Verkerke ARP, Shi X, Li M, Higuchi Y, Yamamuro T, Katoh D, Nishida H, Auger C, Abe I, Gerszten RE, Kajimura S. SLC25A48 controls mitochondrial import and metabolism. Cell Metabolism. 2024; 36. 3 September 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.07.010
Verkerke ARP*, Wang D*, Yoshida N, Taxin ZH, Shi X, Zheng S, Li Y, Auger C, Oikawa S, Yook JS, Granath-Panelo M, He W, Zhang GF, Matsushita M, Saito M, Gerszten RE, Mills EL, Banks AS, Ishihama Y, White PJ, McGarrah RW, Yoneshiro T, Kajimura S. BCAA nitrogen flux in brown fat controls metabolic health independent of thermogenesis. Cell. 2024; 187. 9 May 2024. PMID: 38653240. *Co-first authors
Ferrara PJ, Lang MJ, Johnson JM, Watanabe S, McLaughlin KL, Maschek JA, Verkerke ARP, Siripoksup P, Chaix A, Cox JE, Fisher-Wellman KH, Funai K. Weight loss increases skeletal muscle mitochondrial energy efficiency in obese mice. Life Metabolism. 2023 Apr;2(2):load014. Epub 2023 Apr 4. PMID: 37206438.
Eshima H, Shahtout JL, Siripoksup P, Pearson MJ, Mahmassani ZS, Ferrara PJ, Lyons AW, Maschek JA, Peterlin AD, Verkerke ARP, Johnson JM, Salcedo A, Petrocelli JJ, Miranda ER, Anderson EJ, Boudina S, Ran Q, Cox JE, Drummond MJ, Funai K. Lipid hydroperoxides promote sarcopenia through carbonyl stress. Elife. 2023 Mar 23;12:e85289. PMID: 36951533.
Abe I, Oguri Y, Verkerke ARP, Monteiro LB, Knuth CM, Auger C, Qiu Y, Westcott GP, Cinti S, Shinoda K, Jeschke MG, Kajimura S. Lipolysis-derived linoleic acid drives beige fat progenitor cell proliferation via CD36. Developmental Cell. 2022; 57(23):2623-2637. PMID: 36473459
Wang Q, Li H, Tajima K, Verkerke ARP, Taxin ZH, Hou Z, Cole JB, Li F, Wong J, Abe I, Pradhan RN, Yamamuro T, Yoneshiro T, Hirschhorn JN, Kajimura S. Post-translational control of beige fat biogenesis by PRDM16 stabilization. Nature. 2022; 609(7925): 151-158. PMID: 35978186
Ferrara PJ, Verkerke ARP, Maschek JA, Shahtout J, Siripoksup P, Eshima H, Johnson JM, Petrocelli JJ, Mahmassani ZS, Green TD, McClung JM, Cox JE, Drummond MJ, Funai K. Low lysophosphatidylcholine induces skeletal muscle myopathy that is aggravated by high-fat diet feeding. FASEB J. 2021; 35(9):e21867. PMID: 34499764
Verkerke ARP, Kajimura S. Oil does more than light the lamp: the multifaceted role of lipids in thermogenic fat. Developmental Cell. 2021; 56(10):1408-1416. PMID: 34004150
Ferrara PJ, Rong X, Maschek JA, Verkerke ARP, Siripoksup P, Song H, Green TD, Krishnan KC, Johnson JM, Turk J, Houmard JA, Lusis AJ, Drummond MJ, McClung JM, Cox JE, Shaikh SR, Tontonoz P, Holland WL, Funai K. Lysophospholipid acylation modulates plasma membrane lipid organization and insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2021; 131(8):135963. PMID: 33591957
Verkerke ARP, Kajimura S. A new way to ignite thermogenesis in human adipose tissue. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020; 16(9):475-476. PMID: 32641836
Eshima H, Siripoksup P, Mahmassani ZS, Johnson JM, Ferrara PJ, Verkerke ARP, Salcedo A, Drummond MJ, Funai K. Neutralization of mitochondrial ROS does not rescue muscle atrophy induced by hindlimb unloading in female mice. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2020; 129(1):124-132. PMID: 32552434
Johnson JM, Verkerke ARP, Maschek JA, Ferrara PJ, Lin CT, Kew KA, Neufer PD, Lodhi IJ, Cox JE, Funai K. Perinatal splicing of UCP1 by non-cell autonomous action of PEMT. Molecular Metabolism. 2020; 31:55-66. PMID: 31918922
Verkerke ARP, Ferrara PJ, Lin CT, Johnson JM, Ryan TE, Maschek JA, Eshima H, Paran CW, Laing BT, Siripoksup P, Tippetts TS, Wentzler EJ, Huang H, Spangenburg EE, Brault JJ, Villanueva CJ, Summers SA, Holland WL, Cox JE, Vance DE, Neufer PD, Funai K. Phospholipid methylation regulates muscle metabolic rate through Ca2+ transport efficiency. Nature Metabolism. 2019; 1(9): 876-885. PMID: 32405618
Previewed by: Li F and Periasamy M. Skeletal muscle inefficiency protects against obesity. Nature Metabolism. 2019; 1(9): 849-850. PMID: 32694746
Heden TD, Johnson JM, Ferrara PJ, Eshima H, Verkerke ARP, Wentzler EJ, Siripoksup P, Narowski TM, Coleman CB, Lin CT, Ryan TE, Reidy PT, de Castro Brás LE, Karner CM, Burant CF, Maschek JA, Cox JE, Mashek DG, Kardon G, Boudina S, Zeczycki TN, Rutter J, Shaikh SR, Vance JE, Drummond MJ, Neufer PD, Funai K. Mitochondrial PE potentiates respiratory enzymes to amplify skeletal muscle aerobic capacity. Science Advances. 2019; 5(9). PMID: 31535029
Johnson JM, Ferrara PJ, Verkerke ARP, Coleman CB, Wentzler EJ, Neufer PD, Kew KA, de Castro Brás LE, Funai K. Targeted overexpression of catalase to mitochondria does not prevent cardioskeletal myopathy in Barth syndrome. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2018; 121:94-102. PMID: 30008435
*Ferrara PJ, *Verkerke ARP, Brault JJ, Funai K. Hypothermia decreases O2 cost for ex vivo contraction in mouse skeletal muscle. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018; 50(10):2015-2023. PMID: 29787474 *Co-First Authors
Wang H, Arias EB, Yu CS, Verkerke ARP, Cartee GD. Effects of calorie restriction and fiber type on glucose uptake and abundance of electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation proteins in single fibers from old rats. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017; 72(12):1638-1646. PMID: 28531280
Paran CW, Verkerke ARP, Heden TD, Park S, Zou K, Lawson HA, Song H, Turk J, Houmard JA, Funai K. Reduced efficiency of sarcolipin-dependent respiration in myocytes from humans with severe obesity. Obesity. 2015; 23(7):1440-9. PMID: 25970801
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