Lecoutre, Maqdasy and Rizo-Roca show that whole-body pharmacological inhibition or adipocyte-specific deletion of glutaminase in mice activates thermogenesis in inguinal adipocytes and promotes metabolic health. They also link decreased plasma and adipose tissue glutamine-to-glutamate ratios to insulin resistance in humans with obesity.
- Simon Lecoutre
- Salwan Maqdasy
- Mikael Rydén