Publications
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Astrocyte-derived lactate in stress disorders
Farah Chamaa, Pierre J. Magistretti, Hubert Fiumelli
Neurobiology of Disease
Volume 192, March 2024, 106417
2022
Lactate supply overtakes glucose when neural computational and cognitive loads scale up.
Dembitskaya Y, Piette C, Perez S, Berry H, Magistretti PJ and Venance L.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022 Nov 22; 119(47)e2212004119
Astrocytes as key regulators of brain energy metabolsim : new therapeutic perspectives.
Beard E, Lengacher S, Dias S, Magistretti PJ, Finsterwald C.
Front Physiol. 2022 Jan 11;12:825816. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.825816. eCollection 2021.
Representing stimulus information in an energy metabolism pathway.
Coggan JS, Keller D, Markram H, Schürmann F, Magistretti PJ.
J Theor Biol. 2022 May 7;540:111090. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111090. Epub 2022 Mar 7
2021
L-lactate: food for thoughts, memory and behavior
Veloz Castillo MF, Magistretti PJ, Cali, C,
Metabolites 2021, 11(8), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11080548
Digital reconstruction of the neuro-glia-vascular architecture
Zisis E, Keller D, Kanari L, Arnaudon A, Gevaert M, Delemontex T, Coste B, Foni A, Abdellah M, Calì C, Hess K, Magistretti PJ, Schürmann F, Markram H
Cerebral Cortex, bhab254, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab254
Role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the antidepressant actions of lactate
Carrard A, Cassé F, Carron C, Burlet-Godinot S, Toni N, Magistretti PJ; Martin JL,
Mol. Psychiatry 2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01122-0
Reactive oxygen species: beyond their reactive behavior
Tauffenberger A, Magistretti PJ
Neurochem Res. 2021 Jan;46(1):77-87. doi: 10.1007/s11064-020-03208-7
Ganglioside GM1 targets astrocytes to stimulate cerebral energy metabolism
Finsterwald C, Dias S, Magistretti PJ, Lengacher S,
Front. Pharmacol., 28 April 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.653842
Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 1 and neuroprotection in a mouse model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion
Buscemi L, Blochet C, Magistretti PJ, Hirt L,
Front. Physiol., 21 May 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.689239
2020
Excitation states of metabolic networks predict dose-response fingerprinting and ligand pulse phase signalling
Coggan JS, Keller D, Markram H, Schurmann F, Magistretti PJ
J Theor Biol. 2020 Feb 21;487:110123. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.110123
Ultrastructural evidence for a role of astrocytes and glycogen-derived lactate in learning-dependent synaptic stabilization
Vezzoli E, Cali C, De Roo M, Ponzoni L, Sogne E, Gagnon N, Francolini M, Braida D, Sala M, Muller D, Falqui A, Magistretti PJ
Cereb Cortex. 2020 Apr 14;30(4):2114-2127. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz226.
Gut microbiota modulates expression of genes involved in the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle in the hippocampus
Margineanu M, Sherwin E, Golubeva A, Peterson V, Hoban A, Fiumelli H, Rea K, Cryan JF, Magistretti PJ
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 41, December 2020, Pages 152-159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.11.006
How lactate links cannabis to social behaviour
Magistretti PJ
Nature 583, 526-527 (2020); doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01975-5
2019
Gangliosides: treatment avenues in neurodegenerative disease
Magistretti PJ, Geisler FH, Schneider JS, Li PA, Fiumelli H, Sipione S
Front Neurol. 2019 Aug 6;10:859. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00859.
3D cellular reconstruction of cortical glia and parenchymal morphometric analysis from serial block-face electron microscopy of juvenile rat
Cali C, Agus M, Kare K, Boges DJ, Lehvaslaiho H, Hadwiger M, Magistretti PJ
Prog Neurobiol. 2019 Dec;183:101696. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101696.
Lactate and pyruvate promote oxidative stress resistance through hormetic ROS signaling
Tauffenberger A, Fiumelli H, Alsmustafa S, Magistretti PJ
Cell Death Dis. 2019. PMID: 31506428
2018
Peripheral administration of lactate procudes antidepressant-like effect
Carrard A, Elsayed M, Margineanu M, Boury-Jamot B, Fragniere L, Meylan EM, Petit JM, Fiumelli H, Magistretti PJ, Martin JL.
Mol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb;23(2):488. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.237. Epub 2016 Dec 6. PMID: 27922608
Lactate in the brain: from metabolic end-product to signalling molecule.
Magistretti PJ, Allaman I
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2018 Apr;19(4):235-249. doi: 10.1038/nrn.2018.19. PMID: 29515192
Hypertonic lactate to improve cerebral perfusion and glucose availability after acute brain injury
Carteron L, Solari D, Patet C, Quintard H, Miroz JP, Bloch J, Daniel RT, Hirt L, Eckert P, Magistretti PJ and Oddo M
Crit Care Med. 2018 Jun 19. PMID: 29923931
Hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals the rate-limiting role of the blood-brain barrier in the cerebral uptake and metabolism of l-lactate in vivo
Takado Y, Cheng T, Bastiaasen JAM, Yoshihara HAI, Lanz B, Mishkovsky M, Lengacher S, Comment A
ACS Chem Neurosci. 2018 May 25. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00066. PMID: 29771492
Extracellular potassium and glutamate interact to modulate mitochondria in astrocytes
Rimmele TS, de Castro Abrantes H, Wellbourne-Wood J, Lengacher S, Chatton JY
ACS Chem Neurosci. 2018 Aug 15;9(8):2009-2015. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00124. PMID: 29741354
Norepinephrine stimulates glycogenolysis in astrocytes to fuel neurons with lactate
Coggan JS, Keller D, Cali C, Lehvaslaiho H, Markram H, Schurmann F, Magistretti PJ
PLoS Comput Biol. 2018 Aug 30;14(8):e1006392. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006392. eCollection 2018 Aug. PMID: 30161133
Dual action of L-lactate on the activity of NR2B2-containing NMDA receptors: from potentiation to neuroprotection
Jourdain P, Rothenfusser K, Ben-Abida C, Allaman I, Marquet P, Magistretti PJ
Sci Rep. 2018 Sep 7;8(1):13472. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31534-y. PMID: 30194439
A process for digitizing and stimulating biologically realistic oligocellular networks demonstrated for the neuro-glio-vascular ensemble.
Coggan JS, Cali C, Keller D, Agus M, Boges D, Abdellah M, Kare K, Lehvaslaiho H, Eilemann S, Jolivet RB, Hadwiger M, Markram H, Schurmann F, Magistretti PJ
Front Neurosci. 2018 Sep 25;12:664. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00664. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30319342
L-lactate regulates the expression of synaptic plasticity and neuroprotection genes in cortical neurons: a transcriptome analysis
Margineanu MB, Mahmood H, Fiumelli H, Magistretti PJ
Front Mol Neurosci. 2018 Oct 10;11:375. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00375. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30364173
2017
Inadequate brain glycogen or sleep increases spreading depression susceptibility
Kilic K, Karatas H, Donmez-Demir B, Eren-Kocak E, Gursoy-Ozdemir Y, Can A, Petit JM, Magistretti PJ, Dalkara T
Ann Neurol. 2017 Dec 15. doi: 10.1002/ana.25122. PMID: 29244233
2016
Lactate release from astrocytes to neurons contributes to cocaine memory formation.
Boury-Jamot B, Halfon O, Magistretti PJ, Boutrel B.
Bioessays. 2016 Oct 4. doi: 10.1002/bies.201600118.PMID: 27699812
Astrocytic beta 2-adrenergic receptors mediate hippocampal long-term memory consolidation.
Gao V, Suzuki A, Magistretti PJ, Lengacher S, Pollonini G, Steinman MQ, Alberini CM.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jul 26;113(30):8526-31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605063113. Epub 2016 Jul 8.PMID: 27402767
Imaging brain aerobic glycolysis as a marker of synaptic plasticity.
Magistretti PJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jun 28;113(26):7015-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607423113. Epub 2016 Jun 17.PMID: 27317739
A role for lactate in the consolidation of drug-related associative memories.
Boutrel B, Magistretti PJ.
Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 1;79(11):875-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.04.010.PMID: 27198521
Sodium signaling and astrocyte energy metabolism.
Chatton JY, Magistretti PJ, Barros LF.
Glia. 2016 Mar 29. doi: 10.1002/glia.22971.Epub 2016 Mar 29.PMID: 27027636
L-lactate protects neurons against excitotoxicity: implication of an atp-mediated signaling cascade.
Jourdain P, Allaman I, Rothenfusser K, Fiumelli H, Marquet P, Magistretti PJ.
Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 19;6:21250. doi: 10.1038/srep21250.PMID: 26893204
Regulation of neuron-astrocyte metabolic coupling across the sleep-wake cycle.
Petit JM, Magistretti PJ.
Neuroscience. 2016 May 26;323:135-56. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.007. Epub 2015 Dec 17.PMID: 26704637
Disrupting astrocyte-neuron lactate transfer persistently reduces conditioned responses to cocaine.
Boury-Jamot B, Carrard A, Martin JL, Halfon O, Magistretti PJ, Boutrel B.
Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;21(8):1070-6. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.157. Epub 2015 Oct 27.PMID: 26503760
Improvement of neuroenergetics by hypertonic lactate therapy in patients with traumatic brain injury is dependent on baseline cerebral lactate/pyruvate ratio.
Quintard H, Patet C, Zerlauth JB, Suys T, Bouzat P, Pellerin L, Meuli R, Magistretti PJ, Oddo M.
J Neurotrauma. 2016 Apr 1;33(7):681-7. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4057. Epub 2015 Dec 15.PMID: 26421521
In vivo evidence for a lactate gradient from astrocytes to neurons.
Mächler P, Wyss MT, Elsayed M, Stobart J, Gutierrez R, von Faber-Castell A, Kaelin V, Zuend M, San Martín A, Romero-Gómez I, Baeza-Lehnert F, Lengacher S, Schneider BL, Aebischer P, Magistretti PJ, Barros LF, Weber B.
Cell Metab. 2016 Jan 12;23(1):94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.10.010. Epub 2015 Nov 19.PMID: 26698914
Lactate release fom astrocytes to neurons contributes to cocaine memory formation
Boury-Jamot B, Halgon O, Magistretti PJ, Boutrel B
Bioessays. 2016 Dec. doi: 10.1002/bies.201600118. PMID: 27699812
2015
A new outlook on mental illnesses: glial involvement beyond the glue.
Elsayed M, Magistretti PJ.
Front Cell Neurosci. 2015 Dec 16;9:468. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00468. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26733803
Learning-induced gene expression in the hippocampus reveals a role of neuron -astrocyte metabolic coupling in long term memory.
Tadi M, Allaman I, Lengacher S, Grenningloh G, Magistretti PJ.
PLoS One. 2015 Oct 29;10(10):e0141568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141568. eCollection 2015.PMID: 26513352
Astrocytes: new targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
Finsterwald C, Magistretti PJ, Lengacher S.
Curr Pharm Des. 2015;21(25):3570-81. PMID: 26166612
A cellular perspective on brain energy metabolism and functional imaging.
Magistretti PJ, Allaman I.
Neuron. 2015 May 20;86(4):883-901. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.035. PMID: 25996133
Neuroenergetic response to prolonged cerebral glucose depletion after severe brain injury and the role of lactate.
Patet C, Quintard H, Suys T, Bloch J, Daniel RT, Pellerin L, Magistretti PJ, Oddo M.
J Neurotrauma. 2015 Oct 15;32(20):1560-6. doi: 10.1089/neu.2014.3781. Epub 2015 May 26.PMID: 25790152
Deficiency in monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) in mice delays regeneration of peripheral nerves following sciatic nerve crush.
Morrison BM, Tsingalia A, Vidensky S, Lee Y, Jin L, Farah MH, Lengacher S, Magistretti PJ, Pellerin L, Rothstein JD.
Exp Neurol. 2015 Jan;263:325-38. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.10.018. Epub 2014 Oct 29.PMID: 25447940
2014
Synaptic plasticity and the warburg effect.
Magistretti PJ.
Cell Metab. 2014 Jan 7;19(1):4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.012.PMID: 24411936
Alzheimer’s disease: the amyloid hypothesis and the inverse warburg effect.
Demetrius LA, Magistretti PJ, Pellerin L.
Front Physiol. 2015 Jan 14;5:522. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00522. eCollection 2014.PMID: 25642192
Lactate promotes plasticity gene expression by potentiating nmda signaling in neurons.
Yang J, Ruchti E, Petit JM, Jourdain P, Grenningloh G, Allaman I, Magistretti PJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Aug 19;111(33):12228-33. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322912111. Epub 2014 Jul 28.PMID: 25071212
Hypertonic lactate and the injured brain: facts and the potential for positive clinical implications.
Bouzat P, Magistretti PJ, Oddo M.
Intensive Care Med. 2014 Jun;40(6):920-1. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3312-x. Epub 2014 May 1. PMID: 24789621
2013
Cerebral extracellular lactate increase is predominantly nonischemic in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
M, Bloch J, Levivier M, Magistretti PJ, Meuli R, Oddo M.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2013 Nov;33(11):1815-22. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.142. Epub 2013 Aug 21.PMID: 23963367
Resistance to diet-induced obesity and associated metabolic perturbations in haploinsufficient monocarboxylate transporter 1 mice.
Carneiro L, Favrod C, Preitner F, Thorens B, Stehle JC, Dix L, Pralong F, Magistretti PJ, Pellerin L.
PLoS One. 2013 Dec 18;8(12):e82505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082505. eCollection 2013.PMID: 24367518
Regulation of neurotrophic factors and energy metabolism by antidepressants in astrocytes.
Martin JL, Magistretti PJ, Allaman I.
Curr Drug Targets. 2013 Oct;14(11):1308-21. PMID: 23469874
2012
Sweet sixteen for ANLS.
Pellerin L, Magistretti PJ.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2012 Jul;32(7):1152-66. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.149. Epub 2011 Oct 26.PMID: 22027938
Oligodendroglia metabolically support axons and contribute to neurodegeneration.
Lee Y, Morrison BM, Li Y, Lengacher S, Farah MH, Hoffman PN, Liu Y, Tsingalia A, Jin L, Zhang PW, Pellerin L, Magistretti PJ, Rothstein JD.
Nature. 2012 Jul 26;487(7408):443-8. doi: 10.1038/nature11314.PMID: 22801498
New evidence of neuroprotection by lactate after transient focal cerebral ischaemia
Berthet C, Castillo X, Magistretti PJ, Hirt L.
Cerebrovasc Dis. 2012;34(5-6):329-35. doi: 10.1159/000343657. Epub 2012 Nov 14.PMID: 23154656
2011
Glutamate transport decreases mitochondrial ph and modulates oxidative metabolism in astrocytes.
Azarias G, Perreten H, Lengacher S, Poburko D, Demaurex N, Magistretti PJ, Chatton JY.
J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 9;31(10):3550-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4378-10.2011.PMID: 21389211
In vivo evidence for lactate as a neuronal energy source.
Wyss MT, Jolivet R, Buck A, Magistretti PJ, Weber B.
J Neurosci. 2011 May 18;31(20):7477-85. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0415-11.2011.PMID: 21593331
Altered glycogen metabolism in cultured astrocytes from mice with chronic glutathione deficit; relevance for neuroenergetics in schizophrenia.
Lavoie S, Allaman I, Petit JM, Do KQ, Magistretti PJ.
PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22875. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022875. Epub 2011 Jul 28.PMID: 21829542
Brain energy metabolism: focus on astrocyte-neuron metabolic cooperation.
Bélanger M, Allaman I, Magistretti PJ.
Cell Metab. 2011 Dec 7;14(6):724-38. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.08.016. Review.PMID: 22152301
Neuron-glia metabolic coupling and plasticity.
Magistretti PJ.
Exp Physiol. 2011 Apr;96(4):407-10. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.053157. Epub 2010 Dec 1.PMID: 21123364
Astrocyte-neuron metabolic relationships: for better and for worse.
Belanger M, Allaman I, Magistretti PJ.
Trends Neurosci. 2011 Feb;34(2):76-87. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.12.001. Epub 2011 Jan 13. PMID: 21236501
Astrocyte-neuron lactate transport is required for long-term memory formation.
Suzuki A, Stern SA, Bozdagi O, Huntley GW, Walker RH, Magistretti PJ, Alberini CM.
Cell. 2011 Mar 4;144(5):810-23. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.018.PMID: 21376239
2009
The role of astroglia in neuroprotection.
Bélanger M, Magistretti PJ.
Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2009;11(3):281-95.PMID: 19877496
Amyloid-beta aggregates cause alterations of astrocytic metabolic phenotype: impact on neuronal viability.
Bélanger M, Magistretti PJ.
Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2009;11(3):281-95.PMID: 19877496