., Wang, L., Chen, L., Morscher, R. J., Reyes, J., Frezza, C., Hwang, H. Y., Imai, A., Saito, Y., Okamoto, K., Vaspoli, C., Kasprenski, L., Zsido, G. A., Gorman, J. H., Gorman, R. C., & Rabinowitz, J. D.
Affiliations
  • Princeton University (US)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Rabinowitz, Joshua D.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-09
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
594-606.e3
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2954321663
Cited by
256
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 5
FWCI
8.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2022-09-06)
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  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • American Diabetes Association (1-17-PDF-076, 1DP1DK113643)
  • NIH (K99DK117066)
  • Diabetes Research Center (P30 DK019525)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Keywords
arteriovenous differences, organ metabolism, liver, kidney, glucose metabolism, amino acid metabolism, fatty acid oxidation, citrate metabolism, lactate oxidation, redox homeostasis, nucleotide release, fasting state, porcine model
MeSH terms
Amino Acids, Animals, Arteries, Blood Glucose, Fasting, Fatty Acids, Intestinal Mucosa, Kidney, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Pancreas, Spleen, Swine, Veins, Pyruvic Acid, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Mice

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