Dainan Yu, Haifeng Wan, Chao Tong, Lu Guang, Gang Chen, Jiali Su, Lan Zhang, Yue Wang, Zhenyu Xiao, Jinglei Zhai, Long Yan, Wenwu Ma, Kun Liang, Taoyan Liu, Yuefan Wang, Zehang Peng, Lanfang Luo, Ruoxuan Yu, Wei Li, Hongbo Qi, Hongmei Wang, Ng Shyh-Chang
Pregnancy induces dramatic metabolic changes in females; yet, the intricacies of this metabolic reprogramming remain poorly understood, especially in primates. Using cynomolgus monkeys, we constructed a comprehensive multi-tissue metabolome atlas, analyzing 273 samples from 23 maternal tissues during pregnancy. We discovered a decline in metabolic coupling between tissues as pregnancy progressed. Core metabolic pathways that were rewired during primate pregnancy included steroidogenesis, fatty acid metabolism, and arachidonic acid metabolism...
February 1, 2024: Cell