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Integrative systems analysis identifies genetic and dietary modulators of bile acid homeostasis

Kristina Schoonjans, Johan Auwerx, Alexis Maximilien Bachmann, Maroun Bou Sleiman, Alessia Perino, Amir Banaei Esfahani, Karim Laurent Gariani, Giacomo Vincenzo Giorgio Von Alvensleben, Hao Li, Qingyao Huang, Laura Alejandra Velazquez Villegas, Yu Sun, Xiaoxu Li, Ludger Jan Elzuë Goeminne, Jéromine Imbach

Bile acids (BAs) are complex and incompletely understood enterohepatic-derived hormones that control whole-body metabolism. Here, we profiled postprandial BAs in the liver, feces, and plasma of 360 chowor high-fat-diet-fed BXD male mice and demonstrated th ...

Cell Press2022

Calorie Restriction-like Effects of 30 Days of Resveratrol Supplementation on Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Profile in Obese Humans

Johan Auwerx, Richardus Houtkooper, Dongryeol Ryu

Resveratrol is a natural compound that affects energy metabolism and mitochondrial function and serves as a calorie restriction mimetic, at least in animal models of obesity. Here, we treated 11 healthy, obese men with placebo and 150 mg/day resveratrol (r ...

Cell Press2011

Evaluation of the NAD(+) biosynthetic pathway in ALS patients and effect of modulating NAD(+) levels in hSOD1-linked ALS mouse models

Johan Auwerx

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons. Astrocytes from diverse ALS models induce motor neuron death in co-culture. Enhancing NAD(+) availability, or increasing the expression of the NAD(+)-depende ...

2020

Metabolic Rewiring by Loss of Sirt5 Promotes Kras-Induced Pancreatic Cancer Progression

Johan Auwerx

BACKGROUND & AIMS: SIRT5 plays pleiotropic roles via post-translational modifications, serving as a tumor suppressor, or an oncogene, in different tumors. However, the role SIRT5 plays in the initiation and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma ( ...

W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC2021

Niacin: an old lipid drug in a new NAD(+) dress

Elena Katsyuba, Johan Auwerx, Mario Romani, Dina Hofer

Niacin, the first antidyslipidemic drug, has been at the center stage of lipid research for many decades before the discovery of statins. However, to date, despite its remarkable effects on lipid profiles, the clinical outcomes of niacin treatment on cardi ...

AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC2019

Histone methyl transferases and demethylases; can they link metabolism and transcription?

Kristina Schoonjans, Johan Auwerx

Heritable changes to the transcriptome that are independent to changes in the genome are defined as epigenetics. DNA methylation and posttranslational modifications of histones, such as acetylation/deacetylation and methylation/demethylation of lysine resi ...

Cell Press2010

Urolithin A induces mitophagy and prolongs lifespan in C. elegans and increases muscle function in rodents

Patrick Aebischer, Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Elena Katsyuba, Johan Auwerx, Damien Sébastien Huzard, Norman Lionel Moullan, Pénélope Andreux, Evan Graehl Williams, Dongryeol Ryu, Laurent Mouchiroud, Giuseppe Lo Sasso, Pooja Jha

The biological effects of urolithins remain poorly characterized, despite wide-spread human exposure via the dietary consumption of their metabolic precursors, the ellagitannins, which are found in the pomegranate fruit, as well as in nuts and berries. We ...

2016

Automated high-content phenotyping from the first larval stage till the onset of adulthood of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hüseyin Baris Atakan

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is increasingly used as a model for human biology. However, in vivo culturing platforms for C. elegans allowing high-content phenotyping during their life cycle in an automated fashion are lacking so far. Here, a multipl ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2019

Mitophagy in human health, ageing and disease

Johan Auwerx

Maintaining optimal mitochondrial function is a feature of health. Mitophagy removes and recycles damaged mitochondria and regulates the biogenesis of new, fully functional ones preserving healthy mitochondrial functions and activities. Preclinical and cli ...

Nature Portfolio2023

The nuclear receptor corepressor NCoR1 regulates hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis in vivo

Johan Auwerx, Wei Zhang, Lulu Liu

Enhanced understanding of normal and malignant hematopoiesis pathways should facilitate the development of effective clinical treatment strategies for hematopoietic malignancies. Nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCoR1) has been implicated in transcriptional ...

AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY2019

Nuclear receptor corepressor 1 represses cardiac hypertrophy

Johan Auwerx, Chao Li, Jun Wang, Yan Liu

The function of nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCoR1) in cardiomyocytes is unclear, and its physiological and pathological implications are unknown. Here, we found that cardiomyocyte-specific NCoR1 knockout (CMNKO) mice manifested cardiac hypertrophy at b ...

2019

Tetracycline derivative induced mitohormesis mediates disease tolerance against viral infections

Johan Auwerx, Adrienne Joëlle Laurence Mottis

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or formula (II) formula (I) formula (II) or a salt thereof for use in treating or preventing a viral disease or viral infection, wherein within formula (I) or (II) (A) A is H or OH, X is CH3, and R ...

2023

NAD(+)-Dependent Activation of Sirt1 Corrects the Phenotype in a Mouse Model of Mitochondrial Disease

Johan Auwerx, Eija Riitta Pirinen

Mitochondrial disorders are highly heterogeneous conditions characterized by defects of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Pharmacological activation of mitochondrial biogenesis has been proposed as an effective means to correct the biochemical defects a ...

Cell Press2014

TGR5/Cathepsin E signaling regulates macrophage innate immune activation in liver ischemia and reperfusion injury

Kristina Schoonjans, Johan Auwerx, Qi Wang

The role and underlying mechanism of plasma membrane-bound G protein-coupled bile acid receptor (TGR5) in regulating macrophage innate immune activation during liver ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury remains largely unclear. Here, we demonstrated that T ...

2021

ACMSD inhibition corrects fibrosis, inflammation, and DNA damage in MASLD/MASH

Jonathan Allen Sulc, Johan Auwerx, Xiaoxu Li, Sandra Rodriguez Lopez, Qi Wang, Jia Liu, Keno Strotjohann

Background & Aims: Recent findings reveal the importance of tryptophan-initiated de novo nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) synthesis in the liver, a process previously considered secondary to biosynthesis from nicotinamide. The enzyme α-amino-β-carb ...

Elsevier2025

The NAD-Booster Nicotinamide Riboside Potently Stimulates Hematopoiesis through Increased Mitochondrial Clearance

Matthias Lütolf, Vincent Trachsel, Bart Deplancke, Nicola Vannini, Johan Auwerx, Pedro Romero, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Mukul Girotra, Aurélien Laurent Jean-Charles Oggier, Dongryeol Ryu, Eija Riitta Pirinen, Olaia Maria Naveiras Torres-Quiroga, Pernille Yde Rainer, Gennady Nikitin, Vasco Ledebur de Antas de Campos, Joanna Ratajczak, Josefine Catharina Pedersen Tratwal, George Coukos, Sonja Giger, Shanti Rojas-Sutterlin, Yang Li

It has been recently shown that increased oxidative phosphorylation, as reflected by increased mitochondrial activity, together with impairment of the mitochondrial stress response, can severely compromise hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regeneration. Here w ...

CELL PRESS2019

Differential roles of GDF15 and FGF21 in systemic metabolic adaptation to the mitochondrial integrated stress response

Johan Auwerx, Jun Yong Kim

Perturbation of mitochondrial proteostasis provokes cell autonomous and cell non-autonomous responses that contribute to homeostatic adaptation. Here, we demonstrate distinct metabolic effects of hepatic metabokines as cell non-autonomous factors in mice w ...

CELL PRESS2021

GCN5 maintains muscle integrity by acetylating YY1 to promote dystrophin expression

Elena Katsyuba, Johan Auwerx, Hongbo Zhang

Protein lysine acetylation is a post-translational modification that regulates protein structure and function. It is targeted to proteins by lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) or removed by lysine deacetylases. This work identifies a role for the KAT enzyme ...

Rockefeller University Press2021

GPS2-mediated regulation of the adipocyte secretome modulates adipose tissue remodeling at the onset of diet-induced obesity

Johan Auwerx, Hao Li

Objective: Dysfunctional, unhealthy expansion of white adipose tissue due to excess dietary intake is a process at the root of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes development. The objective of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the underlying ...

ELSEVIER2023

NAD+ boosting increases atherosclerotic plaques and inflammation in Apoe knockout mice

Johan Auwerx

Background and aims: NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a cosubstrate of the sirtuins (SIRT) that are activated upon caloric restriction. Supplementing NAD+ precursors such as nicotinamide riboside (NR) has been reported to extend life span and co ...

Elsevier2025