Publications by Joanna Ratajczak

Endogenous nicotinamide riboside metabolism protects against diet-induced liver damage

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Sofia Moco, Joanna Ratajczak, Miriam Valera Alberni

Supplementation with the NAD(+) precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR) ameliorates and prevents a broad array of metabolic and aging disorders in mice. However, little is known about the physiological role of endogenous NR metabolism. We have previously show ...

Nature Research2019

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

Johan Auwerx, Matthias Lütolf, Bart Deplancke, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Olaia Maria Naveiras Torres-Quiroga, George Coukos, Aurélien Laurent Jean-Charles Oggier, Dongryeol Ryu, Eija Riitta Pirinen, Loïc Tauzin

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

The NAD plus Salvage Pathway Potently Stimulates Hematopoiesis through Increased Mitochondrial Clearance and Asymmetric Division

Matthias Lütolf, Bart Deplancke, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Olaia Maria Naveiras Torres-Quiroga, Dongryeol Ryu, George Coukos, Aurélien Laurent Jean-Charles Oggier, Eija Riitta Pirinen, Vasco Ledebur de Antas de Campos, Loïc Tauzin

AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY2018

Mfn2 is critical for brown adipose tissue thermogenic function

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak, Miriam Valera Alberni

Mitochondrial fusion and fission events, collectively known as mitochondrial dynamics, act as quality control mechanisms to ensure mitochondrial function and fine-tune cellular bioenergetics. Defective mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) expression and enhanced mitochondri ...

Wiley2017

Circadian and Feeding Rhythms Orchestrate the Diurnal Liver Acetylome

Felix Naef, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Jingkui Wang, Loïc Dayon, Frédéric Bruno Martin Gachon, Martin Kussmann, Daniel Alain Dominique Marie Mauvoisin, Joanna Ratajczak, Sebastiano Collino, Florian Atger

Lysine acetylation is involved in various biological processes and is considered a key reversible post-translational modification in the regulation of gene expression, enzyme activity, and subcellular localization. This post-translational modification is t ...

Elsevier2017

Nicotinamide riboside kinases display redundancy in mediating nicotinamide mononucleotide and nicotinamide riboside metabolism in skeletal muscle cells

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak

Objective: Augmenting nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) availability may protect skeletal muscle from age-related metabolic decline. Dietary supplementation of NAD(+) precursors nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and nicotinamide riboside (NR) appe ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

The role of nicotinamide riboside kinases in mammalian NAD⁺ metabolism

Joanna Ratajczak

NAD+ has emerged as a central metabolic node and an important co-substrate for the activity of various enzymes, including the protein deacetylase SIRT1. Different strategies to increase NAD+ bioavailability have been shown to boost SIRT1 activity, which re ...

EPFL2017

Mfn1 Deficiency in the Liver Protects Against Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance and Enhances the Hypoglycemic Effect of Metformin

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Catherine Maclachlan, Patrick Descombes, Sylviane Métairon, Richardus Houtkooper, Joanna Ratajczak, Wen Gao

Mitochondrial function can be influenced by mitochondrial shape and connectivity with other cellular organelles through fusion and fission processes. Disturbances in mitochondrial architecture and mitochondrial fusion related genes are observed in situatio ...

American Diabetes Association2016

NRK1 controls nicotinamide mononucleotide and nicotinamide riboside metabolism in mammalian cells

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak

NAD(+) is a vital redox cofactor and a substrate required for activity of various enzyme families, including sirtuins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases. Supplementation with NAD(+) precursors, such as nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) or nicotinamide ribosi ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

SIRT1 enhances glucose tolerance by potentiating brown adipose tissue function

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak, Pablo Jose Fernandez Marcos

Objective: SIRT1 has been proposed to be a key signaling node linking changes in energy metabolism to transcriptional adaptations. Although SIRT1 overexpression is protective against diverse metabolic complications, especially in response to high-fat diets ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015