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A liver stress-endocrine nexus promotes metabolic integrity during dietary protein dilution

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Maida, Adriano, Zota, Annika, Sjøberg, Kim A., Schumacher, Jonas, Sijmonsma, Tjeerd P., Pfenninger, Anja, Christensen, Marie M., Gantert, Thomas +9 more·2016·Journal of Clinical Investigation

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Dietary protein intake is linked to an increased incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Although dietary protein dilution (DPD) can slow the progression of some aging-related disorders, whether this strategy affects the development and risk for obesity-associated metabolic disease such as T2D is unclear. Here, we determined that DPD in mice and humans increases serum markers of metabolic health. In lean mice, DPD promoted metabolic inefficiency by increasing carbohydrate and fat oxidation. In nutritional and polygenic murine models of obesity, DPD prevented and curtailed the development of impaired glucose homeostasis independently of obesity and food intake. DPD-mediated metabolic inefficiency and improvement of glucose homeostasis were independent of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), but required expression of liver-derived fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) in both lean and obese mice. FGF21 expression and secretion as well as the associated metabolic remodeling induced by DPD also required induction of liver-integrated stress response-driven nuclear protein 1 (NUPR1). Insufficiency of select nonessential amino acids (NEAAs) was necessary and adequate for NUPR1 and subsequent FGF21 induction and secretion in hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, these data indicate that DPD promotes improved glucose homeostasis through an NEAA insufficiency-induced liver NUPR1/FGF21 axis.

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  • FGF21 is induced by protein restriction through pathways dependent on ATF4 and NRF2.

    “protein restriction through pathways dependent on the transcription factors ATF4 and NRF26,27.”

    From Metabolic messengers: FGF21 (2021) · cites this paper as [27]

  • FGF21 is required for the increases in energy expenditure and the prevention of weight gain associated with low-protein diets.

    “FGF21 is required for the increases in energy expenditure and the prevention of weight gain associated with low-protein diets26,27.”

    From Metabolic messengers: FGF21 (2021) · cites this paper as [27]

  • FGF21 is induced in response to protein imbalance, specifically dietary-protein dilution.

    “Beyond the response to high carbohydrate, FGF21 is induced in response to protein imbalance, specifically dietary-protein dilution26,27,124.”

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  • Hepatic and circulating FGF21 levels increase in response to low-protein content or amino acid deprivation in an ATF4-dependent mechanism.

    “Hepatic and circulating FGF21 levels also increase in response to low-protein content or amino acid deprivation [152,[155], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160]] in an ATF4-dependent mechanism [155,161,162].”
  • The increase in FGF21 in response to low protein results in increased energy expenditure and lower body weight gain.

    “This robust increase in FGF21 results in increased energy expenditure and lower body weight gain [155,156,160,163] (Figure 2)”

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Maida, A., Zota, A., Sjøberg, K. A., Schumacher, J., Sijmonsma, T. P., Pfenninger, A., Christensen, M. M., Gantert, T., Fuhrmeister, J., Rothermel, U., Schmoll, D., Heikenwälder, M., Iovanna, J. L., Stemmer, K., Kiens, B., Herzig, S., & Rose, A. J.
Affiliations
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DE)
  • Sanofi (Germany) (DE)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Rose, Adam J.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Published
2016-08-22
Volume
126
Issue
9
Pages
3263-3278
ISSN
  • 0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-8238
OpenAlex
W2515394053
Cited by
170
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 2
FWCI
8.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Site cant be reached (submittedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
  • PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
  • OPUS (Augsburg University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
  • European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Dietary Effects on Health
Keywords
type 2 diabetes, glucose homeostasis, FGF21, NUPR1, integrated stress response, non-essential amino acids, obesity
MeSH terms
Uncoupling Protein 1, Adipose Tissue, Adult, Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Dietary Proteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fibroblast Growth Factors, Glucose, Homeostasis, Humans, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Neoplasm Proteins, Obesity, Phenotype, Hepatocytes, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Lipid Metabolism, Mice, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins

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